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Posted: 4/28/2015 4:20:41 AM EDT
Photo thread only, if you have questions please address them in IM.
Simply a place for a new photo everyday. Subject matter can be anything and everything! Obviously we won't all be able to post a picture a day but try to update the thread when possible! Feel free to describe the shot, lighting, exif data etc! Rooftop view of Atlanta from an abandoned building that was the first building in Atlanta to have a covered parking garage.  Curvy Lanes by LukeCrawford, on Flickr |
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Posted: 10/12/2023 6:15:38 PM EDT
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Guess who got a new pistol??
  VP9sk-15 by FredMan, on Flickr VP9sk-VP9 Slide Rollmark by FredMan, on Flickr
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Posted: 10/12/2023 6:35:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan: Guess who got a new pistol?? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53252976297_869f2f56ea_h.jpgVP9sk-15 by FredMan, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53252985802_55e3ceb998_h.jpgVP9sk-VP9 Slide Rollmark by FredMan, on Flickr Is the lack of dust, fingerprints, oil smudges from anal retentive cleaning or editing? |
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Posted: 10/12/2023 7:03:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TrashWrencher: Is the lack of dust, fingerprints, oil smudges from anal retentive cleaning or editing? Oh, that’s cleaning. Broke it in yesterday afternoon and took a bunch of pics, but had AF set to d25 and damned if it didn’t get perfect focus on…the shooting bench. Fuck! |
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Posted: 10/12/2023 7:21:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan: Oh, that’s cleaning. Broke it in yesterday afternoon and took a bunch of pics, but had AF set to d25 and damned if it didn’t get perfect focus on…the shooting bench. Fuck! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan: Originally Posted By TrashWrencher: Is the lack of dust, fingerprints, oil smudges from anal retentive cleaning or editing? Oh, that’s cleaning. Broke it in yesterday afternoon and took a bunch of pics, but had AF set to d25 and damned if it didn’t get perfect focus on…the shooting bench. Fuck! You clean your guns? I just throw more oil at them.  Cool blast wave pattern. My phone is ancient and takes pics worse than a tater. 
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Posted: 10/13/2023 1:10:36 AM EDT
[Last Edit: M-60]
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Posted: 10/13/2023 10:57:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: You clean your guns? I just throw more oil at them. Cool blast wave pattern. My phone is ancient and takes pics worse than a tater. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230916_181852-2956384.jpg Oh man. I like that. Gonna steal that scene for my next shoot. |
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Posted: 10/13/2023 1:36:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M-60: Goofin' off with the gopro https://photos.smugmug.com/Misc-II/i-rKBCc7t/0/53710766/M/2023101222074480-6323077208538052618--M.jpg I like doing time lapse stuff while I walk the dog. Time lapse That’s pretty cool. |
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Posted: 10/13/2023 1:37:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan: Oh man. I like that. Gonna steal that scene for my next shoot. How would one capture something similar with a dslr? Crank iso up and shorten shutter speed? |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 10/13/2023 1:43:13 PM EDT
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Quick trip up to the blue ridge mountains for Octoberfest last weekend. The leaves still haven’t turned
 Lynn Cove Viaduct  Beacon Heights  Blowing Rock |
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Posted: 10/13/2023 5:44:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TrashWrencher: How would one capture something similar with a dslr? Crank iso up and shorten shutter speed? That’s just a regular shot/exposure. He’s showing the results of multiple shots, not shots in action. To show the concussion and blast effect you’re going to REALLY crank your shutter, then ISO to get the exposure you want. |
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Posted: 10/13/2023 5:49:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan: Oh man. I like that. Gonna steal that scene for my next shoot. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan: Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: You clean your guns? I just throw more oil at them. Cool blast wave pattern. My phone is ancient and takes pics worse than a tater. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/204916/20230916_181852-2956384.jpg Oh man. I like that. Gonna steal that scene for my next shoot. Make sure to post it up.
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Posted: 10/13/2023 6:27:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell: Make sure to post it up. You know it. Got an email today from the guy putting together our company 2024 calendar asking for pics; my reply started “remember, you asked…” |
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Posted: 10/13/2023 6:36:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/14/2023 4:53:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/14/2023 7:48:54 PM EDT
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I tried like hell to get the eclipse and a model in one shot today,.. but even with 3 AD200s and 1 AD600 a few feet away I couldn't even get a silhouette. Physics is dumb.
