*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #1

[The1]

great detail

[Chewy734]

awesome shot Matt!

[MATT0404]

Thank you, both!

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by MATT0404

Thanks, Dave. I guess I really wasn't panning in this particular shot. I was actually focused on the hand and waited for the bird to swoop down for the worm and started firing. I guess this is where you run into the limitations on the 5d2. I probably should have thought about using the 40D. Great advice to keep both eyes open to track the subject. I really hadn't thought of that before.

Here's another shot from inside. The Steller's Sea Eagle. A very impressive bird:

Super portrait of the sea eagle. It looks like it's snowing which makes a really special captive shot.

If you owned a 7D, I might agree about using a crop-sensor vs. the 5D2. The 40D's processor and pixels aren't up to competing with the IQ of the 5D2, even when the image is cropped down to the same subject size as the 40D.

The 7D has a smaller pixel-pitch, slightly better AF and 8-fps vs. the 5D2, but, except for the 8-fps, all that stuff is very close, making which one to use pretty much a toss up for things that aren't moving fast.

Dave

[M_Six]

Nap Time

[The1]

still working with the 135?

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by The1

still working with the 135?

Yep. Lovin' this lens.

[The1]

so you're putting it on the "to sneek past my wife" list?

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by The1

so you're putting it on the "to sneek past my wife" list?

Not for a while yet. I'll own one eventually, but first comes the 7D and then a 70-200mm F4L IS. Then some more MF lenses. If a 135 in good shape shows up on CL with a decent price, I may find a way to grab it. Otherwise it will have to wait. It'd be more of a luxury lens for me.

[bosstones]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Cool B&W image, Jeff. Where is that?

Hey, Mark. Thanks. That is the Ferry Arch in San Francisco. It's up in the wharf area. Sorry for the delay in responding. Rarely been on the forum since last spring.

[dcstep]

Mule-deer buck lounges in morning sun:


Big mule deer buck lays down by dcstep, on Flickr

Instead of the 7D, this one's with the 5D MkII and the 500mm.

[M_Six]

Nice rack! Great pic, too.

[gary88]

Mixing board by garyhebding, on Flickr

[Seminole]

Bellagio Roof by Seminole, on Flickr

[M_Six]

Nice shot, Seminole. Did you just take that?

[The1]

i've been very tempted lately to buy mixing gear....

this doesn't help

[RedBarron]

Originally Posted by Seminole

Bellagio Roof by Seminole, on Flickr

wow thats funny I was just there and got basically the same shot.

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Nice shot, Seminole. Did you just take that?

Thanks! I took it last night. Just flew back home today.

I'm a little bummed out since I got my camera only a few days before I went so I wasn't familiar with it, and only got a handful of decent shots. I also thought I had recorded video of three of the Bellagio's water shows only to find out that pressing the shutter on my camera doesn't start the recording in video mode, that there is a separate dedicated button by the view finder for that

At least I had fun with my rental!

[oneintheory]

Jamie H. by jsophoto, on Flickr

[UdubBadger]

Originally Posted by gary88

Mixing board by garyhebding, on Flickr

disco night at the man hole again?

[gary88]

Originally Posted by UdubBadger

disco night at the man hole again?

You know it

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Seminole

Thanks! I took it last night. Just flew back home today.

There for CES? I've always wanted to go to that, but I don't think I could handle the crowds.