Jopa said:I got mine mostly to take my kids pics and not to miss precious moments
That is indeed a very special moment! Love it.
Jack
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Anything Shot with a 1Dx mark II
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That is indeed a very special moment! Love it.
Jack
A couple of recent shots:
A Warm Fire on a Rainy Winter Day
Orion's Belt and Sword
Mule Deer Portrait
A Warm Fire on a Rainy Winter Day
Orion's Belt and Sword
Mule Deer Portrait
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Click said:
For sure, and that ember had me puzzled for a second - pretty cool, I mean hot.
Jack
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Jopa said:Jack Douglas said:Jopa said:I got mine mostly to take my kids pics and not to miss precious moments
That is indeed a very special moment! Love it.
Jack
Thank you Jack!
How do you like your Better Beamer?
Let's see, what is the best excuse for not having used it, I can muster. Honestly, the 1DX2 AF has me so engaged trying to understand it all that I haven't dared to mount my flash on the camera. I know, it's not necessary to master it all but that's how I tend to be. It also ties in with my chronic headaches that make me mentally less than I'd normally be in relating to all this.
Kind of pathetic isn't it! ;D One day soon.
Jack
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Like the lion very much Eldar, and his clear, sharp eye! Also appreciate you sharing the information on the lions of Ngorongoro. I find that the 1DX Mark 2 and the 1DX are the two best Canon bodies to use when I am using any of the Canon EF teleconverters..Eldar said:
Also hope the original 1DX Mark 2 thread gets found again...think i had images in there too
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Nice shots Anchorage, like your fireside composition a lot...anchorage said:A couple of recent shots:
A Warm Fire on a Rainy Winter Day
Orion's Belt and Sword
Mule Deer Portrait
Thanks for sharing
Cheers
Grant
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Great shot Jopa, just beautiful!Jopa said:I got mine mostly to take my kids pics and not to miss precious moments
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Well, the thread header is "anything" so I guess I can inject a woodpecker since my limited shooting leaves me with little else right now! 
This is 400 DO II X1.4 at ISO 1600 F6.3 1/1000 backlit (-20C)
Possibly the same guy at an earlier Nov. date this time X2 ISO 8000 F9 1/1000 about 1/3 of frame.
Jack
This is 400 DO II X1.4 at ISO 1600 F6.3 1/1000 backlit (-20C)
Possibly the same guy at an earlier Nov. date this time X2 ISO 8000 F9 1/1000 about 1/3 of frame.
Jack
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Jack I set up my Better beamer on 580 or 600RT flashes as follows.
ETTL is the mode, with high speed sync. The weight of the BB seems to jar the flash occasionally and it defaults to non-high speed sync at 1/ 250sec. I wish there was a way to tighten the connection.
I generally deep the power output at 0, no plus or minus, but vary this with some environmental conditions.
I think I've read somewhere that setting the flashes distance to 50mm maximizes the output downrange.
As Surapon has moded his BB with reflective silver duct tape on the inside of the BB so have I in the hope that there will be more light downrange. His article is somewhere in CR. (here maybe http://bit.ly/2hg7TPE )
One issue that comes up is shooting thru grass or branches as dross closer to the flash gets more than it's share of illumination and can lead to a "washed out" picture of the subject.
And of course despite the flashes relatively faster recovery time with HSS, the 1DX outguns it and only the first of a burst gets the flash.
Oh and somehow the white balance totally changes on the flashed image. I'll look for a series where I can show this.
ETTL is the mode, with high speed sync. The weight of the BB seems to jar the flash occasionally and it defaults to non-high speed sync at 1/ 250sec. I wish there was a way to tighten the connection.
I generally deep the power output at 0, no plus or minus, but vary this with some environmental conditions.
I think I've read somewhere that setting the flashes distance to 50mm maximizes the output downrange.
