Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

^^^Wow sharp bird pics!! What aperture were you shooting?

The gulls were shot at between f3.2 and f3.5, and the slower moving birds on the water at between f4 and f5. I really enjoy this lens, but I really need to try shooting people with it now! May try to gate crash a few weddings in a suite etc lol

check out this- it is the opriginal file from a 5d- very slight USM, honestly i rarely have to throw this lens through a USM, One of my favorite lenses..

http://farm4.static.fl​ickr.com …35154977_8cb781​5cd7_o.jpg

jimmyfingers wrote in post #7211074
The gulls were shot at between f3.2 and f3.5, and the slower moving birds on the water at between f4 and f5. I really enjoy this lens, but I really need to try shooting people with it now! May try to gate crash a few weddings in a suite etc lol

Cool swan shot. The water looks almost like a 3D rendering.

joey1234 wrote in post #7212395
check out this- it is the opriginal file from a 5d- very slight USM, honestly i rarely have to throw this lens through a USM, One of my favorite lenses..

http://farm4.static.fl​ickr.com …35154977_8cb781​5cd7_o.jpg

Nice detail but a hair oversharpened. (And I thought my boy had ridiculous eyelashes-- those are curling over on themselves!)

Oh yea and with your previous shot up above, it is a really nice portrait but you need to learn the "Dad Bath" technique and use it before you shoot. It involves a warm, wet cloth and a quick wipedown of the face

[QUOTE=TheHoff;7213473​]Cool swan shot. The water looks almost like a 3D rendering.

Nice detail but a hair oversharpened. (And I thought my boy had ridiculous eyelashes-- those are curling over on themselves!)

Oh yea and with your previous shot up above, it is a really nice portrait but you need to learn the "Dad Bath" technique and use it before you shoot. It involves a warm, wet cloth and a quick wipedown of the face


you mean the dry skin?? not my kid- im not about to start wiping my clients kids faces... but thanks for the pointer -- I probably should have not run any USM on the second one..

Oh, I realized after seeing a few more kids in your posts that they probably aren't all yours I dunno about not offering a warm cloth for a wipedown -- I think the mom's might appreciate the results in the photos. I'm sure there is a tactful way to do it without implying that their kid is dirty. I wasn't sure if that was dry skin or maybe dried milk spray..

that kid had some really dry skin, i asked her if she wanted to do something about- she said no.. I asked her if she wanted it photoshopped out - she said no- oh well- Pretty sharp lens though

Here are my two dogs, out in the snow. I love this lens!

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Fun in the snow! They were moving pretty fast but it was a very bright day so had shutter at 1/1250, f2.8.

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jvmanolis wrote in post #7230496
Fun in the snow! They were moving pretty fast but it was a very bright day so had shutter at 1/1250, f2.8.

nice shot, but i think a shutter drag would have given the shot the feeling of "moving fast"

Really? You shoot the 1.8 version?

You value money and focus speed over glorious bokeh I'm surprised from your excellent work with the 35L.

Heh thanks Hoff.

Truth be told, if I had the $ I'd most likely grab the L. I don't shoot enough with my 1.8 as is. It is sharp and fast though.