Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

^^^Nice shots, Butchie. Did you sneak the lens in or did they not care?

On a side note, I'm surprised to see a little kid sitting there just off the court. A 250lb basketball player falling on that kid just wouldn't end well.

M_Six wrote in post #16142704
^^^Nice shots, Butchie. Did you sneak the lens in or did they not care? On a side note, I'm surprised to see a little kid sitting there just off the court. A 250lb basketball player falling on that kid just wouldn't end well.

Thanks Mark... I've been a contract photographer for the LA Clippers for three years now... That's why I don't get stopped by security when I bring my gear in.. With regards to the little girl sitting next to the cheerleaders... If memory serves correctly, she (with several other little gals) was part of the halftime show with the Clippers Spirit squad... I'm sure they'd protect her is anything comes her way...

airbutchie wrote in post #16142840
Thanks Mark... I've been a contract photographer for the LA Clippers for three years now... That's why I don't get stopped by security when I bring my gear in.. With regards to the little girl sitting next to the cheerleaders... If memory serves correctly, she (with several other little gals) was part of the halftime show with the Clippers Spirit squad... I'm sure they'd protect her is anything comes her way...

Ah, so that explains your killer access to the court. Sweet.

My nephew

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Red Squirrel at BWC

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Haven't done product photography is awhile... So here's a recent one for Nike's Illustration/Showcase.​..

Nike Air's...

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Just got this lens and took it to Ft Worth Zoo this morning. Here are a couple of what I think are the better ones. I'm new to photography so still learning a lot. These are also all straight from the camera. The lens is heavy, but I like it .

This guy was camera shy. Kept having to move to get his face.

SPF15 wrote in post #16196944
Just got this lens and took it to Ft Worth Zoo this morning. Here are a couple of what I think are the better ones. I'm new to photography so still learning a lot. These are also all straight from the camera. The lens is heavy, but I like it .

This on is thru dirty glass using manual focus

This one has character. I like the focus on the eye and the expressive posture. A photo editing app, that uses Levels or Curves, might enhance contrast enough so that the effect of the dirty glass might not be very noticeable.

I have all these weird feelings about primates, especially great apes, in zoos. But I recognize that it might be necessary to save species. I think I project myself in there too much.

Just got this lens saturday. I'm impressed with it so far.

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johngpt wrote in post #16198473
This one has character. I like the focus on the eye and the expressive posture. A photo editing app, that uses Levels or Curves, might enhance contrast enough so that the effect of the dirty glass might not be very noticeable.

I have all these weird feelings about primates, especially great apes, in zoos. But I recognize that it might be necessary to save species. I think I project myself in there too much.

Thanks John. I really like this picture but I agree, they probably should be in their natural habitat. I have Lightroom so I'll see what I can do to clean it up. I mainly wanted to see how it looked right out of the camera and to my untrained, amateur eye, I think they have great potential.