"Wookie"

No PP except for cropping,
This little guy was said to be a cross between a chawawa and a terrior. He was definitely a character. No bigger than my two fists side-by-side, but he knew he ruled all that he surveyed.

thats a very good photograph
A+, great dog, good balance of the dog in focus, the background blurred

I really like it! Great capture!

Wonderful lighting and great composition on a awful cute, little subject! Great background blur as well...was this taken with the 70-200? Mine gives me results very similar to this...

PMatthes wrote in post #5719555
I really like it! Great capture!

Wonderful lighting and great composition on a awful cute, little subject! Great background blur as well...was this taken with the 70-200? Mine gives me results very similar to this...

Yes, Pete, this was with the 70-200. I've only recently acquired it. It is my first "L" glass. I really have some mixed feelings about it. Results with it are very inconsistant. I never know what the results will be when I use it. When it's good, its awesome. When it's not so good, the results are still usually better than the kit lens' best. I've been using it exclusively for about my last 200-300 shots. My shots have been distributed equally between Tv and Av, depending on the focal length and the reciprocity factor.

Do you have any tips on using this lens that you'd care to pass on? Could you give me a review of your own personal experiences with your 70-200?

Av is usually at f/4 at 100-400 ISO
Tv is never less than 1/250 and is usually 1/320.
I shoot both RAW and JPG but never both in one day.

The 'Wookie' shot above was at
1/320
f/4
Tv
sRGB
200mm
100 ISO
canon 20D