I finally got a chance to play with my new lens. Nothing special but just practicing handling. Some scenes around the lake and of course, Nora is along to hang with me. Tomorrow, I'll head down to Red Wing and Wabasha to hunt for bald eagles. So, indulge me on my nonsense to see what this lens can do.
Following from Joshua and others, AF of the Canon 600/4 with the MC-11 works great and if slower than native, I don't really notice it. Even with the Sigma 1.4x TC, AF is great.
Bob -- I love your new 600mm! Exceptional shots to start out.
Joshua -- Beautiful rendering on the two ladies on previous page and the hummingbird here.
René -- Terrific shots with the L85. Great details.
Samuli -- More great forest renditions!
Bluloo -- Wild bird whisperer -- amazing shots.
Membler -- Amazing cattle shots -- one of the original Mop Tops.
Peire -- Always great. Love the ZF.2 35mm shots.
Ronny -- You never quit, do you -- jumping from one genre to another with ease!
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I put together a two-shot pano of previously shown individual shots. I must have forgotten, as I often do, that I intended to make pano.
Gunzorro wrote:
Bob -- I love your new 600mm! Exceptional shots to start out.
Joshua -- Beautiful rendering on the two ladies on previous page and the hummingbird here.
René -- Terrific shots with the L85. Great details.
Samuli -- More great forest renditions!
Bluloo -- Wild bird whisperer -- amazing shots.
Membler -- Amazing cattle shots -- one of the original Mop Tops.
Peire -- Always great. Love the ZF.2 35mm shots.
Ronny -- You never quit, do you -- jumping from one genre to another with ease!
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I put together a two-shot pano of previously shown individual shots. I must have forgotten, as I often do, that I intended to make pano.
Testing the Sigma 150-600C with the TC1401 and MC-11. Not a good combo as it makes the camera flake/reset sometimes. Fortunately, the MBV lacks this feature, and works well with MF.
Extra reach is nice for something that has no or little detail, but it seems to offer little benefit - to me - over shooting at 600 and cropping. So the TC goes back, and I stick to cropping.
Where was this dinner scene taken? It appears most of the food is birds. I see at least one pheasant. It's kind of what I would expect around Harrison Mills in BC, Canada. The mass eagle gatherings near Squamish generally saw fish as the main attraction.
Michael Everet wrote:
Jim, not only beautiful image, but I'm impressed with the Canon lens.
Joshua, what more can I say, everything you post.
Michael, thank you so very much...
Chris_88 wrote:
Joshua: Every single shot from CS you post is a stunner. Amazing work. I doubt that I would be willing or able to lug a 4kg lens through the jungle.
Chris, I truly appreciate your kind words. Well, we don't trek for hours in the jungle and if it is coming down to it, then I would minimize the gear and take my 100-400mm GM lens plus TCs. That zoom lens is truly an amazing performer. Too bad, there is no sherpa there that I know of.
That's a superb image of the waterfall, Chris!
rji2goleez wrote:
I finally got a chance to play with my new lens. Nothing special but just practicing handling. Some scenes around the lake and of course, Nora is along to hang with me. Tomorrow, I'll head down to Red Wing and Wabasha to hunt for bald eagles. So, indulge me on my nonsense to see what this lens can do.
Following from Joshua and others, AF of the Canon 600/4 with the MC-11 works great and if slower than native, I don't really notice it. Even with the Sigma 1.4x TC, AF is great.
Bob, great images and I am glad that you feel the same way. It is truly a remarkable lens, isn't it? Please post more images taken with that lens.
Ronny Olsson wrote:
Never ! : )
Chaos at dinner table
Thank you, Ronny! Your eagle images are something to behold!
Gunzorro wrote:
Joshua -- Beautiful rendering on the two ladies on previous page and the hummingbird here.
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I put together a two-shot pano of previously shown individual shots. I must have forgotten, as I often do, that I intended to make pano.
a7R2, Sigma 24mm f1.4, MC-11, LR
Jim, thank you very much! That's one sweet pano of your neighborhood there - well done!
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From a session last Sunday using GM at wide open, the way I like it...
Michael Everet wrote:
Jim, not only beautiful image, but I'm impressed with the Canon lens.
Joshua, what more can I say, everything you post.
Michael -- Thanks for your kind words.
I love the Sony 24-105G (just as you do!), but the Canon 24-70 f2.8L II is slightly sharper and more striking on the micro-contrast and color. And a stop faster. Certainly the imaging is equal to the 24-70GM from my experience. Nice to have options, with the Sony cameras making such a great platform!
Thanks Joshua and Jim! Can't wait to 'shoot' the Eagles.
As light was fading, I finally saw a female cardinal, through a dirty window. I quickly discovered that this lens is not meant for hand holding for very long!
Love these photographs. I lived in Baltimore for many years and was involved in the music scene (Professor and music critic for the Baltimore Sun), so I know this library well -- now mainly a museum -- one of the most beautiful libraries I have seen, and I have seen some all over the world. Thanks for posting.
Michael Everet wrote:
Love these photographs. I lived in Baltimore for many years and was involved in the music scene (Professor and music critic for the Baltimore Sun), so I know this library well -- now mainly a museum -- one of the most beautiful libraries I have seen, and I have seen some all over the world. Thanks for posting.
Thanks, Michael. It sure is beautiful. Too bad they didn't let visitors to go upstairs so I could only shoot from the ground floor. The guard told me I would need to have some sort of permit to take pictures of the spiral staircase in the other side of the building.. I have shot the Library of Congress a few times, it's a beautiful library too.
. I have shot the Library of Congress a few times, it's a beautiful library too.