 20231014_001Eclipse by Carl Peters, on Flickr |
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Posted: 10/14/2023 9:51:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/15/2023 7:41:21 AM EDT
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a couple of shots from the Stampede of Speed at the Texas Motorplex
 StampedeofSpeed-80 by Chris B, on Flickr StampedeofSpeed-78 by Chris B, on Flickr StampedeofSpeed-55 by Chris B, on Flickr StampedeofSpeed-62 by Chris B, on Flickr |
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Posted: 10/15/2023 5:00:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: TheAmaazingCarl]
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Quote HistoryWhat were our settings for this pro favor? I'm assuming you used a filter? |
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Posted: 10/15/2023 10:12:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: What were our settings for this pro favor? I'm assuming you used a filter? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: What were our settings for this pro favor? I'm assuming you used a filter? Conditions were wildly variable with our cloud cover. Five days out, the forecast was 100% cloud cover at dawn on Saturday, 50% at noon, and clear by mid afternoon. And, that's about the best way to describe what we actually had on Saturday. Gotta say, it was really depressing waking up on Saturday morning to the cloud cover, more so when I was packing my gear and heading to the square. And even more so when I got there. The, there were some ever so faint breaks, more heavy, dark clouds, more breaks, consistent breaks, haze and then clear skies by 1:30pm, local. Top photo: 80-400mm f/4-5.6 - 400mm 1sec f/11 ISO 125, ICE brand ND100000 (16 stop) Bottom photo: 80-400mm f/4-5.6 - 80mm 1/4000s f/11 ISO 160, no filter (clouds did all the work) It was pretty hectic stuff, filter on, filter off, and stuff. |
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Posted: 10/15/2023 10:31:30 PM EDT
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What camera settings? All of them. I need to go look through these and convert to equivalent exposures to see where I might have taken the filter off, or perhaps worse, should have had the filter on there. Stuff was moving pretty fast with the very short breaks in the low clouds we had passing over. The cloud cover, as hectic as it was, probably afforded me exposure and composition opportunities I would have had, otherwise.
[I'll edit this post after I look back at the unedited files and add info as to whether the exposure should have been +/- what I actually did in the moment] Nikon D850 w/ 80-400mm f/4-5.6 - @400mm 1/100s f/11 ISO 3200 (yes, 3200), ICE ND100000 filter (16 stop)...  Nikon D850 w/ 80-400mm f/4-5.6 - @400mm 1/8s f/5.6 ISO 800, ICE ND100000 filter (16 stop)...  Nikon D850 w/ 80-400mm f/4-5.6 - @400mm 1/1000s f/8 ISO 100, ICE ND100000 filter (16 stop)...  Nikon D850 w/ 80-400mm f/4-5.6 - @400mm 1/8000s f/8 ISO 500, no filter, just cloud cover ...  |
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Posted: 10/16/2023 8:02:23 AM EDT
[Last Edit: TheAmaazingCarl]
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Quote HistoryNikon D850 w/ 80-400mm f/4-5.6 - @400mm 1/100s f/11 ISO 3200 (yes, 3200), ICE ND100000 filter (16 stop)... https://photos.smugmug.com/Events/Celestial/i-j9VD3bT/1/2f23c1ff/X3/DSC_3122B3A%20-%204128-X3.jpg THIS composition is absolutely fantastic, especially considering the difficulties you were dealing with. |
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Posted: 10/20/2023 8:10:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: TheAmaazingCarl]
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Anyone think the admin would mind light painting shots with a scantily clad model? I am pretty happy with my first attempt not at a workgroup or class.
