keeping this cool thread alive. me with my 300d and my (excuse me) sigma 70-200 2.8. kinda of a boring shot of me taking pics of my friends while visiting phoenix, az at walking stick golf course.
OK, this is an older photo (10D with 400mm f/5.6L, bogen pod & head) of my hummingbird rig (taken with Nikon 995 P&S). I've since moved on to a 20D with Gitzo G-1325 and Markins M-10, so that would all be changed now. I've also posted a couple of the images taken with this set. The flash was actually not used for these shots and was only there for fill anyhow (and yes, the lawn needed to be cut badly ).
timster wrote:
With the size of that flash, I'm suprised you dont insta-cook those little birds! Do they fly away all disoriented after you snap that off?
timster wrote:
With the size of that flash, I'm suprised you dont insta-cook those little birds! Do they fly away all disoriented after you snap that off?
Nah, it's just an added bonus for them - free tanning!
Like I said, I only used it for fill - you can see how much light I was getting with the reflectors and all. That flash was just squirting out tiny bits of light in High Speed Sync mode, and I only used it for a few photos. I found I liked the photos without the fill better (like those above).
I posted this pic in people and was directed to this thread. Here's some l-glass working. This man can move very quickly though. He stayed in the arena when the bulls were riding and he climbed out real fast when a bull headed in his direction. Now, I'm off to check some other photos out in this thread. Wow, it's REALLY long!
This shot was taken with my 20-D but I confess it had my Sigma 70-200 on it. I don't have no l-glass presently. :-)
Note the rider in the right side, coming towards the photographers. He is danish and won the mountain-jersey in Tour de France this year, and his name is Michael Rasmussen.
I have to admit to peeking in of this thread occassionally and enjoying it, so here's a contribution. This have been posted here before, but it has been at least a year ....
Here's Steve (krames) at the MN Zoo with his 400/4.6 - notice the fine long lens technique
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