-= T2i / 550D users UNITE! (3) =-

Peter2516 wrote in post #13045764
What is going on with Anniebananie aka egglesong....I missed the owl shots, doves and her. I hope everything is well with her. Is she in vacation? it's been a while since her last post.

ontonagondave wrote in post #13046375
She is on the lens section under the Tamron 70-300 VC almost daily. Taking some great shots with that lens.

Hey Peter,

Heard you were asking about me. Thank you. And Dave is right, so thank you to Dave/ontonagondave also. I've been posting on the Tammy thread, although these days I'm pretty busy with my new venture as a Getty Images contributor.

Peter, your work has truly evolved and improved since we first met here. Congratulations.

Here's a few for you, just to catch up a little bit.

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Johnny V wrote in post #13069874
Dang nice! The 70-200 f4 is my sharpest lens. How did you focus? Center point focusing and recompose, or used the left side focusing points?

I used center point for this...eventhough he looks still...they would land for a few seconds and then take off and land in another spot. I wish I was fast enough to move my focus points in these situations but I'm not. I was able to center focus and recompose faster.

Haha, Anne, that wink is priceless.

Just ordered the Nifty Fifty, it should be here tomorrow. So now I have no excuses for my shots being crap!!!!

Wide Boy wrote in post #13070079
Just ordered the Nifty Fifty, it should be here tomorrow. So now I have no excuses for my shots being crap!!!!

What about it's AF abilities?

trulie98 wrote in post #13069980
Haha, Anne, that wink is priceless.

Thank you!! It was one of those shots where you can't see what you've got until you get it on the computer...... and then I just about fell down laughing.

Nice shots Anne!

Inchpractice wrote in post #13069078
The pic is great.
Ideally it would've been better without the van but you can't stop the car in the middle of the road and hold up the traffic while you get the perfect shot. You should be able to of course, but you can't.

Sometimes you're in a very photogenic situation which isn't perfect but you have to take the shot anyway. There are so many rules in photography about the magic hour etc. etc. but how many of us can actually get up at the crack of dawn to carry a tripod half way up a mountain and wait until the light is absolutely perfect before shooting?
It just isn't practical.

Here's another broken rule.
I know you're not supposed to take photos through dirty reflective aeroplane windows but I couldn't resist this one:

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Thanks inch.....I already asked my wife next time we go long driving she will be the driver while me busy looking out the window waiting for good shot, We went to Whistler the scenery going up there (water and mountain on the left side) is just gorgeous and I can't do anything but to watch while I am driving we can not even stop since we are following 2 cars that came with us.

Great aerial shot inch....

I do but I am in my limit plus I am having a hardtime using it for posting a picture here.
Should I resize in photoshop before upload to flickr? and also I don't know which url to copy and paste, I'd love to learn and be able to use it. Do you guys subscribe for a better storage capacity?

Anne thanks for the pics and as always they are fantastic. I am glad to hear from you and all is well with you. Thanks for the kind words.

trulie98 wrote in post #13069972
I used center point for this...eventhough he looks still...they would land for a few seconds and then take off and land in another spot. I wish I was fast enough to move my focus points in these situations but I'm not. I was able to center focus and recompose faster.

Great shot and timing...I normally use center focus also but then click the shutter I never tried recompose sorry for the newbie question but if I am getting it right is it like focus on the center than move your camera left or right to recompose is that right....

I used back focus and center focus most of the time but never recompose, I use other focus points if I needed it. I am also in evaluative metering, should I be in spot metering for birds?

trulie98 wrote in post #13069972
I used center point for this...eventhough he looks still...they would land for a few seconds and then take off and land in another spot. I wish I was fast enough to move my focus points in these situations but I'm not. I was able to center focus and recompose faster.

Thanks for the info... I'm a center focus point and recompose shooter also. Just wanted to know how the outer focus points were working, if you were using that.

This little guy liked the camera, he just stayed on the same blade of lawn grass and smiled
Great posts by all, I wish I new how to use my camera like you guys ( instead of macro )
I,m getting bored of the same old crap.

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Beautiful shot there killerclown

Killer - Wow.

Nice aerial shot inch.

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Cool aerial pics there Inch and Goldfish.

If you are shooting RAW, try using the clarity, vibrance and saturation sliders in ACR for the haze. Then the Levels in PS to touch up the lighting etc a bit. Does an amazing job most of the time.

Here is a very rough quick edit of yours Goldfish if you don't mind.

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