As Surapon has moded his BB with reflective silver duct tape on the inside of the BB so have I in the hope that there will be more light downrange. His article is somewhere in CR. (here maybe http://bit.ly/2hg7TPE )
One issue that comes up is shooting thru grass or branches as dross closer to the flash gets more than it's share of illumination and can lead to a "washed out" picture of the subject.
And of course despite the flashes relatively faster recovery time with HSS, the 1DX outguns it and only the first of a burst gets the flash.
Oh and somehow the white balance totally changes on the flashed image. I'll look for a series where I can show this.
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applecider, thanks for this helpful reply! I actually had gotten fairly good at using the 600EX-RT with my 6D a year+ ago but now I just have to bite the bullet and try with the 1DX2. My short term memory is pretty bad and it seems I'm always relearning what should be so easy to remember. And then there is this crazy amount of unfinished house reno stuff presenting itself daily - it's downright depressing; a guy should be free to play!
I was following Surapon's adventures with much enjoyment back then and will have to revisit it soon.
Jack
I was following Surapon's adventures with much enjoyment back then and will have to revisit it soon.
Jack
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Jack Douglas said:Jopa said:Jack Douglas said:Jopa said:I got mine mostly to take my kids pics and not to miss precious moments
That is indeed a very special moment! Love it.
Jack
Thank you Jack!
How do you like your Better Beamer?
Let's see, what is the best excuse for not having used it, I can muster. Honestly, the 1DX2 AF has me so engaged trying to understand it all that I haven't dared to mount my flash on the camera. I know, it's not necessary to master it all but that's how I tend to be. It also ties in with my chronic headaches that make me mentally less than I'd normally be in relating to all this.
Kind of pathetic isn't it! ;D One day soon.
Jack
Hi Jack,
I got an email from Canon with a link to a new 1DX MKII AF Setting Guidebook. I haven't had a chance to look at it, but you may find it useful.
http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/news/canon_publishes_the_af_setting_guidebook_for_eos-1d_x_mark_ii.do?utm_source=newsletter_december_1_16&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter
Sue
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Hey Sue thanks for thinking of me. Yes, it's great and I have it printed and highlighted and I recommend it highly. I may be repeating here, can't recall, but my best recent find is that one can have both back buttons and the shutter programmed for AF. I find having the shutter giving large zone really handy for BIF because my two back buttons, AF-on, and * override it and are set for servo point expansion and single spot respectively. This works so intuitively for me - three choices instantaneously available with buttons I find the easiest to use.
Jack
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I hear quite a few longing for the option of using a 2xIII on a 600 f4L IS II and get to 1.200mm. What you should be aware of is the fact that haze, dust and what not will distort your images and there are clear limitations to its use.
This one is of five young lions, who ganged up on this cape buffalo. A special experience in it self, since I have never seen 5 equally aged young males before and certainly not being capable of killing a buffalo. The buffalo has just been brought down and is far from dead. It took some 20-30 minutes before it stopped kicking and grunting. Not the most pleasing sight, but a part of nature. As you can see, there is quite a bit of sharpness, clarity (and quality) to be wanted, which is due to haze. I have dehazed, sharpened, contrasted and clarified as much as I could, but still ... On this day it was overcast and not particularly hot. If the sun had been up, the images could be thrown away.
This one is of five young lions, who ganged up on this cape buffalo. A special experience in it self, since I have never seen 5 equally aged young males before and certainly not being capable of killing a buffalo. The buffalo has just been brought down and is far from dead. It took some 20-30 minutes before it stopped kicking and grunting. Not the most pleasing sight, but a part of nature. As you can see, there is quite a bit of sharpness, clarity (and quality) to be wanted, which is due to haze. I have dehazed, sharpened, contrasted and clarified as much as I could, but still ... On this day it was overcast and not particularly hot. If the sun had been up, the images could be thrown away.
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Eldar, still very good! And we have squeamish folk complaining about it being inhumane to shoot a deer. I don't shoot and I don't condone animal cruelty by any means but ....... I think scenes like these should be played in every classroom to keep things in perspective.
Jack
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