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Sports / Basketball

« on: February 27, 2013, 02:37:49 PM »

Hi,

couldn't find a thread dedicated to basketball, so thought I'll open one with some examples from the game Gmunden vs. Kapfenberg a month ago. All shot with 5DIII and 70-200 2.8 II. (The full set can be found here http://www.flickr.com/photos/80270150@N06/sets/72157632875985126/ )

Any comments highly welcome, especially in terms of noise reduction - this is a topic where I'm just learning 


20130120-0327_Gmunden von stephan_n auf Flickr


20130120-0673_Gmunden von stephan_n auf Flickr


20130120-0789_Gmunden von stephan_n auf Flickr

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Backup body for vacation

« on: February 13, 2013, 02:05:16 PM »

I'm going to South Africa on a 3-weeks vacation in November, about 50% wildlife and 50% landscape and other tourist stuff. As a backup and for extended reach I would like to pair my 5DIII with an aps-C/H body (my old 550D is most likely not up for it).

Since for me the 5DIII is more than adequate in all other respects, I don't want to invest too much money in this additional body, as I will sell it again and don't want to loose too much money in that progress, and I might purchase a 300 2.8 to go with it (for the 5DIII I've got the 70-200 2.8 II), and that lens costs quite a bit 

At a local dealer there is a used 1DIII available for 1200 €, as well as a used 7D for 900 € (incl. grip), both not in perfect condition, but I'm confident that they are working well enough for my purposes.

The question now is which of the two is overall the better choice, considering fps, mp, iso, build, reach, af, etc.? Maybe somebody here has firsthand-knowledge of both of them and can help me decide 

Or would it be better to get a 1DIV (or 7DII, if it arrives in time) and sell it afterwards? This would give the best body, for sure, but I'm afraid that having purchased it, I won't be able to part with it again, even if I don't need it, and I can't really afford this 

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Animal Kingdom / Insects

« on: September 02, 2012, 04:45:38 AM »

Two insect close-ups, both hand-held.

Taken with the 5Diii and the 100 L macro:


20120805-0098_Botanischer_Garten von stephan_n auf Flickr

Taken with the 5Diii and the 24-70, a little bit out of focus, but I just like the way it's hanging there 


20120724-0184_Holland von stephan_n auf Flickr

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Street & City / Street Artists

« on: July 22, 2012, 12:18:30 PM »

Hi, not sure whether the topic belongs here, but I'll give it a try 

There was a three-days festival with hundreds of street-artists (is this the correct expression?) in my hometown just now, and I managed to get a couple of nice shots (full set here http://www.flickr.com/photos/80270150@N06/sets/72157630694110542/ ). Any comments highly welcome, especially in terms of processing - all I did, was to apply the lens profile and do some cropping.


20120721-0140_Linz_Pflasterspektakel by picsig_s on Flickr


20120720-0186_Linz_Pflasterspektakel by picsig_s on Flickr


20120719-0092_Linz_Pflasterspektakel by picsig_s on Flickr


20120720-0210_Linz_Pflasterspektakel by picsig_s on Flickr

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Sports / Swimming

« on: July 15, 2012, 12:20:27 PM »

Hi there. Seems that there isn't a general thread for swimming yet, so I thought, I'll open one.

Recently I took some pictures at a swimming-event not far from where I live, using my 550D and the 24-70 and 70-200 2.8 II most of the time. Here are two of them, I would welcome any comments about them or about the full set at http://www.flickr.com/photos/80270150@N06/sets/72157630346283722/with/7456405328/ .


20120526-0294_Wels_Schwimmen von picsig_s auf Flickr


20120526-0615_Wels_Schwimmen von picsig_s auf Flickr

After this event, I got my 5DIII, and of course I had to try it out, all shots with the 70-200 - and I was really amazed by the number of keepers, more than 73% as compared to around 40% with the 550D. Unfortunately, this time it was not possible to get to the start-area, so no close-ups and no shots from the front 

The full set is here http://www.flickr.com/photos/80270150@N06/sets/72157630448907988/with/7514453640/ , and two samples from it:


20120630-0070_Linz_Schwimm_LM von picsig_s auf Flickr


20120630-0580_Linz_Schwimm_LM von picsig_s auf Flickr

The only post-processing I did, was to use the lens-profile in Lightroom and of course do some cropping.