The Fellowship of the Red-Ringed Tupperware Party (11)

I don't really know. It is some kind of protection...

Didier, how did you end up being able to shoot these trials? Nice job btw.

Permagrin wrote in post #5929574
:p:p he's SO late today .

Probably when I moved the sun the other day it affected the UPS man's GPS system...he's probably in a field giving your package to a cow or some other animal...

Harm wrote in post #5929740
Probably when I moved the sun the other day it affected the UPS man's GPS system...he's probably in a field giving your package to a cow or some other animal...

around here, that's not as far off as it may seem...

timbernet wrote in post #5929730
What is that pink thing on her knee?

go faster stripes!!

have you never watched "Pimp my ride"?

although that could be taken the wrong way with humans..

Permagrin wrote in post #5929726
yes, I meant to mention them too. I really like the first bird shot and the shot with the cat's back to you. The colors seem very good and nice bokeh too. Do you feel it has a learning curve? Is it hard to hold still?

The colors do seem mice and I prefer the bokeh on this lens over some of my others, including the 70-200 and the 100-400 that I rented last year. I don't find it hard to hold as there is plenty of lens to hold and the OS just freezes all but the biggest shake. I did have a little bit of a hard time shooting some Dragonflies, but it was a close up and the DOF is so small (plus I was using MF) that the slightest movement throws off your focus. With more practice I have no doubts that I can nail the shots. I will have more later to share adn I think they will be quite good.

sorry for being such a bloody noob ultra, but what on earth is a "bokeh"? unless I have really lived a sheltered life...

timbernet wrote in post #5929730
What is that pink thing on her knee?

Either her panties or...........

In2Photos wrote in post #5929755
The colors do seem mice and I prefer the bokeh on this lens over some of my others, including the 70-200 and the 100-400 that I rented last year. I don't find it hard to hold as there is plenty of lens to hold and the OS just freezes all but the biggest shake. I did have a little bit of a hard time shooting some Dragonflies, but it was a close up and the DOF is so small (plus I was using MF) that the slightest movement throws off your focus. With more practice I have no doubts that I can nail the shots. I will have more later to share adn I think they will be quite good.

what's the MFD? I'm looking forward to the shots. And I liked the 70-200's bokeh but was marginal on the 1-4's. It really depended on the background with that one.

Harm wrote in post #5929765
sorry for being such a bloody noob ultra, but what on earth is a "bokeh"? unless I have really lived a sheltered life...

background blur (I believe the word is Japanese)

Permagrin wrote in post #5929739
Didier, how did you end up being able to shoot these trials? Nice job btw.

Actually, the standing places were free entrance. You just had to pay to be seated along the main line. So I just went there and tried to find a "good spot". Unfortunately for me, there were many people and lots of press photographers. As I had a good angle, some of them always came in front of me (but I was to far away to be able to tell them anything and I would have lost my spot if I had moved...

Example: I had a great angle for the start of Oscar Pistorius. Of course, a press photographer brought a chair and climbed on it just 20m in front of me

You can see his back here

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In2Photos wrote in post #5929755
The colors do seem mice and I prefer the bokeh on this lens over some of my others, including the 70-200 and the 100-400 that I rented last year.

Are you trying to sell this thing to Permie as a self-portrait lens?

Permagrin wrote in post #5929789
background blur (I believe the word is Japanese)

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

thank you for that. Learn something new (and useful) everyday.

Harm wrote in post #5929765
sorry for being such a bloody noob ultra, but what on earth is a "bokeh"? unless I have really lived a sheltered life...

Bokeh refers to the characteristics of the out of focus areas of an image. Large aperture lenses tend to produce smoother, more visually appealing bokeh. The number of blades in the aperture also plays a major role as well....the more blades, the smoother the bokeh tends to be.

Fokeh is foreground blur
Bokeh is background

Harm wrote in post #5929765
sorry for being such a bloody noob ultra, but what on earth is a "bokeh"? unless I have really lived a sheltered life...

Bokeh refers to the quality of the OOF highlights. Lenses can exhibit good, neutral, or bad bokeh. Good bokeh is typically found when the outer edge of the highlight smoothly transitions to the edges. Bad bokeh typically has a hard ring around the highlight.

Permagrin wrote in post #5929789
what's the MFD? I'm looking forward to the shots. And I liked the 70-200's bokeh but was marginal on the 1-4's. It really depended on the background with that one.

background blur (I believe the word is Japanese)

MFD is just over 7 feet.

Woolburr wrote in post #5929797
Are you trying to sell this thing to Permie as a self-portrait lens?

Yes! It is subliminal. You weren't supposed to point that out!