Canon 60D Users, Unite! (3)

[jay125]

do we want a new thread or are we going to post in this one? i can see the benefits of both

[RustyHammer]

Both !

[Rivest]

Originally Posted by jay125

do we want a new thread or are we going to post in this one? i can see the benefits of both

Jay, read the previous posts

[Canon_Lover]

Originally Posted by flowrider

Johan - those are amazing shots.


Can you tell me about the last one?

Thanks, what is there you would like to know? Location? Shot settings?

[nrowensby]

I just got my ThinkTank UD50 and wow... These things are very nicely made, it feels MUCH sturdier than my Crumpler 7MDH... now if I can just figure out how to get all my "stuff" in there... LOL

[Canon_Lover]

Originally Posted by todmac

Stunning shots Johan! I really like the 2nd one

Me too.

[Rivest]

Johan, my favorite is the first one. Love the startrails in the sunset. Care to share more info on it?


Between, you do not have the right to post your three best shots. It's unfair. Even your worst landscape is better than all of ours

[jay125]

Originally Posted by nrowensby

I just got my ThinkTank UD50 and wow... These things are very nicely made, it feels MUCH sturdier than my Crumpler 7MDH... now if I can just figure out how to get all my "stuff" in there... LOL

my main is the ThinkTank UD40. i love it! the 6mdh that i bought from you that you bought from vixen (that she bought from ?) is perfect for me when i'm carrying just the minimal stuff.

[todmac]

Originally Posted by Canon_Lover

Me too.

Johan, I'll bet picking your top 3 is not going to easy


I say we should post our top 3 in this thread...you guys wanna get started now? If so let's do it and I'll post soon!

[Canon_Lover]

Originally Posted by Hardcore

Yes, great shots Johan! How are you liking your lee filter set? Finally broke down and picked one up.

I knew you would break eventually! They are the shiznit! It's amazing how you can pull that extra amount of color out of otherwise washed out skies.

This is the best combo of 3 and has never failed me:
1 Hard 3 stop ND grad
2 Soft 3 stop ND grad

The really cool thing about the Lee filters is that you can slide the filter down all the way over even a 10mm lens and get a pretty much complete coverage in full ND. So this set really doubles up as a 3-9 stop regular ND set.

I did order a Lee big stopped last April... still has not arrived...

[nrowensby]

Getting 10-22USM + 100Macro today in a couple hours... Can't wait to see what 10mm looks like on a 1.3x body!

[Rivest]

Here's a shot from yesterday!

[Canon_Lover]

Originally Posted by Rivest

Johan, my favorite is the first one. Love the startrails in the sunset. Care to share more info on it?


Between, you do not have the right to post your three best shots. It's unfair. Even your worst landscape is better than all of ours

3 best shots? Barf! haha. I have some better ones lurking up my sleeve if you guys wanna play that game.

The star trails shot was taken on the eve of the Lunar Eclipse, so the moon was REALLY orange/red. I planned this shot out in advance and didn't open the shutter until the moon was low enough so that if I opened up the shutter for 50 minutes, it would not blow out the scene. The moon was in the shot for around 20 minutes I think. I saved my camera from the incoming tide just in time. This was shot in the Olympic National Park at Ruby Beach. Wish I could have left the shutter open longer, but the sun would have killed it as it was rising.

Also, I had to rubber band a towel and chemical hand warmers to my camera, so as to keep it just warm enough to prevent condensation, which would otherwise fog up a lens in 30 seconds on the coast in the early morning.

That was more of an experiment, so next time I plan on getting more stars into the shot and getting a better perspective.

[Rivest]

Originally Posted by Canon_Lover

3 best shots? Barf! haha. I have some better ones lurking up my sleeve if you guys wanna play that game.

The star trails shot was taken on the eve of the Lunar Eclipse, so the moon was REALLY orange/red. I planned this shot out in advance and didn't open the shutter until the moon was low enough so that if I opened up the shutter for 50 minutes, it would not blow out the scene. The moon was in the shot for around 20 minutes I think. I saved my camera from the incoming tide just in time. This was shot in the Olympic National Park at Ruby Beach. Wish I could have left the shutter open longer, but the sun would have killed it as it was rising.

Also, I had to rubber band a towel and chemical hand warmers to my camera, so as to keep it just warm enough to prevent condensation, which would otherwise fog up a lens in 30 seconds on the coast in the early morning.

That was more of an experiment, so next time I plan on getting more stars into the shot and getting a better perspective.

Oh, thanks for that! Why did you do a single exposure instead of lots of small ones? Wouldn't it be easier and have less chance to fail?

[Canon_Lover]

Originally Posted by Rivest

Oooh yaaah!

Great shot!