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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: May 09, 2013, 04:21:36 AM »

Don...what a wonderful photo! Perfect timing and I really like the bird's expression. Keep posting

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Street & City / Re: San Francisco Long Exposure Cityscapes!

« on: May 09, 2013, 04:10:21 AM »

It's not a long exposure but here is one of the POFA taken Oct 2009 shortly after I got my first DSLR (Rebel XSi). I was such a noob that I only ever shot in program mode and jpeg. Kit lens EF-S 18-55mm @21mm, F4, 1/50sec, ISO 200, handheld and pp in image browser. I hope I have improved a bit since then and would like to try another shot with my 7D next time I'm in SF.

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Street & City / Re: San Francisco Long Exposure Cityscapes!

« on: May 08, 2013, 04:44:31 PM »

Hey Paul....some good points, but the OP stated long exposure.

Neuro, I like your photo. I have taken some photos of it when I vacationed in SF. It's not always easy to get it right but I think you did a nice job.

from Wikipedia:Palace of Fine Arts

The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, is a monumental structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in order to exhibit works of art presented there. One of only a few surviving structures from the Exposition, it is the only one still situated on its original site. It was rebuilt in 1965, and renovation of the lagoon, walkways, and a seismic retrofit were completed in early 2009.

It remains a popular attraction for tourists and locals, and is a favorite location for weddings and wedding party photographs for couples throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and such an icon that a miniature replica of it was built in Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim.[

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Canon General / Re: new canon lens caps

« on: May 08, 2013, 04:34:38 PM »

You are always so clever and innovative

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Street & City / Re: San Francisco Long Exposure Cityscapes!

« on: May 08, 2013, 01:55:37 AM »

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Beautiful photos! I love SF Thanks for posting.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: May 08, 2013, 01:51:18 AM »

Thanks Ken. Looking forward to trying your advice.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: May 07, 2013, 06:59:16 PM »

The hungry heron and the cardinal (who does have feet)

Nice feet on the Cardinal!  Good image of him with his bounty!  The feet turn out to mostly be a "must have", unless you're doing a head study or a 3/4 portrait of a bird.. I lost a local photo contest about 10 years ago, one of the judges told me that the only reason I lost was I didn't have the bird's feet in the photo... Crappiest part about that was, I cropped them out of the original!  Occasionally it'll still happen, not too often though!  I learned that lesson quickly! 

Thanks Ken. I'm learning a lot from you and others here on CR. That cardinal grabs the bread and flies off very quickly. Some shots are OOF or just gets his head, etc. I still want to learn how to do BIF. Ducks sometime fly low and fast over my house and @400mm, I can't find or track them before they are gone. What settings would you put on a 7D to capture BIF? Thanks again for all your comments.
Cheers

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HDR - High Dynamic Range / Re: Post your HDR images:

« on: May 07, 2013, 04:46:29 PM »

You guys amaze me with these HDR images! Keep posting

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: 5D MK III Images

« on: May 07, 2013, 04:37:36 PM »

I had a little bit of fun with a crystal ball in Madison Square Park over the weekend.


through the looking glass by Evan's Pix, on Flickr


through the looking glass by Evan's Pix, on Flickr


through the looking glass by Evan's Pix, on Flickr

I foresee a bright future in photography for you
Cool idea and nicely done.

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Canon General / Re: new canon lens caps

« on: May 07, 2013, 04:32:02 PM »

Another solution is to let your fingernails grow real long

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: May 07, 2013, 05:29:58 AM »

The hungry heron and the cardinal (who does have feet)

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Honey Bees

« on: May 07, 2013, 03:11:44 AM »

Saturday evening we became the guest of 32 hives of Honey Bees.  They are out behind our house, (we have a lot of space behind us) and the air is thick with them.  They quickly found our flowers and Crab Apple tree.  They are peaceful, and just work like ... Bees
 
I used my 5D MK III and 70-200 f/2.8L to capture a image.  Its at f/6.3 and 1/500 sec to try and stop the action a little.  We will get a small amount of the honey for the use of our land, and we will get everything well pollinated.
 

SWEET!

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: May 07, 2013, 02:50:22 AM »

Some more from today. 7D, 100-400L @ 400mm.
 
Moorhen showing off her plumage.
Brazilian cardinal model will work for bread crumbs, but they have no feet
Wasted half a loaf of bread (the fish enjoyed it) and this heron still couldn't catch any fish in over 100 attempts

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1D X Sample Images / Re: Any Thing shot with a 1Dx

« on: May 06, 2013, 04:35:17 AM »

Gary...as always, your photos are all outstanding. I am always amazed at your work.  I looked at your Utah landscapes. Fantastic! You live in an incredible place. That eagle shot is so sharp and dynamic.

eml...your recent Java village shots are so dreamy and beautiful. The villagers all look so happy and content.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: May 06, 2013, 04:24:19 AM »

Thanks Ken for your helpful critique and advice. I hopefully will get LR4 or 5 soon and learn how to do better PP. I guess I was too close to that cardinal with 400mm and should have zoomed out a little. My wife said exactly the same thing when I showed her the photo ("I want to see his feet").
That tilapia has very sharp dorsal spines. The heron was extremely slow and careful to swallow it head first. I was thinking there goes his stomach.