Calling all T3i users!!!

Took me a while to get this shot as my dog kept on scaring it off! Luckily I managed to grab it just before it took off for the last time.

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Thanks proletsearch

Rosie - great shot of the plantain. The composition is what makes the shot!

Cookiejay - wonderful shot of the hawk. Do you know if it is a red tail? Looks like one. I hope your dog is big.

Thanks Bluesy, I do believe it's a Buzzard. Haven't really taken many photos of birds before but I may have to see if I can take some more from now on.
My dog is a springer spaniel, I think I was lucky to get a photo of this at all as my dog was barking and jumping around everywhere!

cookiejay wrote in post #15213214
Thanks Bluesy, I do believe it's a Buzzard. Haven't really taken many photos of birds before but I may have to see if I can take some more from now on.
My dog is a springer spaniel, I think I was lucky to get a photo of this at all as my dog was barking and jumping around everywhere!

I didn't pay attention to you being in the UK. It looks very similar to our Red tail hawk. Nice capture no matter what its called!

Male bluebird. The fall color makes for a nice bokeh.

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^^^ Nice one Bluesy! ^^^

Hi everyone,

The T3i is my first DSLR and i'm very excited about it. I was experimenting and here are some sample pictures.


JS Dan

Wow, great shots everyone, @rosey, the shots of the birds is amazing, the colors are beautiful, love them! Bluesy, that is a great shot of that blue bird (not sure of its name) Saw some great pictures of snakes too! Love seeing everyone's work. So today I have officially decided that I am NOT into family photography. I hate it, and I am not even sure why I hate it, I just do. I love the one on one experience I think. I don't like crying kids and stressed out parents. I get enough of that home!! Photography is my release, so I decided I am sticking to kids and portraits. That is it, and food, cause maybe they will let me eat when I`m done!! Here is some work from recent shoots. I did 3 in row, these where some of my best shots, that I liked. And yes those are sprinkles on her lips, she couldnt smile or talk while I took the shots, and after awhile she got rainbow drool, it was pretty funny.

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Great camera

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roseyposey wrote in post #15210877
Thanks I'm really pleased with it - just messing about to see what the nifty 250 could do, as had woncdered if it would give nice a blurred background with a small aperture, for such a shot. And it does

It is a nice one, but the lens was wide open As long as you either have a shorter distance to your subject, or wide separation, or both, you can get amazing bokeh with "smaller" aperture telephotos. The 55-250 is actually really good when used like this, very nice shot.

velllabellla wrote in post #15214838

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Posh Penny Portrait by Posh Penny Photography, on Flickr

I have also wondered into the world of flash photography...Weeeeeee​eeeeeeee!

Nice shots, on this one I might apply a little smoothing under her eyes, the makeup on the left eye in particular has caught the light a little oddly.

Overall very nice though, super sharp.

I used a lot of restraint during her editing, she said she wanted them as natural as possible, so I literally had to talk my self down off the PS ledge, I wanted to dodge them (underneath her eyes, and her whole face really) and smooth them, but I was afraid it would look too perfect. She liked it, so I left it be. But for my portfolio I might go back to drawing board and re edit this one. I used the 50mm on this one at about 2.4, foot away, was overcast day, very blah lighting, so in adobe raw I pushed up the white balance to add a little warmth.

Which 50mm?

Keyan wrote in post #15214904
It is a nice one, but the lens was wide open As long as you either have a shorter distance to your subject, or wide separation, or both, you can get amazing bokeh with "smaller" aperture telephotos. The 55-250 is actually really good when used like this, very nice shot.

This was a 55-250mm shot...