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Posted: 10/20/2023 9:16:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: Anyone think the admin would mind light painting shots with a scantily clad model? I am pretty happy with my first attempt not at a workgroup or class. I’m not the best expert on the COC, but I’d think that would need to be in botd. |
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Posted: 10/22/2023 4:29:22 PM EDT
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This one is covered up pretty much, I don't see how it could be a COC violation. Anywhose, they were all 4 second exposures and arranging rear curtain flash sync apparently requires 2 triggers and a shutter release. 1 trigger in my hand, shutter release plugged into camera and finally 2nd trigger mounted on the camera and set for read curtain sync. Did a pretty good job of minimizing ghosting, and I set it up centered above the camera and horizontal to also minimize any wonky shadows.
Lessons learned... 4 seconds is probably twice as much time as I need, going to try to work it down to 2 seconds. ALL the tubes look pretty much the same at night with a flashlight until you get a longer exposure, set them up beforehand. Models with dance.yoga experience are best for posing. Go over natural respiratory pause with the models so they're more comfortable staying perfectly still for a couple seconds. Don't assume the creek downstream of a waterfall you checked yesterday won't inexplicably be a bit too deep to set your camera in today. Don't assume the footbridge built by the city that is your alternate location will actually be square. With horizontal flash and low camera angle..... BRING A BROOM to any spots with constructed surfaces. Mosquitoes prefer blondes, bring bug juice.  20231018_015 by Carl Peters, on Flickr
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Posted: 10/22/2023 4:56:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: This one is covered up pretty much, I don't see how it could be a COC violation. Anywhose, they were all 4 second exposures and arranging rear curtain flash sync apparently requires 2 triggers and a shutter release. 1 trigger in my hand, shutter release plugged into camera and finally 2nd trigger mounted on the camera and set for read curtain sync. Did a pretty good job of minimizing ghosting, and I set it up centered above the camera and horizontal to also minimize any wonky shadows. Lessons learned... 4 seconds is probably twice as much time as I need, going to try to work it down to 2 seconds. ALL the tubes look pretty much the same at night with a flashlight until you get a longer exposure, set them up beforehand. Models with dance.yoga experience are best for posing. Go over natural respiratory pause with the models so they're more comfortable staying perfectly still for a couple seconds. Don't assume the creek downstream of a waterfall you checked yesterday won't inexplicably be a bit too deep to set your camera in today. Don't assume the footbridge built by the city that is your alternate location will actually be square. With horizontal flash and low camera angle..... BRING A BROOM to any spots with constructed surfaces. Mosquitoes prefer blondes, bring bug juice. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53268114367_811b6bf7ab_6k.jpg20231018_015 by Carl Peters, on Flickr Stunning. In every sense of the word. Just got back from a 2-day shoot at private music fest in the hills of Virginia.  Folly Lighted Path by FredMan, on FlickrAll kinds of weird shit going down...  Jellyfish Girls by FredMan, on Flickr
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Posted: 10/23/2023 7:58:09 AM EDT
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some racing shots from the Mid-West Drag Racing Series
 XRP-Mid-West Drag Racing Series by Chris B, on Flickr XRP-Mid-West Drag Racing Series by Chris B, on Flickr XRP-Mid-West Drag Racing Series by Chris B, on Flickr XRP-Mid-West Drag Racing Series by Chris B, on Flickr XRP-Mid-West Drag Racing Series by Chris B, on Flickr |
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Posted: 10/24/2023 8:49:14 PM EDT
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This worked better than expected, but the Green Room manager said there was still some pilferage
 DO NOT TOUCH by FredMan, on Flickr
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Posted: 10/25/2023 10:35:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan: This worked better than expected, but the Green Room manager said there was still some pilferage https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53276915152_ac3275af9c_h.jpgDO NOT TOUCH by FredMan, on Flickr I saw somewhere they had sandwich bags with "mold" printed on them to discourage office foraging |
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Posted: 10/25/2023 3:37:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: I saw somewhere they had sandwich bags with "mold" printed on them to discourage office foraging With this crowd, “mold” would only encourage examination. |
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Posted: 10/26/2023 8:07:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/28/2023 7:10:16 PM EDT
[Last Edit: beavo451]
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Posted: 10/29/2023 1:54:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/30/2023 4:09:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/30/2023 4:16:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/30/2023 5:44:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryHOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53256082373_fe04b220d2_6k.jpg20231013_006a by Carl Peters, on Flickr Harambe!! He lives!! |
