-= 70D owners unite! Post up pics and discuss!

Immaculens wrote in post #17785973
Nice shots - good colours and I had to say anything its maybe crop the right side a little and the bottom (if you want to keep the aspect ratio - so there is a little more room, compositionally - in the direction the boy is looking. Whether is people or animals/birds, dry to leave room in the direction the subject is either moving or looking.

Nice shot ~

Jiggo0109 wrote in post #17786385
Thank you sir, I'll keep that in mind.

Yikes - sorry for the spelling... been surfing on my tablets and phone and the keyboards are touchy... glad the jist of the message got through

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evelakes wrote in post #17786321

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/AcRy​m1 fuut by richard evers, on Flickr

Amazing light. Great capture.

Fuji X....BAAAAM! Renders way different than Sony.
Fuji X....BAAAAM! Renders way different than Sony.

evelakes wrote in post #17785947
Awesome Jeff

Thank you!

Fuji X....BAAAAM! Renders way different than Sony.
Fuji X....BAAAAM! Renders way different than Sony.

Jeff Hanson wrote in post #17785720
Promised I'd get back to the train tracks near sunset in the above post, and I did. Shame on me, these aren't with the 70D, but I wanted to share them with friends on this thread.

Cool shots Jeff!

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
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"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

Decostanza wrote in post #17785989
Thanks Rosey for the comment...must be fun working with the Russian lens.

Fun and challenging You can pick them up cheap on ebay if you're interested in playing. Mine is a Helios MK44-2 58mm. The MK44-2 is the screw mount, and you can buy adapters to the EOS system, either chipped or not for focus confirm.

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

evelakes wrote in post #17785991
Hi Rose you can use the rule of thirds lines, but my setup with flowers is to use liveview
with max zoom on a tripod. Than i look for the best possible composition, just by walking around
at high/mid and low angles. When i found the sweet spot(s) i focus manual at max zoom
on the part(s) that lead/attracts my eyes. Mostly i take several shots with different apertures. Force my iso to 100.
With AF it's difficult because it's hard to focus on the part you want to be clear/sharp in the composition.
With 20 + MP you can crop afterwards to your liking. I always take my macro tubes with me you never
now if some insect(s) ect will give a extra dimension to the photo(s).
When i use AF in some occasions (by hand) than i use spot meting with the rules of thirds in the viewfinder,
i shoot on AI servo high speed shooting (for higher keepers rate) with enough shutter speed i turn of
the IS or OS else-why it stays on.

Hope it gives you more insight.

Thanks Richard. NZ is so windy I can rarely shoot flowers outside unfortunately, and I try to handhold a lot. Need to get out more with tripod.

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

Still with the Russian lens on the 70D: quite enjoying some of it's little idiosyncrasies, especially with the bokeh.

Canon EOS 70D • 1/8000 • f/4 • ISO 800

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Awsm​ou IMG_1843 Grevillea Bokeh Helios 58 by Rose McGillicuddy, on Flickr

Canon EOS 70D • 1/4000 • f/2 • ISO 100

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Awsm​q3 IMG_1861 Dandelion clock with Helios 58 by Rose McGillicuddy, on Flickr

Canon EOS 70D • 1/4000 • f/2 • ISO 100

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Awsm​s7 IMG_1863 Margaret Merril with the Helios 58 by Rose McGillicuddy, on Flickr

Canon EOS 70D • 1/4000 • f/2 • ISO 100

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Awsm​v3 IMG_1864 Daisies with helios 58 by Rose McGillicuddy, on Flickr

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.
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Beech leafs on a clear autumn day.

Canon EOS 70D • 1/1000 • f/2.8 • ISO 400

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evelakes wrote in post #17786825
With the tripod you can use the trick with the umbrella to deflect the wind. 10 sec delay will give you the right amount of time to place or hold the umbrella to protect the flower from the wind.

Right thanks - also probably need a diffuser, I guess the umbrella can fulfill both functions?

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.
flickrhttps://www.flickr.com​/photos/97611076@N06/
https://500px.com/evel​akes

Mom's birthday flowers from her daughter / my sister

Canon EOS 70D • Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM @50mm • 1/160 • f/2.2 • ISO 1600

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~ C. Poseidon

Very colorful, Will !
I remember a while back .... you posted a photo that was purposely out of focus.
Taking that concept to an extreme, I took this photo in the autumn woods.
It was done totally in-camera. I feel that it's very Will-ish

Canon EOS 70D • 1/80 • f/3.5 • ISO 1600

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Grey Hawk passing by.

Canon EOS 70D • 1/1250 • f/3.2 • ISO 320

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/AAbk​Rr grey hawk flyby (-_-) by richard evers, on Flickr

A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.
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