MedicineMan404 wrote:
Awesome sports shots above. A genre I know nothing about.
Stellar work as always Arbitrage.
Ducks. I can identify two. Canadian Geese and this I (now) know to be a Wood duck. All I can say about ducks is that they are FAST. Eagles, Herons, Cranes all slow motion compared to ducks
My daughter during her Xmas visit to us in Shanghai from London. A9 and 100-400 at 166mm f5.6. Yongnuo LED panel low left, setting sun for rim light, Godox right and a golden 1m reflector placed under the Godox.
chiron wrote:
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Nice shots of the basketball game.
My problem with the 55 1.8 is the bokeh. There is very little separation of the foreground from the background, in large part because the background is nearly as high in contrast and intense in color as the foreground is, and the bokeh is hard edged with no smoothness.For the viewer, it draws the eye to the background as much as to the foreground and destroys the perception of depth.
I think that the 35 2.8 does the same. I think they are good lenses for size and sharpness, but that they work best in situations where you want everything to be in focus....Show more →
Respectfully, I disagree. The one thing the 55 shot isn't lacking is separation from the background. I do think there is a lack of "pop" but that has more to do with the high-ISO and poor lighting in the facility (which is still better than some, but very flat and unflattering).
This isn't the to say that the shot itself is poor but I think your critique is misleading. If the OP is looking to improve his shots in this setting a newer lenses is going to give very diminishing returns (at the same focal length).
I know Sonoran and Saugaro are deserts but more bierds there than here in the southern Appalachians. This time of year its even hard to find a Cardinal.
