What really stands out for me in your images, not dismissing the pijuns; the subject in focus, are the incredible backgrounds, the bokeh, produced by your big white glass, particularly the 800L, they are simply incredible.
And, while your 1DX images are beautiful, even at insanely high ISO, it's images from your 1DMkIIN at lower ISOs that just...give me that WoW feeling.
Keep warm, sure hope you catch those last few remaining flyers, seems winter is closing in on you!
Jerry
Thank you, Jerry, you are too kind.
A colourful/interesting background is often more important to me than the creature which is in focus itself. Not being a "birder", I generally do not shoot birds against vacant skies, regardless of how rare or coveted the species might be.
A long and/or fast lens blows up most backgrounds nicely anyways....not much skill/effort is required there.
Two of this Mandarin Duck. Hadn't seen these for a while and hope this means that they are returning. He didn't offer a better pose during the short time I had him in my sights.
70-200mm f/2.8L IS II + 2x III.
John -- True! But you can post at 2000 wide and it will contract to about 1600, and get the magnifying glass to expand. If you are worried about messing up this thread, try it on the "Pano-mania" thread in the Alt forum.
Gunz, I've not seen BB let alone a tree that size since I was a kid, they seem to have disappeared as a standard landscaping option and that is a shame. I'd love a closeup of the flower if you wouldn't mind shooting/posting one. As I get out more if I come across one I'll attempt to do the same. Prior to my injury in 78 I was a landscape architect (in addition to my residential housing work) and simply love plants, flowers n trees...it's probably why I still focus on them today...the variety is, seems, endless
John_T wrote:
Before the leaves all disappeared, went out and stitched a bundle with the 70-200II. This lens is phenomenal.
Absolutely stunning Pano's John, but I want more, more, more, do you have a website where these can be seen WIDE
And, I'm quite curious how you go about such digital magic, are there any books, websites, etc. that help figure this out?
Jerry
I'm guessing the second one at least was done off a tripod - getting those railings to stitch properly from a handheld pano would be mighty impressive.
I did as Gunrunner said, edited the original post, dunno about the magnifying glass. They are still shrimps next to the original.
I did do one handheld and was amazed how well it came out of CS5, which inspired me to go back with a tripod, locked all exposure settings in M, focused each shot in LV and left IS on, but I likely took nowhere near the care a panomaniac would take, trusting CS5 to cover my tracks.
Anybody know what 25000x5000 and 35000x5000 pixels would come out to in meters?
