First Shots With 300 F/2.8L IS

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #2021936
What's this, "I HAVE to go on a cruise to the Virgin Islands...." Sheesh, mate, your parents buy you the notorious 300, and now you HAVE to go on a cruise... You've got whining down to an artform....

HAHA! Come on Curly! Suck it up man!!!

Morning all

calicokat wrote in post #2021120
Nighty night, I am not sure who gets up first, Peregrin, Ronald, Billingsley or Dante

haha i was already up by the time you asked this question

calicokat wrote in post #2020584
If I could trade my 1D and 30D for another 1DMII I would make the trade with Dante in a heartbeat. Hmmmmmm

why not sell the 1D and 30D seperatly..... it should add up about right.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #2021936
What's this, "I HAVE to go on a cruise to the Virgin Islands...." Sheesh, mate, your parents buy you the notorious 300, and now you HAVE to go on a cruise... You've got whining down to an artform....

it really is the hard life

Billginthekeys wrote in post #2021954
haha i was already up by the time you asked this question

why not sell the 1D and 30D seperatly..... it should add up about right.

I could, but selling is a pain, I figure I'll keep them for now, maybe something will present itself in the future

Morning Puddle, CAT and Billy, aka Curly! Oh well morning to Ronnie too

Ok folks, need your C&C on this. Its a waterfall from Maui. I posted it in the Travel & Landscapes section. Someone said the water is blown out. Doesn't that happen when you use 1" shutters to get the flowing water effect. Someone else's advice was a much faster shutter, but then no flowing water effect Anyways, here is the shot for your review

the waterfall is a bit blown out, but its tricky to get the waterfall exposed with any detail and get the much darker foliage exposed aswell. a shorter shutter speed wouldnt help at all i dont think. perhaps a fill flash to light the foliage, and stop down the Fstop a bit more so the waterfall doesnt blow so fast

Dante King wrote in post #2021981
Morning Puddle, CAT and Billy, aka Curly! Oh well morning to Ronnie too

good day to you aswell Dante

Morning All,
Just to catch up....

Lightstream wrote in post #2020917
"The 5D has a pathetic .. [Insert x feature here].. compared to some other [Insert allegedly manifestly superior and all powerful camera here]". For example, "the 5D is horrible because it only shoots 3fps and the 1DM2N shoots 8fps". (maybe bad example but I want to avoid pointing out the obviously guilty)

I THINK the 5D IS criminally bum rapped!!! It's the favorite camera I've ever used (though I do miss the speed of the MKIIN and I've not used the DsMKII). I love the results it gives me.

calicokat wrote in post #2021010
You really think Canon will release a 40D at this point. I really think we will see a 1DsMIIN or something first. The 30D is still so new, they wouldn't replace it yet would they

No, I think they are coming out with a 5D replacement...and a 100-400L replacement (because I recently purchased both and everytime that happens, Canon updates the product)

Lightstream wrote in post #2021180
Or who logs in first instead of getting coffee

I would be on the Have COFFEE FIRST list...

Lightstream wrote in post #2021510
You're supposed to say stop! Don't buy too much glass, use what you have!.... wait, I'm asking in the wrong place now, aren't I?

Definitely wrong crowd

calicokat wrote in post #2021948
Morning all

Do you NEVER sleep????

And Bill...I WISH I had your life

There's my morning, one cup of coffee response to 3 pages (we're slowing down a bit I think)....

calicokat wrote in post #2021984
Ok folks, need your C&C on this. Its a waterfall from Maui. I posted it in the Travel & Landscapes section. Someone said the water is blown out. Doesn't that happen when you use 1" shutters to get the flowing water effect. Someone else's advice was a much faster shutter, but then no flowing water effect Anyways, here is the shot for your review

It is a little blown out in the highlights. Robert Lay told me, when I asked this same question....to expose for the highlights, shoot in raw to adjust the rest and use a polarizer to be able to slow down the exposure some....so you can use a faster shutter speed w/o blowing the highlights...

Peregrin wrote in post #2022012
Morning All,
Just to catch up....


I THINK the 5D IS criminally bum rapped!!! It's the favorite camera I've ever used (though I do miss the speed of the MKIIN and I've not used the DsMKII). I love the results it gives me.


No, I think they are coming out with a 5D replacement...and a 100-400L replacement (because I recently purchased both and everytime that happens, Canon updates the product)


I would be on the Have COFFEE FIRST list...


Definitely wrong crowd

Do you NEVER sleep????

And Bill...I WISH I had your life

There's my morning, one cup of coffee response to 3 pages (we're slowing down a bit I think)....

I sleep in spurts, I will take another nap later today, so goes the life of a Dawn shift employee

BTW cat, it's a very beautiful shot. I like it a lot. Just telling you what they say to do when that happens. (The Critique group is a tough lot but they have helped me, for all their toughness)

Thanks for the comments. the exif was F/11, 1", ISO 50. I used a 4x Neutral Density Filter as well which cuts down 2 stops of light, hmmmm

Peregrin wrote in post #2022021
It is a little blown out in the highlights. Robert Lay told me, when I asked this same question....to expose for the highlights, shoot in raw to adjust the rest and use a polarizer to be able to slow down the exposure some....so you can use a faster shutter speed w/o blowing the highlights...

slower u mean right? Yea, thats what i was told at a photoshop seminar i took aswell (shoot to the hilights and correct in CRW).