Topic: Let's talk Canon digital SLRs... Part 2

[rigpimp]

So I am in the "about to jump to DSLR" boat.  My sis bought an XSi and loves it.  She suggested looking at the T1i which appears to be in the $750 range.  I read a complaint there are some bugs/errors that pop up occasionally on the T1i and that it also runs hot while shooting HD video, but that is not why I am buying a still DSLR camera.  Any opinions? 

I am also not totally opposed to buying something used.  Maybe a 20D?  I am thinking around the $700-$800 range.

[eric.B]

the 10-22efs on a foggy dock in East Harpswell, ME



and at acadia national park, maine


at 22mm


in brunswick, me



bar harbor, me





the 50mm 1.8 plastic fantastic lens..



the 100mm f2




and for a matter of perpsective..

[phanophish]

Nice shots.  You have a bit of dust on your sensor in the upper left when vertical/ upper right when horizontal.  Probably time to clean or at least use a blower to remove the dust.

[stirinthesauce]

from early last spring, did some off trail hiking to a wet weather falls and cascading stream

[phanophish]

Really nice shots. Love the rich colors and shadow detail.  You are so lucky to be near subjects like that. 

[Jimna]

indeed, very nice jon. 

[stirinthesauce]

thanks!  Lots of places around here to shoot.  Endless opportunities.  Never enough time for post processing, ordering, framing, etc    This falls was called Milk Sick Creek Falls.  Only a wet weather spring and falls (the falls comes out of the cliff face).  This wet spring provided the perfect opportunity and overcast sky gave me the perfect softbox!   

[stirinthesauce]

anyone been to Seneca Rocks in West Va.?  Took a trip there a couple months back, very cool.  Hiked to the top...maybe I will post a pic of that.

Nothing special here, hazy mid day with harsh light.  With that said, here is a shot of it.

[Jimna]

yep, friends of ours had a mini festival there on his property 2 yrs ago.  love that place, we used to skip school and road trip down there also when we were kids. 

*watch out for the holes, they might be 50-100' deep.

[stirinthesauce]

Here is one from about 2.5 years back, with my old 20d.  Upper Greeter Falls, Savage Gulf, TN.

[stirinthesauce]

another from this spring.  Some Alpenglow!  Coming back from Cades Cove after sunset and all of a sudden the mountain peaks were glowing red.  Pulled over and shot this as it was fading.  Sun had LONG since set below the horizon behind me (maybe 20-30minutes).  Lasted less than 5 minutes.  Pure Alpenglow is fairly rare to see.  Picture is not so inspiring other than capturing something I have never witnessed with my bare eyes.

[Jimna]

Here is one from about 2.5 years back, with my old 20d.  Upper Greeter Falls, Savage Gulf, TN.

thats fantastic!  what lens is that?

[johnw]

I've never had any luck with those frozen waterfall shots. How are you guys doing it? I've been shooting at long shutter speeds with the aperture closed down, but still can't get it.

[stirinthesauce]

thats fantastic!  what lens is that?

You oughta know, you own it 


Waterfalls are tricky, been doing them regularly for 3 or 4years.  I always use a polarizer, hell an ND filter would be very advantageous for me but I only shoot in diffuse light (overcast or cloudy) or either early morning or late afternoon after the sun was set.  That one above was late afternoon after the sun had set. Also depends on how hard the water is flowing on how long I am going to expose for.   Muliple seconds on a heavy waterfall, it is going to look washed out.  Less hard flowing water I may expose for 5, 10, even up to 30 seconds.  However, I generally underexpose 1/2 stop, 1 stop or even up to 2 stops to preserve highlights and check the histogram after each shot.  Then it is all in the box (photoshop).

Best advice is practice practice practice.  What I did.

[johnw]

thats fantastic!  what lens is that?

You oughta know, you own it 


Waterfalls are tricky, been doing them regularly for 3 or 4years.  I always use a polarizer, hell an ND filter would be very advantageous for me but I only shoot in diffuse light (overcast or cloudy) or either early morning or late afternoon after the sun was set.  That one above was late afternoon after the sun had set. Also depends on how hard the water is flowing on how long I am going to expose for.   Muliple seconds on a heavy waterfall, it is going to look washed out.  Less hard flowing water I may expose for 5, 10, even up to 30 seconds.  However, I generally underexpose 1/2 stop, 1 stop or even up to 2 stops to preserve highlights and check the histogram after each shot.  Then it is all in the box (photoshop).

Best advice is practice practice practice.  What I did.

thinking about trying my luck with waterfalls again this weekend. what stand/mount do you use on these trails?