Camera Battle

[Scrumhalf]

Mt. Hood alpenglow from the deck of my condo.. :)

[FitnessBrat]

I love the squirrel and the dog pics! :swoon:

[FitnessBrat]

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[Scrumhalf]

Nice bike shots, bro! Yeah, midday or cloudy weather sucks. Being in Oregon, I get a lot of the clouds, makes it difficult especially if I want to step down the aperture.

The 70-200 f2.8 is pricey, no doubt! I picked up my 70-200 F4 for about $850. Probably the best $850 I have spent. But $2K is another story altogether. But it is supposed to be worth it - sharpest Canon lens ever.

[BEAST]

And here are some crappy beach day photos. :(





Happy dog on the beach. :D

[BEAST]

Thanks, bro! I don't have a 70-200 F2.8. I took then with my 70-200 F4 IS. Awesome lens.. just as sharp as the F2.8 from what I understand. It is crazy sharp... I can crop like crazy and still retain a great image.

Yeah I think 2.8 and the 4.0 has the same glass but 2.8 is just faster.

I was looking at the 70-200 2.8 IS and it is over $2000.:panic::panic:

Last sunday I had an unsuccessful photo outing. Where I live (in the valley) it was a super clear and hot day so it wasn't good for pictures (high noon) so I got on my bike and went down to the beach and it was the complete opposite. Cold, hazy and overcast. It sucked big time.

Only took a few shots and I was playing with these in the lightroom.




Three different editing on the same picture lol.

[Scrumhalf]

Haha... You are too kind! I am just learning. I feel like I am slowly getting better... having a better idea of visualizing the photo before taking the shot and getting better with understanding light.

BTW, is that you in your avatar? Looking great! :)

[mofo]

scrum, you should put together a photo book with your best images. leave it as a coffetable book. i would buy a copy for real.

[Scrumhalf]

Thanks, bro! I don't have a 70-200 F2.8. I took then with my 70-200 F4 IS. Awesome lens.. just as sharp as the F2.8 from what I understand. It is crazy sharp... I can crop like crazy and still retain a great image.

[BEAST]

Beautiful pix scrum. I specially like the second picture. Don't get me wrong they are all great but something about that second shot...:D

Did you take those with your 70-200 2.8?

[Scrumhalf]

Along the Fanno Creek Trail yesterday....

[Turbo3000]

True story! Lol...I am sure folks at Nike vapor locked when that story broke loose. It was big news up here in the Pacific Northwest for a bit.

Y! SPORTS

Yep. Sad stuff right there. Put a football program over child rape...... People are fucked up.

[funniirishman]

Joe Paterno daycare? Rofl... That's classic! That's got to be made up, it is so appropriate. Only thing better would be the Jerry Sandusky daycare lol.....

True story! Lol...I am sure folks at Nike vapor locked when that story broke loose. It was big news up here in the Pacific Northwest for a bit.

Y! SPORTS

[Scrumhalf]

Joe Paterno daycare? Rofl... That's classic! That's got to be made up, it is so appropriate. Only thing better would be the Jerry Sandusky daycare lol.....

[Turbo3000]

It's got to be cool working at Nike. As the photo above shows, they have a full soccer field, running track, volleyball and tennis courts, pool, etc. etc. right there on campus. I am sure they have a kickass gym as well.

Interesting how they have named all their sports facilities and buildings after famous athletes. They have the Ronaldo soccer field, the Michael Johnson track, etc. It is funny that one of their main buildings used to be called the Lance Armstrong building, and that sign got taken down in a hurry a few months ago lol....

Didn't they have a Joe Paterno daycare? I think it got changed quick.

It was someone involved with the Penn state scandal.