Photography

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picture i took of my dads plane foolin around at the airport near where i live

Ibanez! Those skiing pictures are really bad-ass. You look pretty good too. I wish I could head out to Colorado more than 1 week out of the year, but I guess that's what you get for living in Kentucky.

Freddie - the 60D, GREAT choice.


Here is a sampling of what Ive been taking lately. More to come later. I gutted my Flickr account - only showing my better images, not everything.


Chinese Alligator by coasterreal, on Flickr


Frog by coasterreal, on Flickr


Green Tree Python by coasterreal, on Flickr


Frozen Patterns by coasterreal, on Flickr


Encapsulated by coasterreal, on Flickr


IMG_9578 by coasterreal, on Flickr

Ive been addicted to a racing simulation, iRacing. I havent touched NoLimits in quite some time but I havent gotten rid of any files, not even my 3dsMax files. Theres a chance something in the long future may spring up again, but who knows who will be around.

For now, Im searching for Firefighting jobs, taking pictures, enjoying being married and racing.

What lens are you using, EF 100mm macro? My next purchase is gonna be some long L glass for the fall when the birds go south.....I keep trying to do BIF but it's just not happening on my 17-50. Either the 24-105 F4 or the 70-200 F4 II......Leaning towards the 24-105 due to it's being useful for both general purpose and long-ish stuff, and I think it would be good to have both the wider, faster 17-50 as well as a longer general purpose. 70-200 is damn nice for BIF though.

Yes, all Macro and some random shots done with the Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro. I have a buyer who will buy it for around 450, then Ill turn around and put that towards the 100mm 2.8 Macro L series that was, according to all the lenses dpreview.com has ever reviewed, the BEST lens ever. Sharpest, most clear lens across the longer range of stops.

But before that, Im going to put my money towards the 70-200 2.8 Series 1 (Cannot afford the II - Its like 2500 used). Not sure if ill fork over the extra 500 for the IS or not...if by that time the money comes easier and I can find one of the 70-200 2.8 IS for 1500, Ill snatch it up.

Oh got confused, thought the F4 had a second version. I know the one I had in mind is around $1100, same as the 24-105.

The other lens that I like a lot is the EF-S 17-55 F2.8, but I just couldn't bring myself to spend over $1000 on it, considering my Tamron covers the same range and is nearly as sharp. USM/IS and less CA (which can be fixed in Lightroom with two clicks) isn't enough justify it IMO.

I'd also like to get into the super fast 1.2 primes some day.....or maybe Zeiss since they make EF mount stuff......or maybe even ditch Canon altogether and get an M9 with a Noctilux 50mm F.95......I can dream.

Yea. You can get great quality from the smaller lenses. But once you get into anything over 100, the Tamrons and Sigma's of the world start to suffer.

I was talking of the 2.8, Im not sure if the F4's had a I and II versions. I know they just released a 70-200 2.8 IS II and its one of the best zoom lenses dpreview has ever shot...but it comes at a price that resembles a downpayment on a nice car.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/6 ... 8L_IS.html

4 freaking stops of Image Stabilization and its verified. The MTF graphs were sick.

So yea, I also was looking into the 70-200 F4 because its so cheap...but I also figure I plan on needing a lot of shutter speed. Going from F4 to F2.8 double my speed. So for double the price I get the performance I want. Sure Ill hopefully be in sunlight, but that extra light will come in handy when I need it.

Plus, I can stick a 1.4x converter on it, only loses 1 stop (makes it a F4) and then its effectively a 156-448 F4!!!

Remember, our cameras have the APS-C sensor so all lenses are multiplied by 1.6. so standard 70-200 is actually 112-320.

80700014-2 by Boulderdashcci, on Flickr
Canon AE-1 with Kodak BW400CN (C41, processed at my amazing job as a CVS photo tech), tweaked in Lightroom a bit. Not the best photo, but I like how old it looks...Even though it was taken last week.

LOL @ Amazing job. The grain in that is terrible but because of the composition is beautiful.

I sold my old still camera. I had a Canon Rebel. Twas nice. I still have film laying around I need to get developed too...

