California Adventure

[thomascanty]

The entrance to Disney's California Adventure theme park:

http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/caladv.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L @ 24mm, 1/15s (hand held), f/2.8, ISO 1600

[stoneylonesome]

WOW hand held at 1/15th you are steady, Nice shot good DOF. Where was you focus point on this? it seems amazing to get that much DOF at f2.8, that is one sweet lens. :) :) :) :)

[Ballen Photo]

Great shot Lonnie! Especially for handheld at 1/15th.:eek: :)

-Bruce

[thomascanty]

Thanks Bruce and Sandy. I took about a dozen shots from this vantage point, and only one had some camera shake blurring. I liked this one best because of the way the kids were sitting in/on most of the letters. The focus point was in the center of the picture on the letter I.

Here are a few more shots from the same night:

http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/caladv02.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L @ 24mm, 1/10s (hand held), f/2.8, ISO 1600

http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/caladv03.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L @ 28mm, 1/13s (hand held), f/2.8, ISO 1600

I wish I'd thought of using the flash on this one:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/caladv04.jpg
Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L @ 27mm, 1/10s (hand held), f/2.8, ISO 1600

[stoneylonesome]

All of them terrific Lonnie, I think the use of a flash on the last one would have washed out the background, I really like it the way it is, makes for a very dramatic effect. the waterfalls look like sparklers and the flash would have lost that.

[maderito]

Lonnie,

Excellent shots. Enjoy your work.

No doubt - capturing these handheld with a 2 lb zoom lens is impressive. What also got my attention was the aperture. I didn't realize you could get such good DOF at f/2.8. Everything is so different when you get to wide angle!

[belmondo]

Great work, Lonnie! Makes me want to get over there someday again.

[JojoM]

Those are amazing results for hand-held shots.

Here's a similar shot I took last year with my G3 (not hand-held, of course).
http://www.pbase.com/jojom/image/22510801/original

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[thomascanty]

All of them terrific Lonnie, I think the use of a flash on the last one would have washed out the background,

It shouldn't have. I would have kept the same long exposure to keep Grizzly Peak and the sky the way they are. A quick flash would have made the waterfall stand out a little better, though...

Here's a similar shot I took last year with my G3 (not hand-held, of course).

How did you manage to do that without hand holding it? I tried to bring a tripod into the park, but they stopped me and said that wasn't allowed. Come to think of it, I'm not sure they had the centralized security gate in place a year ago, so maybe you were there when you could still get a tripod that far...

Thanks for the comments everyone else!

[JojoM]

How did you manage to do that without hand holding it? I tried to bring a tripod into the park, but they stopped me and said that wasn't allowed. Come to think of it, I'm not sure they had the centralized security gate in place a year ago, so maybe you were there when you could still get a tripod that far...

I didn't use a tripod, just placed the camera on top of a trashcan or something. The shot was taken around 10:30 pm so the park was already closed and very few people in that central area.

[Elbee19]

WOW!!! Fantastic shots! I'm like everyone else...absolutely incredible clarity and DOF for f2.8 and handheld!

Thank you for sharing! I really enjoyed them!

[Wazza]

Very nice shots Lonnie. That is one impressive camera, with one impressive, steady photographer. :)

[sparker1]

All I can do is repeat what others have said: Fantastic photos!!!

[thomascanty]

Thanks again for the comments! I appreciate it. :D

[LAWSON McCULLOCH]

I wish i could these kind of results hand holding, great shots all of them.

[merrrrjig]

Wow, I used to have season passes to disney land, I wish I still had them to go take pictures like that, those are some great shots!

[PacAce]

Wow! Very nicely done, Lonnie. I really like the ferris wheel picture a lot. I'm also impressed with your handholding ability. I'd probably be 6 feet under the ground before I ever got my hands that steady. :lol:

[gtg]

well captured photographs thomascanty.... especially the first one amazes me with DOF at f/2.8... and cant be without appreciating ur shake-free hand at 1/15s