John_T wrote:
...no, you see, I was up on a jewel of a lake for a couple of days and through some 37C induced mental aberration, I switched to jpeg. When I saw that out of the scores of kites and buzzards whirling about many were coming out with hair gel spikes and flowers all candied , I had to re-duck to RAW to find my sanity again.
You mean you've been traveling in one of these?
John reminded me of something that needed to be done with every new piece of gears: re-duck it.
I have been so preoccupied with the Servo AF testing of 1DX that I've neglected to re-duck the camera.
Well, today I did just that with 100-400 wide open @ 400m, and everything is as it should be.
That is an interesting compo, Psych.
Back to some true summer themes.
While I was standing on the lakeshore this morning waiting for something to show up, I noticed this grey haired man in a dragon boat.....he was doing his part when it came to rowing too.... good for him.
Handheld 1DX + 800L, major crops.
We attended a film festival in Gimli, MB this past weekend. They have nightly movies on the beach and after a late night on Friday, we decided to skip the Saturday night screening of the Bob Marley documentary. As a storm approached I grabbed the 5D2 from work (which was attached to a Sigma 50mm 1.4 at the time) and shot these from the balcony of our hotel. From all accounts, the 'light show' was good at the beach too...
Time for a break to check out the recent postings here; looking real good!
Peter: Nice to see/hear that you have pretty much finished the shakedown period with the 1DX, as the photos are looking damn good from here
I went on a spur of the moment trip on a steam trip and later a river boat for dinner out on the Connecticut River. I took only the G10 again, as my "date" asked me to leave the real gears behind, just because....
Gee, Edd, looks like that train ride was pure fun. Excellent and spirited photography too, catching spontaneity, movement and the good times.
1DX is OK, although not quite $7k OK. But that's always the case with Canon's upper tier cameras.
At times one just can not avoid backlit subjects......since I do not use fill-flash and do not do elaborate image file postprocessing, have to basically go with the light such as it is, and make the best of it in camera, such as slowly approaching the subject so that more detail is gained thru proximity.
p.29 #11 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
Hi,
PetKal wrote:
At times one just can not avoid backlit subjects......
Peter, when I started to do some serious (for me...) photography in the late 60's, one of the toughest parts to deal with was contre-jour. I learned over time to embrace it, take the shot, and know that there would be a lot of work ahead in the darkroom. So now we leap to digital and post-processing on a "box"; the tools changed but the game is still the same. With the right subject and light, it really has no equal to bring out the strength (or weakness) of an image. Just my thoughts...and I like the shots!
Also, the train & river trip was great, as I promised my wife that we need to do these more often, as my travel schedule can get very interesting at times...
Cam: Nice detail shot of that bird...never saw one of those on the tarmack or overhead; looks like another Cold-War variant.
p.29 #20 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
Thank you Edd and Peter; the old gal I shot was a trainer back in the day at Gimli and was gifted to the town when decommissioned. It remains now a bird-on-a-stick for passers-by.
As for cold-war variant Edd, I think you're on the right track. I won't swear as to the accuracy of the information presented but short of dabbling with Wikipedia, here is a fairly concise history of the aircraft...
John_T, I love your Rhone Glacier/Furka Pass image; the sweeping lines and foreground texture are stare-worthy! Peter, I like the shots but that is one dorky looking bird, lol! He looks a little po'd at the intrusion too...
