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All knotted up
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01-07-2012, 03:11 PM | #5857 | |
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70's here is south carolina so washed my car and took a few pictures. here's a decent one I think. IMG_5224 by aftercorbu, on Flickr Last edited by aftercorbu; 01-07-2012 at 08:24 PM.. |
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The car looks great. It was 60 here yesterday. If I had been at home I would have been out washing cars.
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01-07-2012, 05:20 PM | #5860 |
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Whatchu Lookin' At? by mkrepp, on Flickr Shot just as the sun was coming up this morning. Ran into a herd of 50-60 elk. Mainly cows, but a couple bulls in the mix. One was rather large, likely a 6x7, but by the time I got my camera up, he was just over the ridge. |
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Ah, the rarely seen Raspberry Elk. Nice capture.
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01-07-2012, 07:41 PM | #5864 | |
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random, wild Elk in NW PA? What the hell Matt...
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01-07-2012, 07:57 PM | #5867 |
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Thanks Reed. I'm enjoying it a lot so far. I like the 5D2 much more than the 20D, especially for landscape and portraits. I miss the reach I used to get on the 20D, but I think my new 100-400 mm should help satisfy my telephoto cravings. Now, I just need to find time to shoot with it. I bought that lens in early December and I haven't been able to use it even once yet.
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01-07-2012, 08:27 PM | #5868 | |
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That being said, once you're outside with it, the minimum focus distance doesn't really hold it back. there's actually great bokeh from it when capturing things close up. Besides. How close do you really want to get to some of the things you might be shooting with a lens like that I know I was standing 10' away from an Elk with my 70-200, and was thinking, I wish I wasn't this close..... Meanwhile my dad is behind me with his point and shoot saying, "get closer Reed, I want the picture to show how close you really are" with a big shit eating grin on his face. I don't need to get that close again, especially when it's antlers are almost as tall as me.... |
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Haha, these were taken in the Moshannon State Forest near Benezette, PA. There's a rather large population of elk in the region. Here's one of the biggest racks of the day. Not a great picture (heavy crop, high iso), but a pretty big bull. There were three of these guys foraging just off the road as we were driving by. Big Rack by mkrepp, on Flickr Quote:
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01-08-2012, 09:11 AM | #5872 | |
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Yeah, the 500mm is like cheating. Not only does it have reach, but it's contrast and color is among the very best possible. Finally, make certain that you don't overexpose. That shot was at -1EV in Av mode to account the high brightness of the moon vs. the sky. Also, there's lots of contrast on the surface, so the highlights can easily get washed out, killing detail. Dave
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If you don't mind, I'd like to offer some suggestions after looking at your EXIF.
Don't be afraid to crop. Just because you used a 400mm doesn't mean that the subject is large enough in the screen. I would have featured one of the cows. At least crop the partial one out on the left. You under exposed. Generally anything with a lot of brown and dark should be shot at +1EV instead of 0EV, as you did. You can normalize the brightness in RAW conversion if it's too bright. (The old saw about not blowing out important highlights still holds). For nature and with a long lens, I use ISO 800 as my default. Shutter speeds in the 1/1000 to 1/2000-sec shows up as sharper images. Also, at that ISO you can often stop down to f/8 or f/11 to gain DOF. Here's an example, taken with the 500mm, a buck among other deer, cropped to eliminate other distrations, shot at ISO 800 and +4/3EV, f/6.3 resulting in 1/1000-sec.: White-tail buck in sunset light by dcstep, on Flickr The lens helps, but you can't rely it to create an interesting image. Dave
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