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

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by 1º

+1 you're doing it wrong!!!

24mm at f1.4, silky smoothhhhh

It's easy to get bokeh when nothing is in focus! Maybe one of the middle meatballs is actually in focus. Just kidding...

Here I use my "cheater", the 500mm f/4L IS, to combine super sharp focus and total creamy bokeh, making the deeps woods where this was taken invisible:


Common yellow-throat warbler by dcstep, on Flickr

After years of using "regular" lenses, that 500mm literally does make me feel like I'm cheating. It's incredible.

Dave

[Chewy734]

^ showoff

[1º]

Originally Posted by dcstep

It's easy to get bokeh when nothing is in focus! Maybe one of the middle meatballs is actually in focus. Just kidding...

Here I use my "cheater", the 500mm f/4L IS, to combine super sharp focus and total creamy bokeh, making the deeps woods where this was taken invisible:

...

After years of using "regular" lenses, that 500mm literal does make me feel like I'm cheating. It's incredible.

Dave

lol the funny thing is it looked perfect in the viewfinder with DOF preview, dont know what happend

500L

[The1]

Originally Posted by dcstep

It's easy to get bokeh when nothing is in focus! Maybe one of the middle meatballs is actually in focus. Just kidding...

Here I use my "cheater", the 500mm f/4L IS, to combine super sharp focus and total creamy bokeh, making the deeps woods where this was taken invisible:

After years of using "regular" lenses, that 500mm literally does make me feel like I'm cheating. It's incredible.

Dave

what were you using before the 500?

I was looking through some of your wildlife shots on your Flickr account and it's fun to see the transition of all the close ups to seeing the wildlife and the habitat around it which i assume was before the 500mm existed?

both great ways to see wildlife, but very different situations and compositions.

[The1]

lol, should have used the flower as your focal point in the picture... easier target, less detail for the auto focus to play with.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by The1

lol, should have used the flower as your focal point in the picture... easier target, less detail for the auto focus to play with.

Yeah, me too and maybe try to get the edge of the pizza next to the flower in focus.

[Litos]

Originally Posted by 1º

lol the funny thing is it looked perfect in the viewfinder with DOF preview, dont know what happend

500L

yeah 1.4 is almost worthless to me.

i rarely try to get shots lke that with so much DOF.

[The1]

these pictures are making me want to go out and play with my cameras.... too bad it's dark now

[Litos]

this picture should make you wanna go get some fried pickles..........

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by The1

what were you using before the 500?

I was looking through some of your wildlife shots on your Flickr account and it's fun to see the transition of all the close ups to seeing the wildlife and the habitat around it which i assume was before the 500mm existed?

both great ways to see wildlife, but very different situations and compositions.

EF 400mm f/5.6L and my 70-200mm f/4L IS with a 1.4x TC were my prior rigs. I sold the 400mm because I never touched it again after getting the 500L. I still use the 70-200mm a ton. It's a super lens in its own right.

If you look at my Photostream chronologically you'll see a bunch of 70-200mm shots mixed in and those are current. I carry two cameras; the 7D with the 500mm mounted and my 5D MkII with the 70-200mm mounted.

Here's a fave with the zoom:


Dusk routines... by dcstep, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Litos

this picture should make you wanna go get some fried pickles..........

Yeah, mouth watering and a great example of how to combine food and a little bokeh.

[Chewy734]

what aperture Litos?

[Litos]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

what aperture Litos?

had to be wide open - 1.8

confirmed: Aperture-priority AE, 1/30 sec, f/1.8, ISO 180

and that was my junk D200 from 3 years ago lol

[The1]

one mans junk, is another mans treasure...


and i know chewy is going to comment on that about badgers junk...
or the other way around...

[The1]

oh, and Litos, thanks for posting a picture of fried stuff for me, i just started counting calories tonight.... you're not helping....

and nice shot DC you're making me long for going to Colorado to check out some more scenery since the last time i was there.

my dad sent me some pictures of the dunes in colorado, he went there this weekend with his wife for one of their random monthly big dates. It's now definitely a place for me to add to my bucket list.

[Litos]

Originally Posted by The1

oh, and Litos, thanks for posting a picture of fried stuff for me, i just started counting calories tonight.... you're not helping....

sorry dude - i'll be sure to eat some tomorrow when my son and i go to Hooters.

i tell ya - we go ever Friday after work. he just turned 4

his favorite movie is Edward Scissorhands. so he finds my Freddy Krueger glove and says "look daddy, i'm Edward" - and then he starts making noises like he's cutting bushes HAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!

[The1]

is your house full of gadgets and toys?

looks like a fun place to hang out.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by The1

...
and nice shot DC you're making me long for going to Colorado to check out some more scenery since the last time i was there.
....

Those dunes look incredible. I haven't been there, but one of my pro photog friends, Bob Rozinski, has a great book about it. If you go, I'll provide the ride from the airport. ('09 M3 coupe).

Dave

[The1]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Those dunes look incredible. I haven't been there, but one of my pro photog friends, Bob Rozinski, has a great book about it. If you go, I'll provide the ride from the airport. ('09 M3 coupe).

Dave

lol, may take you up on it. unless i can convince my dad to ship his car to Colorado. But i highly doubt he would, and i don't fit too well, which is sad.




I think it would be a fantastic trip, I tryed to go last march, but as i was leaving Colorado, i was in nearly white out condition fog.

it made me miss the "devil's garden" as well, which looked really cool

I'll see if i can dig up my dads email and see if any of the pictures are worth posting from the dunes.

[The1]

here's 2 shots my dad took with his archaic 3megapixel camera which still seems to get better pictures then a lot of todays point and shoots.

[UdubBadger]

yeah i'd say those are better than most.

[The1]

pretty sad.... just shows you the quality they put into the first cameras back in the day.

it's a powershot style of camera he got in maybe 2000 or 2001 somewhere around there, about 700$ (which was a fortune compared to today...)

This fall he bought a 12megapixel point and shoot to replace it. took make 50 shots with it and handed it to his wife and picked his old camera back up again just because he liked the shots better.

I don't blame him. sadly there isn't much control on it, there is an Automatic mode, a Program mode, and some simple video capture. But the manual mode is only ISO adjustment (minimal at best) and a slight bit of + or - EV

very simple. but effective i guess.

I was thinking about picking him up a used 6megapixel Nikon DSLR i saw a few weeks back, but i'm not sure he'd appreciate it.