A duck, some dogs, and buildings! (30D first day out) -- Canon Digital Cameras in photography-on-the.net forums

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Dec 02, 2006 14:24 | #1

Well, everyone seems to ask for new photos from new cameras here, so this is just a quick rundown of what I shot when I went out today with my new 30D for the first time. Must say I love the camera...great fun!

First, the obligatory duck shot, though unfortunately, he was too far away for real detail (and the lighting wasn't flattering.) Taken with 80-200L:

IMAGE: http://www.jordansteele.com/forumlinks/30D_duck.jpg

Next we have two dogs, while I was trying out the 5fps and AI Servo. I must say, tracking dogs at full runs is not as easy as I thought it would be:

IMAGE: http://www.jordansteele.com/forumlinks/30D_dog1.jpg

Dog 2:

Next I went downtown for about 15 minutes, and took some shots (all are with the Tokina 12-24):

The riverside skyline of Columbus:

IMAGE: http://www.jordansteele.com/forumlinks/columbus_skyline.jpg

The Supreme Court of Ohio (was going for an imposing stature shot):

IMAGE: http://www.jordansteele.com/forumlinks/supreme_court.jpg

The Ohio flagpole in front of the courthouse (there are 50 flagpoles showing each state's founding)

IMAGE: http://www.jordansteele.com/forumlinks/ohio_flagpole.jpg

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Dec 02, 2006 16:18 | #2

The dog shots are great. Buildings are kind of sterile looking to me, but i'm not a fan of civic architecture shots.

Good duck too, I hope you are really enjoying your camera!

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Dec 02, 2006 16:29 as a reply to @ steved110's post | #3

For a first day out...nice job. I'm sure you were having fun.

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Dec 02, 2006 16:35 | #4

Nice shots. Were these out of the camera and if so did you use "Standard" Picture Style?
You will love this camera!

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Dec 02, 2006 16:37 | #5

I had fun...didn't spend too much time out there, though. The light was only good from the southwest at the time I went, so I didn't go to the places I really wanted to shoot, but I couldn't stay down there until around sunset, which is when the light IS good from my preferred downtown locations. Oh well, it really was just a test run for the camera.

Here's a quick self-portrait. Love the high-ISO workings of this camera. ISO 1600 with my Tokina 12-24.

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Dec 02, 2006 16:50 as a reply to @ Jman13's post | #6

Great shots with a great camera I love the 1st dog shot.

I've had my 30D for a month now...and I just pleased as punch with its performance.

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Dec 02, 2006 17:04 | #7

Papaw wrote in post #2344251

Nice shots. Were these out of the camera and if so did you use "Standard" Picture Style?
You will love this camera!

No...I've been shooting exclusively RAW for about a year and a half now (with a few exceptions). These are all shot in RAW, converted with C1 Pro and tweaked (curves, sharpening, resizing) in Photoshop CS2.

The only one I did more than a quick adjustment to was the 'Ohio flagpole' shot. The plaque on the flagpole was very bright...so I exposed about halfway between the background and the plaque, did two developments, one with a push and one with a pull, and put the darkened plaque onto the brightened background using a layer mask and some burning.

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Dec 02, 2006 19:46 | #8

Your dog shots are GREAT. Congrats on the purchase!

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