DC Protesters

[Hinson]

Hi, I've been around for a while but haven't posted many images. So I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm trying to decide if I want to sell my 70-200 .28L IS so I took it and my 5D downtown to see if I really want to part with it. Here are some of the results. These are straight out of the camera with only a quick batch pass with the sharpen filter. Nothing else. All were shot around the White House or within a block or so of 15th and G. (bad heart so I can't get more than a few blocks from my motorcycle.) It was a very cloudy/overcast day so not harsh shadows to worry about. (only whether or not it would rain before I got back home ...hehehe)

This is my first try at "street photography" or "urban photography" so let me know what you think.

Hinson

24/7 Protest ISO 100, 105mm, F2.8, 1/500sec
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1262/1286914221_05258d9fdf_b.jpg

A close-up of the lady ISO 100, 200mm, F2.8, 1/1000sec
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1033/1287685626_e6e1d3c8e2_b.jpg

Street Musician: ISO 100, 85mm, F4.0, 1/180sec
This fellow had a mixer, amp, large speaker and some great flute music. I heard the music from a block away and went looking for it. Beautiful.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1175/1287692840_0dcd644201_b.jpg

And a close-up. ISO 100, 110mm, F4.0, 1/180sec
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1148/1287694704_6270180918_b.jpg

You can see the rest here (http://www.flickr.com/gp/7760198@N05/8t79v4)

[Village_Idiot]

I live close to DC. If you don't want it, let me know. I'd kill for one of those.

[Hinson]

Not sure I want to turn the Villiage Idiot loose with one of these...hehehe.

I'll let you know if I decide to sell. Where are you located? I'm in Germantown.

Hinson

[Village_Idiot]

Martinsburg WV. I'm about 45 minutes to Rockville.

[TwistedGray]

I lived at the end of Boyd Avenue for a while as well as Rankin Circle (off of 11 heading North getting outside of MBurg).

[Hinson]

Waal, looks like we got us a hillbilly reunion going on...hehehe {running and ducking}

[BottomBracket]

Germantown? Man I was there for nearly two months this summer, I have relatives there. Good captures by the way, thanks for sharing.

[jdizzle]

I don't see why you wanna get rid of this lens. Great shots!

[Mark_Mason]

Those shots are great. It seems your 70-200 is "sharp like razor blade".

Mark.

[lennyp06]

Those people outside of the whitehouse are crazy, they have been out there non stop since the 80s. Literally 24-7 one of the security guys told us all about them. i was there a month ago.

Nice shots

Hey mark, my fellow oregonian what kind of photography do you do?

[khall]

Nice sharp pictures. Why would you sell the "Lens"

[Hinson]

Thanks for all the replies folks. As to why I want to sell the lens: A heart attack sidelined me from my bread & butter work (school photographer) last year and now without any retirement benefits, I must exist on SS. Now I need to come up with some money to replace my broken TV and those big DLP and Plasma sets don't come cheap. But then again, I look at the images and think, "MMmmm, maybe I could sell off one of the grandkids...hehehe.

Back to the images though. I liked this lens on my 10D but am amazed by the quality of images from the 5D-70mm-200mm combination. I have found that I can crop an image shot at 200mm to get the same FOV as a 300 or longer lens with very little loss of quality.

Example:

Here is a crop
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1147/1293490133_3f8e898115_o.jpg

from this image: (see full size image here (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1070/1294354734_cc4fad700f_b.jpg))
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1070/1294354734_cc4fad700f.jpg


That has to be the equivelent of a 300mm or 400mm lens shot. Blows my mind.

Hinson

[mumbles]

That woman protesting is always there. She was also in Farienheit 911 movie.

[qtaran111]

Nice shots.

We have a similar protester here in London who has been camped 24-7 in Parliament Square since 2001: http://www.parliament-square.org.uk/

I don't necessarily agree or disagree with what he is saying, but I hate the way they have tried to shut him up. As Voltaire said: "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

[Lord_Malone]

That protester is always out there with the exact same set-up.

Nice job.

[canonloader]

Example:

Here is a crop
Don't you mean cop? :lol:

It's a great lens, I'd keep the glass, sell the motorcycle[especially with a bad heart] and buy a cage. ;)

[Lord_Malone]

Don't you mean cop? :lol:



Actually, he's uniformed Secret Service. ;)

[canonloader]

he's uniformed Secret Service
That makes him a non sequitur. :lol:

Or he has a big handycap in the secret business.

[Mark_Mason]

Those people outside of the whitehouse are crazy, they have been out there non stop since the 80s. Literally 24-7 one of the security guys told us all about them. i was there a month ago.

Nice shots

Hey mark, my fellow oregonian what kind of photography do you do?

I'll shoot anything that gets in my way. You can check my picts here...

I'm new to photography (just over a year with a DSLR), so be kind...

m-mason.smugmug.com


Mark.