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

The1 · 03-24-2011, 07:34 AM

horrizon wasn't too bad.

i think this would have looked better had i done the more panoramic idea of the shot.

dcstep · 03-24-2011, 07:43 AM

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agreed.

does the 2.0x tc autofocus with your 500mm? i thought it only worked for F4 and under and i thought the 500 was a 5.6?

how do you like using the TCs? i've heard some people complain of slight loss to IQ, but nothing major.

I ordered one a while back, but i think the place forgot about the order (they don't take payment before orders, which is stupid of them, especially in the current economy.)

i think i'd be happy with a 1.4 since going from my 5D to my 7D is so drastic, i don't think i'd mind the 1.4 as i think the 2.0 would be massive.

The 2.0x TC is a MF-only solution on the 7D. Therefore, it only makes sense for small perched birds, macros of bugs and flowers and things where you can anticipate the focus. The AF with the 1.4xTC is fast enough to shoot BIF, but it becomes hard to track a bird simply because the angle of view is so narrow, only a few degrees.

The IQ issues with the 1.4xTC Series II and the 2.0x TC Series III is mainly at the edges, which is usually thrown into bokeh anyway. If you shoot a dollar bill nailed flat to the wall, you'll see it, but shoot a bird surrounded by leaves and you can't point to it. The III is noticeable improved over the II in the 2.0x based on the tests that I've seen, but it hardly matters. Getting pixels on a small subject trumps edge detail, generally. If you've got enough light for f/11 then they're stunning in all tests.

I only use the 2.0xTC on the tripod and often add a 25mm ET to make it a truly great macro lens.

Dave

Chewy734 · 03-24-2011, 09:18 AM

where was that pic taken cooh?

M_Six · 03-24-2011, 10:49 AM

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where was that pic taken cooh?

Not Florida, I bet.

The1 · 03-24-2011, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Not Florida, I bet.

haha, I bet you're right, it's supposed to be 87 where i am in Fort Myers beach area today and for the next few days.... snow wouldn't last too long in that....

I sent my mom home to canada yesterday and she said she just finished removing a foot of snow from her driveway this morning.

cooh23 · 03-24-2011, 02:10 PM

haha. thanks guys.

That was taken at Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe, CA.
I actually cloned out the first buoy and the 2nd buoy kind of gives it something to look at that says "hey, the water is cold, do not go in there" haha. I didn't wanna crop it too much and make it panoramic since that's not the look I was going for. I guess you can go any direction and still have a presentable picture.

That was taken with an 85mm lens on a crop body.

gary88 · 03-24-2011, 09:05 PM

Trying a new PP style

UdubBadger · 03-24-2011, 09:08 PM

not bad... if only your car was better looking.

rodi · 03-24-2011, 09:12 PM

faded saturation needs some high-point blacks in my opinion.

dcstep · 03-25-2011, 08:00 AM

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what you think?

I think that's too many pixels and the Clone is placed a little off center in the eye. I'd take it up to 300% and grab some of the lighter background and place just 1 to 4 pixels right in the center of the pupil.

gary88 · 03-25-2011, 12:09 PM

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not bad... if only your car was better looking.

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Originally Posted by rodi

faded saturation needs some high-point blacks in my opinion.

hmm, I like it

UdubBadger · 03-25-2011, 12:13 PM

I'll see you at Race Wars!

M_Six · 03-25-2011, 12:45 PM

My take on it. Although in hindsight I should have masked the noise from the windows.

rodi · 03-25-2011, 12:57 PM

Mark, come on! Seriously? Selective color/B&W?
The only people that should be doing that are wedding "photographers" that shoot with these and cost their clients $500.

M_Six · 03-25-2011, 01:46 PM

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Mark, come on! Seriously? Selective color/B&W?
The only people that should be doing that are wedding "photographers" that shoot with these and cost their clients $500.

Mea culpa. Best I could do with 5 minutes of spare time and a serious lack of artistic imagination.

M_Six · 03-25-2011, 02:30 PM

Maybe a sunset scene, then?

Litos · 03-25-2011, 08:59 PM

Shitboxes........

UdubBadger · 03-25-2011, 09:02 PM

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Mark, come on! Seriously? Selective color/B&W?
The only people that should be doing that are wedding "photographers" that shoot with these and cost their clients $500.

I got pwnd by one of my professors for even suggesting it at a critique...

rodi · 03-25-2011, 09:09 PM

did you get pwned yet for HDR?

rodi · 03-25-2011, 09:11 PM

that looks pretty good Mark!

UdubBadger · 03-25-2011, 10:49 PM

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did you get pwned yet for HDR?

I don't HDR

M_Six · 03-25-2011, 10:55 PM

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I don't HDR

Not even when the GF is out for the night? C'mon, fess up.

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cooh23 Private First Class 13 Rep 102 Posts Drives: e90 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: LA iTrader: (0)	haha. thanks guys. That was taken at Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe, CA. I actually cloned out the first buoy and the 2nd buoy kind of gives it something to look at that says "hey, the water is cold, do not go in there" haha. I didn't wanna crop it too much and make it panoramic since that's not the look I was going for. I guess you can go any direction and still have a presentable picture. That was taken with an 85mm lens on a crop body. __________________
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rodi . . . 188 Rep 2,391 Posts Drives: your FACE! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Atlanta proper iTrader: (-1)	Mark, come on! Seriously? Selective color/B&W? The only people that should be doing that are wedding "photographers" that shoot with these and cost their clients $500. __________________ 2009 135i \| space grey \| sport \| navi \| hifi \| heated dinan stage 2 software \| bmw performance exhaust kw v2 \| hotchkis front sway \| vmr v710
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