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Technical Support / Distance from subject question

« on: April 11, 2013, 09:38:00 AM »

I'm having a senior moment here and need a formula.
I want to take a mirror image of a church steeple using 24x48 piece of black acrylic as the mirror...let's assume that the steeple is 200 ft tall.
How far from the steeple do I place the mirror to fill that mirror with the steeple...like I said, just need the distance/size relationship formula.   Thanks

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: April 07, 2013, 07:59:47 PM »

Damn...this is tough company.  Here are some Lovebirds and Sand Cranes.

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Abstract / Re: A crack in the universe

« on: April 07, 2013, 07:33:19 AM »

Geez...I had forgotten about that image.  Things happen when ya get bored.         

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Canon General / Re: Resources on bottle photography

« on: March 31, 2013, 09:25:08 PM »

Take your pick...they're free as well.      http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bottle+product+photography&oq=bottle+product+photography&gs_l=youtube.12...5644.18652.0.23364.26.25.0.1.1.0.86.1732.25.25.0...0.0...1ac.1.LYEl5Ne_1QU

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Canon General / Re: I'm looking for a telephoto zoom, but I've been underwhelmed before.

« on: March 31, 2013, 09:20:48 PM »

Geez, does no one here rely as heavily on Canon's own MTF characteristics as I do?
Just look at the charts to find those lenses with nice horizontal squiggly lines, not the ones that slope down, the straight ones.

It's not rocket science here...set your budget/requirements/wants, order it/chect it out/keep it or send it back, and repeat process.
As someone else mentioned, don't try to get off going cheap...that doesn't work for ____!

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: March 30, 2013, 10:28:48 AM »

"A family Affair"...gotta teach them how to feed.


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Abstract / A crack in the universe

« on: March 30, 2013, 10:22:35 AM »

Or...just a tray of ice with some food coloring added.


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Landscape / Re: Post Your Best Landscapes

« on: March 30, 2013, 10:18:00 AM »

Let me be the first to say...I am not a fisherman.  But I gotta wonder...is this an escape mechanism from an unhappy home.     
Anyway, I call this a "Lonely fisherman"


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Lenses / Re: Landscape Lens advice

« on: March 29, 2013, 08:36:54 PM »

The all-time best, IMHO, is the 180mm macro...but ya gotta be adept at photoshop and it's photomerge tools.
The quality is unbelievable.       

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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS 7D Mark II Test Camera [CR1]

« on: March 28, 2013, 08:05:23 AM »

Video ‘stills burst’ mode 30/60 fps

I'm not sure what this means...are they suggesting that it will capture 30 fps in the full 21 MP RAW mode?

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Canon General / Re: Hey Neuro...

« on: March 22, 2013, 08:32:42 PM »

OK, I'm a relative newbe to this site after being more active on NAPP and POTN, but since you'll are talking about this Neuro guy, here's my 2 cents...
I like him...Why, well I'm glad you asked.  There is a fair number of folks out there that opine that one needs to develop his own style, a recognizable body of work.

Not me, I don't want to be known as a macro, or landscape, or street, or critter photographer...I just want to be able to do a reasonably competent job at them all.
Based on Neuro's flickr site, it would appear that although our philosophies coincide, not much else does...color me green.       

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Chasing Tack Sharp ... Just can't get there

« on: March 21, 2013, 06:04:44 PM »

Aah...that sort of thing is adjustable within your preferences menu.

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Canon General / Why are the video guys getting the good stuff?

« on: March 20, 2013, 12:02:33 PM »

Just lucked onto this tidbit concerning a new low-light sensor from...Canon
http://www.canon.com/news/2013/mar04e.html

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Canon General / Re: How many years have the CR posters been shooting professionally / seriously

« on: March 20, 2013, 11:59:45 AM »

I couldn't vote as I'm a non-pro type of shooter.       

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Chasing Tack Sharp ... Just can't get there

« on: March 20, 2013, 11:56:49 AM »

Great PP advice from digital paradise on the PP aspect of getting tacky sharp, but...
I've found that nothing beats manual focusing in live view using the zoom feature or...
if you're able to shoot tethered using Canon Utilities software, that same LV image is now on your computer screen for an even larger LV image.
I use this method to check my auto focus results.  If it needs tweaked, you're able to do that right in the computer.