puffy little clouds (3)

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I finally got to put the Tokina to a test today after having it for a couple months. Health reasons have kept me in but I'm good to go now. I used Rawshooter & PS to process but mainly levels and contrast, the lense is pretty sharp and needs little post-processing. I think this lense will be a good one for a couple Rocky Mountain trips this summer.

Here's 3 images of a lake near my home:

1.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/mdwsr/Spav.jpg

2.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/mdwsr/SpavBldg.jpg

3.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/mdwsr/SpavWall.jpg

[Mills]

Very Nice!

[Cobra351]

Good job.

[Michaelmjc]

Very nice. The last one seems like you're floating over the water. Just gives me that feeling. Very nice shots.

[sparker1]

Great images, Mike. Where in the Rockies are you going? I'll be in Colorado much of the summer.

[ssim]

Extremely nice shots there. Thanks for sharing them with us.

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Thanks all, I forgot to mention that those pics were taken with a Tokina 17mm. I really like this lense, simplicity is good sometimes. Plus you can get some really neat effects with it. I'm thinking with the Tamron 28-75 I already had and a possible future 135L I should have it pretty well covered.

Sparker - I'll start out west of Denver and go from there. My favorite trips in the mountains have been when I didn't have a real plan, we just went wherever the wind blew us. Crested Butte is one of my favorite places, and we sometimes end up down around Ouray. I do plan to spend some time in the Maroon Bells. Last summer we took my Jeep up there and did lots of the trails, only problem was I didn't have my 20D, I was using a cheapo Casio. I can't wait to get up there with this camera.