[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

For a change, I had too much lens

Poor you.

Great shot.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Poor you.

Great shot.

Wow. Awesome.

[dcstep]

Backlit Jet Ski - Shot 3 by David Stephens, on Flickr

[M_Six]

Jet skiing in Denver in November. Now that's dedication.

[ddk632]

Downtown St. Louis, "Passing Through" ( we spent a total of 30 minutes between exiting and then getting back on the Interstate on our way to Colorado Springs ). Love the light and the sky that day, and my buddy's WRX is looking pretty good there, also!


Passing Through by Dmitriy Khaykin, on Flickr

[jmg]

Originally Posted by ddk632

Downtown St. Louis, "Passing Through" ( we spent a total of 30 minutes between exiting and then getting back on the Interstate on our way to Colorado Springs ). Love the light and the sky that day, and my buddy's WRX is looking pretty good there, also!

Nice location ddk632! It's hard to shoot a profile shot at 17mm even on a FF camera. It distorts the car in funny ways. The widest I'd go is 24mm with a car not in the center of frame.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by jmg

Nice location ddk632! It's hard to shoot a profile shot at 17mm even on a FF camera. It distorts the car in funny ways. The widest I'd go is 24mm with a car not in the center of frame.

You need to try the EF 14mm f/2.8L II. It's incredible. A touch of Digital Lens Optimization and you get a great looking ultra-wide image.

Dave

[Itsed65]

The hunt for birds can take you to some very pretty locations

Trees in Water by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

So this is the 5D4 with the 300 2.8 and 2XTC. It makes a nice compact 600mm setup, and the focus is still bang on.

High Key Falcon by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[ddk632]

Originally Posted by jmg

Nice location ddk632! It's hard to shoot a profile shot at 17mm even on a FF camera. It distorts the car in funny ways. The widest I'd go is 24mm with a car not in the center of frame.

The location was really nice, we were lucky to find it. Driving around St. Louis with sunrise fast approaching, having never been there, just trying to find a spot where the sunrise and the Arch are in the same place, and then found it in time to get some shooting done!

As for the funny vehicle distortion, it's true. I don't do any perspective correction in post on these intentionally odd-angled shots. I also tend to be significantly more technically loose with my automotive photography than with architecture and landscapes and accept more distortion as being ok than with say a shot of a building, which I can't deal with if the verticals aren't vertical, etc.

I also think in the shot I posted, the funny distortion (back of the car vs front) it is exacerbated due to the camera being angled toward the sky, so everything on the outer parts of the image leans inward and upward a lot more than the center of the image. So the back of the car does the same vs. the front, in this shot

That all being said, you make a valid point, and the back of the WRX does look a bit odd (the wheel mostly, to me)!

You made me think of "Beauty and the Beast" (the Beast is my old bike) which I think is more symmetric in how the distortion manifested. You can see the rear wheel appears stretched, but not disproportionately to the general perspective of the front of the bike "going away" from the viewer.

Maybe also because this is a motorcycle, it is not as bad as if it was a car (which generally is longer so distortion may be more pronounced).


Beauty and The Beast by Dmitriy Khaykin, on Flickr

Now you got me looking through all of my automotive shots with the 17

[dcstep]

GBH Catches Shad - Shot 7 by David Stephens, on Flickr

[jmg]

Originally Posted by ddk632

Beauty and The Beast by Dmitriy Khaykin, on Flickr

The 17 works very well for this shot!

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by jmg

The 17 works very well for this shot!

[dcstep]

Another GBH fishing. They'll all leave for the winter, any day now, so I'll shoot as long as the keep landing in front of me:

GBH Catches Shad - Shot 7 by David Stephens, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

Well you can't not take take a picture of ducks...

Pintails Take Flight by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

Well you can't not take take a picture of ducks...

LOL, and I posted the same GBH twice. It's not like I don't have hundreds.

Great ducks in flight. That's a tough shot.

[dcstep]

Here's a GBH shot that I haven't already posted:

Great Blue Heron Fishes by David Stephens, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Great ducks in flight. That's a tough shot.

Letting the 5D4 do its AF magic for me

[Itsed65]

Baldy in a Tree by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[ddk632]

My home town of Aventura, FL on the right (still daytime) and the beautiful skyline of Sunny Isles Beach, FL (on the left, with the ocean beyond not really visible) already under nightfall...


As Day Turns to Night by Dmitriy Khaykin, on Flickr

[Josh (PA)]

Grabbed this shot in the AM on my crappy cell phone camera. I thought the way the fog closed up the valley w/ just the tree tops popping over the top was visually interesting.


Foggy Morning by Josh, on Flickr

[Itsed65]

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

Grabbed this shot in the AM on my crappy cell phone camera. I thought the way the fog closed up the valley w/ just the tree tops popping over the top was visually interesting.

Cool shot. Looks like a beautiful area.