PetKal wrote:
CP, thank you for keeping this thread alive with your excellent images.
I got diverted a bit to some other projects, plus the weather has been utterly miserable here.....lottsa rain and drizzle which has made me miss the height of the fall colour turning.
Still 300 f/2.8 IS.
Thanks, Peter. Love the foreground in the first shot and the changing colors of leaves in the third (favorite shot) and also the lovely bokeh produced by this lens. Hope the weather improves at your end.
PetKal wrote:
I like that juxtaposition of very different colours, CP. Works well on my eye, looks kinda succulent.
Still raining over here and I am slowly running out of my fresh stock of flower images. Hey, how about a squirly amidst some nice colours ?
Sorry to hear that, Peter -- hope the weather will improve soon. We are fortunate to be blessed, most of the time, with great sunshine and yesterday I took the opportunity to take some photos, not to mention that my stock of flower photos has ran out, which also means the end of my flower series with the Nikon AIS 28mm 2.8 lens.
Nice shot of the squirrel. I probably could hear him saying "Here's lookin at you, kid!".
Excellent crafting of those images, CP. Water paint background, and then a serene blue maritime backdrop. I even like the thermonuclear weapon bokeh above.
Here you can see some flowers in the background. Used 200mm f/1.8 lens.
(I guess you can tell I am desperate for some new flower shots. )
PetKal wrote:
Excellent crafting of those images, CP. Water paint background, and then a serene blue maritime backdrop. I even like the thermonuclear weapon bokeh above.
Here you can see some flowers in the background. Used 200mm f/1.8 lens.
(I guess you can tell I am desperate for some new flower shots. )
Glad that you like them, I almost spilt my coffee over the keyboard with your thermonuclear thingy... it was a good laugh.
Love the reflection...very unique. Did you throw a pebble in just before you took the shot?
PetKal wrote:
No, just the breeze rippling the surface.
Found a couple of recent flower shots. Please excuse the bird distractions.
The lens is 500mm f/4.5L.
Peter, very nice capture of the birds, especially the one with the black mask.
That's a hoot. A very clever image and an apt caption.
Yes, after a while the 500 f/4.5 becomes almost as painful to hand-hold as the 500 f/4. That's why I am using the 500s only when there is no way around it.
C&C welcome.
Hi, Steve. I like the 2nd shot. Think it would be a stronger picture if a smaller aperture is used to have the bud look sharp from front to back. This will also bring out the texture and also the water droplets on the skin.
PetKal wrote:
That's a hoot. A very clever image and an apt caption.
Yes, after a while the 500 f/4.5 becomes almost as painful to hand-hold as the 500 f/4. That's why I am using the 500s only when there is no way around it.
ha ha, Peter. Glad that you like it. If I had your 500 with me, it would have been a bee-in-flight ..
kop.cppua wrote:
the image initially looked rather flat, this is my cooked version. The color of the flower is slightly oversaturated in order to shift the focus to the glow radiating from the pentagon center.
Canon 5D MK2 + 70-200mm 2.8 IS
CP
Wow, CP, the HIH (hummer in hover) at the bird of paradise flower is a tour de force when it comes to capture and clarity.
This glowing flower is my favourite though......darkly splendid colours and unusual vertical composition that works on my eye.