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Posted: 10/31/2023 10:33:25 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/31/2023 11:00:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53295355708_7f40b175e5_h.jpgThe Wood Brothers by FredMan, on Flickr I usually like technically difficult, but I find venue photography (concerts, indoor sports, etc..) to be technically frustrating. These look great, my indoor event stuff never comes out so clean. Do you have some secret tips or tricks? |
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Posted: 11/1/2023 4:52:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CB1: some racing shots from the Mid-West Drag Racing Series https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53278449142_9710cddbb6_b.jpgXRP-Mid-West Drag Racing Series by Chris B, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53279339136_c36b8d9c8a_b.jpgXRP-Mid-West Drag Racing Series by Chris B, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53279691009_a33105ae1e_b.jpgXRP-Mid-West Drag Racing Series by Chris B, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53279337766_aaf08b992f_b.jpgXRP-Mid-West Drag Racing Series by Chris B, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53279689774_f0b3f4f763_b.jpgXRP-Mid-West Drag Racing Series by Chris B, on Flickr Nice to have that access. Great shots. |
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Posted: 11/1/2023 3:03:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: I usually like technically difficult, but I find venue photography (concerts, indoor sports, etc..) to be technically frustrating. These look great, my indoor event stuff never comes out so clean. Do you have some secret tips or tricks? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: Originally Posted By FredMan: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53295355708_7f40b175e5_h.jpgThe Wood Brothers by FredMan, on Flickr I usually like technically difficult, but I find venue photography (concerts, indoor sports, etc..) to be technically frustrating. These look great, my indoor event stuff never comes out so clean. Do you have some secret tips or tricks? Bill Ellison was the house photographer at The Granada Theater in Dallas. He was very good at what he did. He has passed on but his work survives. https://www.flickr.com/photos/billellisonphotographer https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-locals-remember-granada-photographer-bill-ellison-who-died-this-week-9720905 |
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Posted: 11/1/2023 5:49:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: I usually like technically difficult, but I find venue photography (concerts, indoor sports, etc..) to be technically frustrating. These look great, my indoor event stuff never comes out so clean. Do you have some secret tips or tricks? You're going to laugh, but it turns out that 1/200 or 1/250, f/4, and ISO 2500-6000 pretty much did the trick. Yes, some blur from shutter speed, but I toss those frames. Key is getting access, getting in a good spot.  Kendall Street Company by FredMan, on Flickr Kendall Street Company by FredMan, on FlickrAnd the performers themselves. This guy was amazingly photogenic. His attire, mannerisms, the lighting, his instruments, the whole deal.  The Wood Brothers by FredMan, on Flickr The Wood Brothers by FredMan, on Flickr
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Posted: 11/2/2023 4:04:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/3/2023 6:13:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/4/2023 5:01:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/5/2023 5:32:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/10/2023 9:44:53 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/10/2023 10:12:39 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/10/2023 1:28:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: FredMan]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53266307041_a05424afac_6k.jpg20231017_006 by Carl Peters, on Flickr F/5.6 too! That TC and the effective 400 mm really helps the DoF narrow up.it’s like you have 8 inches of depth. |
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Posted: 11/10/2023 4:24:11 PM EDT
[Last Edit: TheAmaazingCarl]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan: F/5.6 too! That TC and the effective 400 mm really helps the DoF narrow up.it’s like you have 8 inches of depth. It works fantastic, I should have gotten it a couple years ago. By far the best TC I have ever used. I am currently trying to sell my Tamron 150-600 to finance that new 180-600 which is suppsed to be hella sharp. I will likely try the TC on it too for moon or sun shots. |
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Posted: 11/10/2023 7:06:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53266307041_a05424afac_6k.jpg20231017_006 by Carl Peters, on Flickr It's so sharp and clear that it makes me feel like it's computer-generated. Damn fine shot. |
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Posted: 11/10/2023 8:39:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: It works fantastic, I should have gotten it a couple years ago. By far the best TC I have ever used. I am currently trying to sell my Tamron 150-600 to finance that new 180-600 which is suppsed to be hella sharp. I will likely try the TC on it too for moon or sun shots. What are your thoughts on the TC1.4 II? I can never seem to get sharp pics with it. |
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