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thanks! that's encouraging ! Come on up to Wyoming in the spring. We'll go through Yellowstone Nat'l Park, you can mount the 300/2.8L-IS and rip off 10gigs or so... see what you think. I guarantee you'll love the results.
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Here is a photo of my hunting buddy General Beauregard :GRIN: ![[Linked Image]](http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h175/RLKURTZ/Bow10.jpg)
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Fantastic image and great looking friend. That has to be the good ol' 5D + 24-70L with a nice bounce flash.
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thanks! that's encouraging ! Come on up to Wyoming in the spring. We'll go through Yellowstone Nat'l Park, you can mount the 300/2.8L-IS and rip off 10gigs or so... see what you think. I guarantee you'll love the results. cool -- that's only about a 5 hour trip  I have a Sigma EX 300 2.8 I got in the mail a few days ago I'm trying out -- weather has been pretty crappy to put it through the paces though......
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I am thinking its time for me make the wife not so happy with me once agen.. :GRIN:
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Fantastic image and great looking friend. That has to be the good ol' 5D + 24-70L with a nice bounce flash. All most 100% right! The lighting was from 2 Hensel Intega Pro 500watt mono lights. Spot on with the camera and lens!! :GRIN:
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thanks! that's encouraging ! Come on up to Wyoming in the spring. We'll go through Yellowstone Nat'l Park, you can mount the 300/2.8L-IS and rip off 10gigs or so... see what you think. I guarantee you'll love the results. cool -- that's only about a 5 hour trip I have a Sigma EX 300 2.8 I got in the mail a few days ago I'm trying out -- weather has been pretty crappy to put it through the paces though...... I can't say I've tried the Sigma, but have heard good reviews. Let us know what you think. If the images are anything short of spectacular, the Canon might be the way to go. I think Canon's 300/2.8L-IS is the best lens they make for it's intended purpose.
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Fantastic image and great looking friend. That has to be the good ol' 5D + 24-70L with a nice bounce flash. All most 100% right! The lighting was from 2 Hensel Intega Pro 500watt mono lights. Spot on with the camera and lens!! :GRIN: Nice! I've yet to get into a good set of studio lighting, but that's my next quest.
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That's truly awesome work Randy!!! Are they all 2 light setup's?
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Yep just 2 500watt lights and a little photoshop 
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Very nice rig Stetson.. What do you shoot the most people, wildlife, or landscape pictures? Most of the pictures I take are of people would like to do more wildlife.. Almost all landscape and just starting to get into wildlife with some bird interest. I saw your prtrait work. Very nice!
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I am thinking its time for me make the wife not so happy with me once agen.. :GRIN: If your really good you can do that on a monthly basis and live to tell the story. LOL The Canon 300L 2.8 IS is definately on my must have list. The images I have seen from that lens with the Canon 1.4x are just stellar. Plus you have a lot more fexability than the 500L f4 IS, but then the 400DO is a mighty attractive package but the IQ just doesn't seem in the same league as either the 500 f4 IS or the 300 2.8. I just ordered the 100-400L IS so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a nice sharp copy.
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VTi, Great shots. I personally like #4. Is #5 an HDR image? You are correct in your observation. That landscape is an HDR comprised of 8 individual images. That's a skill I'm trying to learn right now. I just got back from two weeks of shooting in Hawaii and it was a a real challange. Dark foregrounds and blownout high lights. Either that or everything was green or there was just very little to show the true scale in the shot... Stetson -- Some great images you posted here. Congrats my friend, and please post more of Hawaii. I was trying to simplify my above statement regarding the HDR. That was actually a 48-image stitched pano/HDR. 6 individual framings, each with 8 different exposures. I know this is a lot of work for one photo, but I really wanted this one in a large print. It ended up getting printed to 40"x30", and is hanging in my great room. Looks fantastic, but much work went into it. This small web version doesn't do it any justice  HDR techniques were made for the exact reason you mentioned, as you know. Try that in combination with a stitched pano for some awesome results. I'm a huge fan of HDR's and try to use this method whenever possible. I even use HDR on wildlife images if they happen to stay still enough for 3-5 images. The trick here is to set up your slr's AEB function, and use high speed continuous shooting. Wiht my 1DmkIII, shooting at 10 frames per second, I can take a 5 shot exposure bracket in roughly half a second. If the subject can stay still for .5sec, which they usually do, these are the best quality images that can be had. I don't have many, but when the time is right it's the only way to go. Rob Thanks Rob, I have a gazillion images still loaded in my colorspace that I need to process. I hope to try to work on my first HDR's this week.
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Stetson -- You know, sometimes it seems easier for me to just blend 2 or 3 layers manually in Photoshop rather than blend them as a true HDR. I get better results usually that way too, more control. Of course, sometimes it's not practical where there are not clear cut lines of distinction in exposure.
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Rob what do you think of this combo?
5D with 500mm f4 IS as my primary camera.
20D with my 70-200mm f2.8 and 1.4x extender secondary camera.
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Randy - I think that sounds fantastic. The only downside, if one would like to call it that, is that your 20D set up will yield almost the same field of view. 20D + 200mm + 1.4x = 448mm focal length equivalent, compared to full frame. 5D + 500mm = 500mm of course. Now the plus side, is that the 5D + 500mm/4L-IS will yield absolutely stunning images when you're not "reach limited". Image quality wise, that combo is basically the top of the chain. When you do become reach limited, swap the 500mm onto the 20D and you will project many more pixels on the subject that way. This is basically what I do, and it's the only reason for keeping around the 40D. Sometimes the 1.6 croppers pixel pitch/density is useful when I need maximum reach. Otherwise, I always use my 1DmkIII. While I was in Jackson Hole this weekend I walked into many photography shops, and several of the pro photographers said they used that exact combo, 5D + 500/4. You really can't do any better. Man, I'm excited for you... I need to go buy a new lens now too Rob
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Awesome If I get images half as good as yours it would be werth every penny! Will be going to Vail CO for some snow skiing in 6 weeks. Hope B&H has the lens in stock. Will be nice to have it on this trip. Thank you for all the great help on this Rob.. :GRIN:
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I need to go buy a new lens now too Rob What lens are you going to get? maybe 24-70 2.8?
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C'mon now Randy, you should know I already have that lens , it's one of the first I got after converting to Canon.  It's one of Canon's best. I'm not too sure what to buy, my current line up is: Long Primes -- 500/4L IS 300/2.8L IS 180/3.5L Macro Mid Primes -- 85/1.2L Ser.II 35/1.4L Zooms -- 100-400/5.6L IS 70-200/4L IS 24-70/2.8L 16-35/2.8L Ser.II What do you think the next lens should be? I'm thinking the 400/2.8L-IS Maybe the 135/2L? I've owned them both, and regret selling each of them.
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