Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS - Nifty Two-Fifty

saketb wrote in post #15935025
Thanks a lot. I'm glad you liked them.

That one of your youngest, is very nice and she is very pretty.

At f/5.6 this is quite good and the picture has come out very nice and crisp.
By seeing the exif, I see that you have used flash... What I want to ask is that have you bounced the flash or used a diffuser? as this created a very subtle, even lit photograph.

Thanks! I was very pleased to get such a good portrait with this lens. This was just bounced flash, I believe. I was doing some test shots in a room with an overhead light - which is why it's a little too yellow. I just never did fix in PP.

More Wild Iguana Pictures, These guys are getting more trusty around me especially the Big one. I get so close i can touch his Tail. Also there's two Babies that hang out by the Pool fence, but can't get close enough, They run for the Tree every time lol.

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DJHaze596 wrote in post #15938416
More Wild Iguana Pictures, These guys are getting more trusty around me especially the Big one. I get so close i can touch his Tail. Also there's two Babies that hang out by the Pool fence, but can't get close enough, They run for the Tree every time lol.

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Wow, really good detail.

Bicycle season is now in effect

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kacebelle wrote in post #15938359
Thanks! I was very pleased to get such a good portrait with this lens. This was just bounced flash, I believe. I was doing some test shots in a room with an overhead light - which is why it's a little too yellow. I just never did fix in PP.

Nevertheless, that yellow cast is played well in the photograph and it really looks great being more warmer.

Whats your opinion of the 85mm you have on the cropped body?

saketb wrote in post #15940180
Nevertheless, that yellow cast is played well in the photograph and it really looks great being more warmer.

Whats your opinion of the 85mm you have on the cropped body?

The 85 mm is my absolute favorite lens. It really makes you move around and pay closer attention that what's in the photo so the composition comes out better, IMO. Excellent for portraits.

Here's the thread for the 85mm:
https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1287825

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The only problem is when you go from single person to groups ... there's usually not enough room to back up with the 85.

Saw a Water Moccasin Today in our Complex, And of course, Mr Photographer Here had to get up close & Personal with this Highly Poisonous Snake.

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DJHaze596 wrote in post #15948073
Saw a Water Moccasin Today in our Complex, And of course, Mr Photographer Here had to get up close & Personal with this Highly Poisonous Snake.

Really nice pictures, but it's not a water moccasin. It's just a non venomous water snake. I'm not that familiar with Florida's water snakes, so I'm not sure which species. But it's obviously not a water moccasin. Probably the most obvious clue is the eye. All US pit vipers have elliptical pupils (like cats) while harmless water snakes have round pupils. It also doesn't have a "pit". Also, the head shape is all wrong (not triangular shaped) and the markings are blotched whereas water moccasins are more banded rather than blotched.

smallpotatoes wrote in post #15948721
Really nice pictures, but it's not a water moccasin. It's just a non venomous water snake. I'm not that familiar with Florida's water snakes, so I'm not sure which species. But it's obviously not a water moccasin. Probably the most obvious clue is the eye. All US pit vipers have elliptical pupils (like cats) while harmless water snakes have round pupils. It also doesn't have a "pit". Also, the head shape is all wrong (not triangular shaped) and the markings are blotched whereas water moccasins are more banded rather than blotched.

Idk if i fully agree with that but it makes sense as he didn't mind that we got really close.

Edit: It's a Brown Water Snake. Also known as a False Water Moccasin.

I picked up a 55-250 just under 2 weeks ago and have not really had a tonne of time to play with it yet, but with the nice weather this weekend I got a couple chances.

Taken from my balcony, it is cropped but SOC otherwise.
Handheld.

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jslade wrote in post #15953734

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Great bokeh on this for this lens!

kacebelle wrote in post #15985909
Great bokeh on this for this lens!

5.6 @250 the Bokeh is crazy

Blackbird taking a bath..

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