Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM

My favourite lens!

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ArthurH wrote in post #6255207
My favourite lens!

Nice pics Arthur, but if you don't mind me saying so, they look like they are a bit flat.

Flat? That's because I live in the Netherlands...
No seriously, do you mean lack of contrast and colour? I think you're right, although the pics have been taken in dark area's.
BTW which brings me to the only problem I have with this lens, pictures taken in sunlight are more colourful, but tend to have harsh shadows (if you take a picture of an animal in sunlight, half of it gets much darker than in real-life) . Anyone with the same experience and/or with advice? Thanks!

PS my first Flickr-posts (signed up yesterday), mostly with this lens.
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/30315506@N08/

Two more (sorry, can't sleep).
Still learning, so any advice is helpful! Got both my L-lenses just recently.
To people considering to buy this lens: it's sharp, it's got very nice bokeh, it's easy to handle (grip & weight are nice) and it's fun!

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Sfordphoto wrote in post #6257628
Nice pics Arthur, but if you don't mind me saying so, they look like they are a bit flat.

That happens when things are 2D dude.

ArthurH wrote in post #6258366
Flat? That's because I live in the Netherlands...
No seriously, do you mean lack of contrast and colour? I think you're right, although the pics have been taken in dark area's.
BTW which brings me to the only problem I have with this lens, pictures taken in sunlight are more colourful, but tend to have harsh shadows (if you take a picture of an animal in sunlight, half of it gets much darker than in real-life) . Anyone with the same experience and/or with advice? Thanks!

PS my first Flickr-posts (signed up yesterday), mostly with this lens.
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/30315506@N08/

i meant lack of contrast, you could easily fix that with some curves use. since i learned how to do curves, i think i've become a bit too critical when i see flat images, so please excuse me


hope you don't mind that i edited your work; i saw image editing OK in your profile

before

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Stealthy Ninja wrote in post #6261296
That happens when things are 2D dude.

lol, i knew people would make bad jokes . and by bad i mean good

EF 200 is a great little telephoto

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Nice capture there Doug, is that from the effect of hurricane Gustav?

boucha wrote in post #6262010
Nice capture there Doug, is that from the effect of hurricane Gustav?

No just 1000000s of fish I think.

Or all those guys casting in at the same time.

Sfordphoto wrote in post #6261764
lol, i knew people would make bad jokes . and by bad i mean good

With me, good = awesome, so by bad you mean awesome... right?!

???

Also, I can't see the photos you put on unless I right click and open in new tab.

Stealthy Ninja wrote in post #6262043
With me, good = awesome, so by bad you mean awesome... right?!

???

Also, I can't see the photos you put on unless I right click and open in new tab.

Wait really? you can't see my pics? Anyone else having this problem? HORRORS!

I guess my pics are too stealthy for you.

For me, awesome usually means bad, so putting us together, I think bad=bad. Proof complete

Sfordphoto wrote in post #6262248
Wait really? you can't see my pics? Anyone else having this problem? HORRORS!

I guess my pics are too stealthy for you.

For me, awesome usually means bad, so putting us together, I think bad=bad. Proof complete

But bad = wicked and wicked = good. So bad = awesome...

i dunno you're losing me

are the pics still not working for you? what browser are you using? its working for me in chrome

Sfordphoto wrote in post #6262324
i dunno you're losing me

are the pics still not working for you? what browser are you using? its working for me in chrome

Works now. No problem. You did a good job there. They're bad!

I'm using Safari (on a mac).

bad to the bone.

No wonder it didn't work initially...Mac...tsk tsk

Just kidding

I edited the other ones, so you could get more of an idea...dang now I see why JPEG sucks when pushed lol

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