The longer 3rd party lenses are way more hit or miss down to the individual copy. Since my local shop likes to rape wallets, I buy from B&H, so I wouldn't take a chance on one personally since I couldn't actually try it. The non stabilized 17-50 had a good success rate which is why I felt ok going for it. I was originally getting the EF-S 17-85, but the Tamron is a whole lot sharper over all and F2.8 through the whole range instead of F4-5.6 or whatever.

Canons most recent kits have been a joke unfortunately, the 18-135 is so cheesey and my sister has the 18-55 on her XS which I can't stand at all either. The IQ is ok but it feels so sloppy. I wonder if the new version shipping with the T3i is any better.


The grain on that is terrible because I don't have an ND filter so basically it's overexposed. Here's a 60D one shot the same way:


_MG_0247-2 by Boulderdashcci, on Flickr

I have a bunch from my S90 too, from when I figured out that long exposure was useful for more than getting light streaks from cars and trains lol.

Wasnt that an amazing revelation? I pretty much shoot long exposure as often as possible unless I just HAVE to stop motion. Its a far more interesting shot.

I looked through about half your pictures, glad you use that for water. People dont do it enough and waterfalls or moving water should look like its moving - not frozen in time.

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Real, I know texas is looking for firefighters. Especially with their industry growing while others are shrinking. Here's just one of many job postings. http://www.911hotjobs.com/find-a-job/sh ... 892&page=2

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The first three photos have been posted before and I apologize if you've seen them before. they seem to generate lots of interest. I took them at an abandoned chromite (chromium ore) mine in Montana. The USA's largest platinum group element mine is situated around 5,000ft below this mine. Anyways I call this the "White Forest" collection. Kudos to you if you get that reference. Mine was abandoned in either the 30's or 50's (I forget) and most damage is from approximately 1 meter in diameter boulders bouncing down the mountain from above and then colliding with the buildings. I can't imagine the place doesn't have an absolutely brutal winter to deal with as well.

PS: Some of you may have noticed there is a 1 foot tall pile of ice on the mine shaft floor. It was 65+ degrees outside the hole I stuck my camera in to take that picture.

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These next three were taken in the Mojave Desert where I vow to return at some point for a very extended stay. Unfortunately the current research direction I'm going in confines me to the exact opposite climatic environment but that is okay.

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EDIT: I'm working on getting some of my professor's glacial science photos. Several of them are quite incredible since they're situated in places people are not allowed to enter in national parks and the like. His Antarctica and Svalbard collections are really heat as well.

Nice stuff. Id love to photograph old mines and out west. Someday, I will achieve this goal.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/j_boss/

Here are my best photos that I ever took so far.

I really want to get back to IOA and Universal but with a few different lenses than I have now. Ohhh...that would be fun. Nice pics in there.

_MG_0001 by Boulderdashcci, on Flickr


_MG_0056 by Boulderdashcci, on Flickr


_MG_0106 by Boulderdashcci, on Flickr


_MG_0212 by Boulderdashcci, on Flickr


_MG_0395 by Boulderdashcci, on Flickr


_MG_0306 by Boulderdashcci, on Flickr


_MG_0296 by Boulderdashcci, on Flickr


_MG_0256 by Boulderdashcci, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulderdas ... 596884874/

^ at least one of them is wearing a helmet

Win.

Burst mode

Need more FPS!

CVS doesn't pay me enough for a 7D.

LOL Well played.

it gets 5.3...what were your shutter speeds? I know on mine which is 6.4, I dont get anywhere near that the slower my shutter speeds are. When its 1/2000th or faster, than I can feel the speed.

Wish I had a 7D...full frame, 8fps...gahhhhh

7D is a crop, same sensor as the T2i/T3i and 60D, just a lot faster. EVen the 1D MKIV has a crop sensor, but bigger than APS-C (1.3x).

I was using aperture priority so it was picking the shutter.....I was using ISO1250 for most of it at F8-F9 and it was over 1000th.

Woah...Why the heck is the 1D a crop and the 5D not? That doesnt make sense...