Photon wrote:
Shutterbug2006, you carried your 6D with 400mm into a coffeehouse? And 1/40 sec, was it a lens with IS?
Good to see the variety still pouring in, from Yosemite to Chicago, CA shorebirds at sunset to Vancouver pigeons "Exploring".
The coffee house is at the edge of a deep-water port. You can sit and watch the pigeon's and seagulls flying around, ships loading lumber, otters and whales swimming around, and occasionally a fly-by from the world's largest water bomber.
So, yep! The lens is a great conversation starter. And yes, I was carrying around a 100-400 IS all day yesterday attached to my 6D.
I'm going up Mount Arrowsmith later today to Loon lake, it froze over last month and a few young fellows have cut holes in the ice to catch rainbow and cutthroat trout. I plan on bringing a rod and a beer, and or course, my new 6D.
Gunz, beautiful image, subtle hints of dark brown/green makes for an amazing 'mono chrome' feel, that would be proudly hung from any wall that would be seen often.
I'm stuck at home while i await surgery, so i've decided to sort my LR catalogue into something a bit more organised, and try to address the epic backlog of unprocessed images. Hopefully i'll manage a steady stream of posts as i do this. So from the archives, 350D, 17-40mm F/4L:
Thanks everybody!! I'm blown away by the responses.
I made that my Facebook homepage pic.
Yes it was a great combination of circumstances, and that "f/8 and be there" quote was appropriate to the max.
Jerry, yes, I agree, I like the subtle coloration -- the real deal, no phoney-baloney PP effect. I think it was 8 or 9 vertical images (maybe more), with mostly exposure adjustments and some selective lightening and darkening.
I wanted to show that I wasn't afraid of the snow, something other than my silly sunny winter shots!
Health issues have me in a mid-winter slump, but I feel compelled to contribute; a couple from the last really good snow/ice combination hereabouts, January, three years ago...
both with the 300 2.8 IS/ 1.4x II extender combination...
Snopchenko wrote:
I bow before these pics skibum5.
Todd - these are also spectacular!
But that's not to say that everyone else's works are any worse; these two just grabbed me the most. Must refrain from posting my own for a while until I get anything comparable.
Cadaver wrote:
Some nice shots on this page. Todd Klassy... love those photos. Where these taken in Montana?
Thank you. All were taken in some of Montana's most remote places. The church was photographed about 20 miles north of Dunkirk, Montana and about 30 miles east of I-15. The old grain elevator was shot near Lothair, Montana. Check it out on Google Maps. There's not much to Lothair. The old, rotting home was shot about 20 miles south of Lake Elwell and Tiber Dam, the fence shot was captured south of the Bear Paw Mountains, east of Big Sandy, Montana. And the cowboy was photographed near Cleveland, Montana...a town with a saloon that is open only for special events and a one-room schoolhouse that serves just six students.
Todd Klassy wrote:
Here some from my collection. Most were taken recently with my Canon EOS 5D Mark III and either the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM or 16-35mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens.
Mourning dove enjoying some sun this afternoon. 100-400L. This is a split-toned Lightroom conversion, surprisingly close to the natural colors of the image, but felt colder to me. We'll drop to about -8ºC overnight, but no chance of precip. This is heavily cropped from a horizontal shot, thus the marginal level of detail.
Todd Klassy wrote:
Thank you. All were taken in some of Montana's most remote places. The church was photographed about 20 miles north of Dunkirk, Montana and about 30 miles east of I-15. The old grain elevator was shot near Lothair, Montana. Check it out on Google Maps. There's not much to Lothair. The old, rotting home was shot about 20 miles south of Lake Elwell and Tiber Dam, the fence shot was captured south of the Bear Paw Mountains, east of Big Sandy, Montana. And the cowboy was photographed near Cleveland, Montana...a town with a saloon that is open only for special events and a one-room schoolhouse that serves just six students....Show more →
Todd, thanks for those stunning shots that show the stark beauty of the Hi Line.
BTW, is that stone chimney south of town on the way to Beaver Creek still standing. To me it always symbolized the failed dreams of some of the earlier settlers.
The lens is a great conversation starter. And yes, I was carrying around a 100-400 IS all day yesterday attached to my 6D.
