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70-200F4L IS - First Images - Shedd Aquarium

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70-200F4L IS - First Images - Shedd Aquarium

Postby dviv on Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:41 am

Shooting into bright sunlight and reflected light off the water.... Terrible thing to do to a brand new lens but it did pretty well considering. PP is terrible as I don't have photoshop here in the USA.

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Postby Grev on Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:55 am

The second one is mesmerising.

Although I think if you frame a little lower and get rid of the sunlight, and snap while the dolphins are coming down, I think that would be more mesmerising. :)
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Postby jamesw on Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:13 pm

i was just going to say that the first one looks great,

second shot...

timing is great

looks like a challenging exposure... i probably would have cropped the image to get rid of the overblown highlights (ie the sky) or shot it so the sky was not included (or at least, a lot less of it) in the crop.

but like i said, very challenging exposure, would have benefited to no end by using a ND filter.
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Postby rooboy on Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:23 pm

The 2nd is very Douglas Adams-ish... I can just imagine the dolphins saying "So long and thanks for all the fish" while they flee Earth :lol: :oops:

Great timing, well done :)
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Postby ozimax on Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:30 pm

Yoweee, these images are great, seems you'll be having lots of fun with this lens for a long time to come.


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Postby dviv on Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:19 pm

Thanks all, I was a bit undecided about the crop as I was trying to show how high out of the water they were jumping. I agree about the sky though. I do have some shots of them "on the way down" I'll see if I can find a good one.

rooboy wrote:The 2nd is very Douglas Adams-ish... I can just imagine the dolphins saying "So long and thanks for all the fish" while they flee Earth :lol: :oops:
 LOL I think I was was annoying my wife by humming that all through the show! 8)
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Another one!

Postby dviv on Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:34 pm

As requested :)

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One using the 100mm 2.8 Macro (Love this lens!)

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Postby zafra52 on Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:13 pm

Sooooo, this is the quality of the pictures I should be expecting to get when Poon delivers me this lens in a few days? These pics are fantastic. I love the human reflection on the fish on the second picture. By the way is the last picture taken with the same lens? Keep enjoying your new toy.
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Postby Yi-P on Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:55 pm

The detail that 100mm f2.8 lens produces are just astounding... :shock: :shock:
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Postby dviv on Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:45 am

zafra52 wrote:By the way is the last picture taken with the same lens?


Nope - The last one was taken with the Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro.

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Postby zafra52 on Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:37 pm

It is outstanding!
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Postby Manta on Sun Jun 03, 2007 4:42 pm

All great but that first one is SO sharp! Good ad for the American Dental Association.....
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