I was just glad to see those light marks removed, it was a good job. my photo if you saw the original, isn't too bad, it was my first lightning shot ever with any camera... so i'm semi proud of it, especialyl the details when you blow it up at the full version.
the colors aren't great on the buildings, it was raining out so alot was kinda blured or lost focus.
i'm glad to be apart of this group, seems like friendly people. I 'm thinking of buying this 24-70 but i'm also just considering saving for the 300 2.8 i want so badly.
i think i'd be one of the few XSI users with a 300
We use Direct TV for tv and Bellsouth for DSL and I've been wanting to drop them both for comcast - just its faster to piggyback on my neighbor's wifi N signal than it is to use my own Bellsouth wifi!
Both are great lenses - but the 300 has limited uses and unless you know you're going to use it a lot - seems like the 24-70 is a better general choice. You will use it more -you just might not like everything you do with it as much as you will with the 300.
I've got both - love both - and would sell the 300 first. In fact, I may have the 300, and the 100-400 up for sale soon - depending on my next big move to...
It seems that most places will bundle internet and cable for a better deal. I really want Directv for the NFL Sunday ticket (to keep up with my Carolina Panthers AND all of my fantasy players), but then internet is like $50 if I do that...
Dave...I think the lightning shot is awesome! The 24-70 is a really handy lens to have. Before I switched back to Nikon, the 24-70, 70-200 and 300 2.8 were my most used lenses. I really don't have anything bad to say about the 24-70. Mine was really sharp with great colors and had unbelievable bokeh for a lens in this range IMO.
Again - you have to chose whether you want a dramatic lightning shot or you want something else. If you want the cranes to be lit up - you're going to get a lot of other distractive crap lit as well. If you want a dark contrasty sky - you have to loose a little intensity of the light.
Everything in imagery is a balance between what you can do and what you can't. As the artist - the photographer can decide what he or she wants to do with their image. As a potential customer - i on the other hand wouldn't buy the original for any reason - as it is overexposed and has no appeal to my eye. Either of the second two versions though are more esthetically pleasing to my eye - and therefore something I'd consider buying.
If you want to hang your "art" on your own wall - do it your way.
If you want to hang it anywhere else - it is nothing more than a bobble for someone else to perceive its value and then buy. Its rare a poorly shot image will become an item of interest to the buying public. People are more astute these days - they understand composition and esthetics. So the photographer must decide who his target market is going to be... the buying public - or the empty spot on the wall where that big nail is dangling from the sheetrock.
Hi guys. I can't remember how I ran across these videos...for all I know it was in this thread. I was sitting here waiting on some backup DVD's and watched the first few. They are basic, but pretty good.
Colin...episode 22 is how they lit a 57 Chevy convertible...
This isn't from the APG meet - instead i was at a party a couple weeks ago and these two young ladies were willing to let me shoot them, even though i was using my lowly 24-70! Everything is available light -which was backlighting by a large west facing window on a sunny day and overhead combination of tungsten and flourescents. No flash and i didn't have my expodisc with me. Instead i bounced around setting custom WB settings between 2500k and 4000k. WB was a bear - and i couldn't really do much with it.
The nice thing about these girls - was that they were decent kids - very fresh and fun - but definitely not professional models. Sometimes it seems the "model mayhem" types are trying too hard. To me that's unappealing.
JU, I like the color version of the pup and the B&W version of the canon. Nice shots...
JB, interesting edits. I like the more dramatic overtones of the darker skies etc...
So, JB, you have a few of us wondering about the big announcement. Maybe we should put a pizza or something on the line. My guess is a new super tele. I'm guessing ( no offense to be taken, just common economic sense) that the 800 is out of reach, the 600 is still pretty high but reachable but is a little hard to handhold for long periods of time, so the 500, a good price point and very hand holdable is the choice for future aviation shots. It could be the arrival of a 1DsMkIII put I will stick with the 500.
Tracey is convinced to the bottom of her heart that you are going to switch to Nikon.
