He has the attention span of a six year old, but it's interesting to see him shift gears when he picks up a camera, can't tell you how much I love this.................
Had the privilege of being able to shoot unfettered at the largest gathering of DC3/C47 aircraft a few years ago and the weather was idyllic...............
Tinkering with a recent photo to get it a bit better.
It was shot from a DC3 through a dirty perspex window.
But it still looks like a painting cropped it a bit to get infrastructure out.
Canon EOS 5D Mark IVEF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens62mmf/20.01/125s100 ISO-0.7 EV
I was going through some stock images yesterday afternoon for a new print order and I pulled this one that I captured with Boydo. A few seconds after it was up on the screen my cell phone rang, it was Jeremy checking in................
Jan-Arie wrote:
Tinkering with a recent photo to get it a bit better.
It was shot from a DC3 through a dirty perspex window.
But it still looks like a painting cropped it a bit to get infrastructure out.
THis is a superb composition J-A!
Crisp, clear and so sharp! And from a relic dslr! Still have some.
Dan
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Outstanding Jan Arie.......................!
OK JIm..How do you get that "sheen" on the image
Just joshin'...I have seen that sheen on many images by members here. It makes the image look 3D.
Dan
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Had the privilege of being able to shoot unfettered at the largest gathering of DC3/C47 aircraft a few years ago and the weather was idyllic...............
The DC3/C47(Spooky or Puff The Magic Dragon) was a "god-send" to combat troops in Vietnam Jim. This olde beast would literally shred the jungle to pulp while giving close air support to troops "in contact". Especially in "Broken Arrow" situations.
The "chain guns" it employed displayed a solid stream of red tracers at night.
Air America(CIA) and the Phoenix Project used these relics often and they just kept on flyin'!
A well known wildlife photographer/friend suggested that I run some tests on the RF2X Extender before I wave $20K at Canon for the RF1200/8. His opinion is, and I respect it, that the new RF2X on the RF600/4, turns it into a very sharp RF1200/8. I have fallen for Canon's sales pitch on every iteration of the 2X, only to be sadly disappointed and acquire a new paperweight. This gentleman is every bit as critical as I am so, we'll see. That would be an expenditure roughly a third of the sales tax on the RF1200 (if I paid sales tax) I'm skeptical, the world rarely works like that, but it definitely did with the RF200-800...............
Thanks for the notes and compliments. It was a fun trip and I did push myself to look for some new compositions this year. Saturday morning, for the cold start event it was 7F. By the time we had gotten to the lake and were running the endurance event it had warmed up to a "balmy" 11F with 15-20 out of the NW, gusting to 40 mph. I'm normally a bit conservative and don't take a camera out in wind, snow and temps like that but it was worth it! Capture new ideas and compositions pushing me and the equipment. I did know you need to keep a fresh battery or two on an inside pocket in reserved, it was needed more than once.
Jim, I shot most the outside work with the "Old" 1DX MKII. Guess there is still a little magic left in the old girl. The weather sealing did it's job in the wind and snow both during the endurance run and evening acceleration run. I bet 75% of the nearly 6k photo's were shot with the 1DX, it just runs. Most of the work was done with the 100-400mm Series II. The acceleration event and some shorter work was done with the 70-200mm f2.8 Series II. For the acceleration event I needed all the light I could mine! Both are awesome lenses, for long it's the 100-400. But that 70-200mm is hard to beat for portrait work and some things that close in and you want to play with the brokaw. For the balance of the photo's, mostly inside I used the 5D MKIV, also a wonderful camera.
I tried some thing different this year. I always spend a fair amount of time at the beginning of the event capturing the students setting up their "pits" area and working the sleds through tech inspections. In the past I have stood back and used a zoom lens for this. This year I grabbed the 50mm 1.8 on the 5D and put myself into the action for a different perspective. I try to capture the students working together on the sleds, working with the judges to get through in inspections, etc. The photo's aren't meant to capture any composition awards, just give the students lasting memories of their participation in the event. Few samples of the pits, students below.
The 5D was Canon's entrance into the dslr age IMHO.Everything 5Dxxxx after was a plus.
For me I ask myself, do I like it or is there something distracting my view hence worth my disregarding??
I set parameters for myself, whether self inflicted or visual, gaging an image......doesn't mean I adhere to those.
Most I have answered NO.
Dan
JWilsonphoto wrote:
A well known wildlife photographer/friend suggested that I run some tests on the RF2X Extender before I wave $20K at Canon for the RF1200/8. His opinion is, and I respect it, that the new RF2X on the RF600/4, turns it into a very sharp RF1200/8. I have fallen for Canon's sales pitch on every iteration of the 2X, only to be sadly disappointed and acquire a new paperweight. This gentleman is every bit as critical as I am so, we'll see. That would be an expenditure roughly a third of the sales tax on the RF1200 (if I paid sales tax) I'm skeptical, the world rarely works like that, but it definitely did with the RF200-800..................Show more →
Jim, from someone I highly respect in the wildlife (birds) world, the Canon 1200mm f8 is basically a modified 2X TC bolted to the 600 F4, the same as the Canon RF 800mm F5.6, with a modified 2XTC bolted to the 400mm f2.8. I read more than one person saying such, no idea how much truth there is to this. I got my Sony 400-800mm f6.3 to f8 yesterday, haven't had a chance to really test it yet, other than on some Canada geese . It appears to be a very sharp lens at 800mm, as most reviewers stated. But it's not a light lens for sure. I think I can hand hold it to my eye level for maybe 5, 6 minutes
A few from this morning:
ILCE-7RM5FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens53mmf/9.51/20s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens256mmf/11.08s100 ISO+2.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens265mmf/13.01s100 ISO0.0 EV
Danpbphoto wrote:
THis is a superb composition J-A!
Crisp, clear and so sharp! And from a relic dslr! Still have some.
Dan
Another one from a relic DSLR a 1Dmk2, Jim's friend Stu Dawson in the Sea Fury FB11 during Reno 2005.
Learning to use Lightroom and Photoshop at the same time.
have a great Sunday.
ps. I'm thinking of trading everything in except for the 500F4 to see what I get for a trade in price.
And upgrade maybe to mirrorless and a 200-800.
I have seen the prices for the 600 I think and my wallet suddenly fainted
J-A,
while not as light, don't rule out a used 600 f/4 EF II on the forum here - would be significantly less than an RF. Then again, from what I've seen Jim do with the 200-800, you might not need one.
Jan-Arie wrote: Another one from a relic DSLR a 1Dmk2, Jim's friend Stu Dawson in the Sea Fury FB11 during Reno 2005.
Learning to use Lightroom and Photoshop at the same time.
have a great Sunday.
ps. I'm thinking of trading everything in except for the 500F4 to see what I get for a trade in price.
And upgrade maybe to mirrorless and a 200-800.
I have seen the prices for the 600 I think and my wallet suddenly fainted
Dear Jan Arie,
I can tell you that, much as you love your venerable EF500, you would not look back. I'm thinking about picking a second RF200-800 for Chandler to use next weekend at DOF in Shreveport. I don't want to stunt either of us by having to pass it back and forth. One caveat, I believe that the lens should be paired with a mirrorless/ low noise body so you can bump the iso in low light scenarios.
I'm skeptical, the world rarely works like that, but it definitely did with the RF200-800...............
