The Photography Thread

[bananahead]

Today I bought a macro.

Which?

100 2.8L IS

It was 1190 ChF - 700 of your British quids.

[Savara]

You utter bastard. That's lush

[kingweed]

I love the fact that that's got IS on it.

Awesome.

[Dan]

Today I bought a macro.

Which?

100 2.8L IS

Mmmm -- looks like a spectacular lens. How good is the IS? I've got the 100 f2.8 MKII at the moment, and whilst optically I think it's more or less identical to the L, the IS would be a great addition if it works well.

[bananahead]

Today I bought a macro.

Which?

100 2.8L IS

Mmmm -- looks like a spectacular lens. How good is the IS? I've got the 100 f2.8 MKII at the moment, and whilst optically I think it's more or less identical to the L, the IS would be a great addition if it works well.

From the weekend indoor shots it seems to work really well. When the snow stops I may venture outside.

[FamousDave]

A few more of mine (all link to bigger on Flickr):







I'm off to California / Nevada for two weeks shortly so hope to be getting some more decent photos.

[FamousDave]

Back from hols. Took 1,703 photos I need to sort out. Did this while waiting for the plane (click for larger):



and also some panoramas

[bananahead]

Are they stitched or just crops? They are a bit small but very good.

[FamousDave]

They are stitched together. You can get larger sizes but they are limited by Flickr. I have the full res ones on my computer, which I intend to print large.

[RB]

A friend asked me if I could do an image to be the background to a poster for a chess tournament he's running in a few months.

From this shot using fake model railway grass and cheap chess pieces.



I got to this.



Shot with a strobe with shoot through umbrella top right, a strobe with a softbox front left and a speedlight on the background.

He likes it.

[kingweed]

He likes it.

And so do I.

[RB]

I preferred these two.

[kingweed]

I like the black and white one best but prefer the yellow fields to the red.

[Ekona]

I preferred the last one with red fields to the other two, I must admit.

Almost time for me to start using my camera again properly soon, rather than just taking humorous photos of the cats playing with their toys

[MEGAHYDER]

is the tournament set in a field?