First pics from my canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS...

nightspidynightspidy Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
edited August 31, 2007 in Sports
Ok, so I said I would post some pics after I got a chance to use my new lens and here they are. I have never posted pics anywhere, ever, this is my first time. I'm totally a beginner at photography, so please be gentle with the feedback.

Here is the scoop on the pics. I used my Reb XT, shot at "sunny" AWB, 4000 (or 3500 can't remember) Shutter speed, sorry can't remember the f-stop (4.0?), ISO 400. I haven't done any alterations to the pics at all. A few were cropped, that's it. I shot 140 pics, liked 25 of them and chose 6 to post (my favs). I had no real "goal" with the pics, other than to just get out and use this lens!:D


Canon 30D & REB XT (thinking of converting to infrared), Sigma 10-20mm, Tammy 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 1.4 ext, and Sigma 4.5 fish eye along with a Bogen by Gitzo Tripod, Manfrotto Ball Head, MacBook PRO, several HOYA filters and a 2GB & 8GB San Disk, 160GB Sanho storage device (really cool btw)......wishing for a Canon 100-400mm. :wink

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  • nightspidynightspidy Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2007
    nightspidy wrote:
    Ok, so I said I would post some pics after I got a chance to use my new lens and here they are....


    pic #2
    Canon 30D & REB XT (thinking of converting to infrared), Sigma 10-20mm, Tammy 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 1.4 ext, and Sigma 4.5 fish eye along with a Bogen by Gitzo Tripod, Manfrotto Ball Head, MacBook PRO, several HOYA filters and a 2GB & 8GB San Disk, 160GB Sanho storage device (really cool btw)......wishing for a Canon 100-400mm. :wink
  • nightspidynightspidy Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2007
    pic #2
    here is # 2
    Canon 30D & REB XT (thinking of converting to infrared), Sigma 10-20mm, Tammy 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 1.4 ext, and Sigma 4.5 fish eye along with a Bogen by Gitzo Tripod, Manfrotto Ball Head, MacBook PRO, several HOYA filters and a 2GB & 8GB San Disk, 160GB Sanho storage device (really cool btw)......wishing for a Canon 100-400mm. :wink
  • nightspidynightspidy Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2007
    #3
    Canon 30D & REB XT (thinking of converting to infrared), Sigma 10-20mm, Tammy 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 1.4 ext, and Sigma 4.5 fish eye along with a Bogen by Gitzo Tripod, Manfrotto Ball Head, MacBook PRO, several HOYA filters and a 2GB & 8GB San Disk, 160GB Sanho storage device (really cool btw)......wishing for a Canon 100-400mm. :wink
  • nightspidynightspidy Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2007
    #4 - i love this head shot of the horse
    Canon 30D & REB XT (thinking of converting to infrared), Sigma 10-20mm, Tammy 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 1.4 ext, and Sigma 4.5 fish eye along with a Bogen by Gitzo Tripod, Manfrotto Ball Head, MacBook PRO, several HOYA filters and a 2GB & 8GB San Disk, 160GB Sanho storage device (really cool btw)......wishing for a Canon 100-400mm. :wink
  • nightspidynightspidy Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2007
    #5
    Canon 30D & REB XT (thinking of converting to infrared), Sigma 10-20mm, Tammy 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 1.4 ext, and Sigma 4.5 fish eye along with a Bogen by Gitzo Tripod, Manfrotto Ball Head, MacBook PRO, several HOYA filters and a 2GB & 8GB San Disk, 160GB Sanho storage device (really cool btw)......wishing for a Canon 100-400mm. :wink
  • nightspidynightspidy Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2007
    last but not least, #6
    Canon 30D & REB XT (thinking of converting to infrared), Sigma 10-20mm, Tammy 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 1.4 ext, and Sigma 4.5 fish eye along with a Bogen by Gitzo Tripod, Manfrotto Ball Head, MacBook PRO, several HOYA filters and a 2GB & 8GB San Disk, 160GB Sanho storage device (really cool btw)......wishing for a Canon 100-400mm. :wink
  • wmstummewmstumme Registered Users Posts: 466 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2007
    I don't know much about horses, but these shots look real good! Congrats on the new lens....
    Regards

    Will
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  • sirsloopsirsloop Registered Users Posts: 866 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2007
    #1 and 4 are the best ones IMHO... keep shooting and you'll get the timing down cold! I think you're just about at the right settings for shooting horseys. If the horse is coming at you, f/4 will usually be too shallow to get both the rider and horse's head in focus. You'll usually need around f/5.6 to get them both. The lens is stopped down too, so image quality should be ideal at f/5.6. On shots perpundicular you can go wider...although I find that to bokeh is generally fine at f/5.6 so I leave there. I'll drop it down to ~f/3.2 to do side portraits of the horse's head, usually before the run starts or panning while the horse flys past me at close range.
  • Katie BethKatie Beth Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2007
    Great shots, esp. for a beginner. You've done a pretty good job of catching the action and your in-camera framing will get better with practice. Did you use a monopod/tripod or did you handhold?

    If you will be doing more shots of jumpers you'll have to post some more when you get more used to your lens. I got a lot of practice doing a photo fundraiser for a swim team this summer and when I look back I can see how much I improved over the course of a couple of months (shooting mainly just every Saturday).
    I just bought a canon 70-200 2.8 (no IS) after swim season ended and can't wait to try it in fall swim.

    Great job! :D
    Katie
  • nightspidynightspidy Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2007
    Katie Beth wrote:
    Great shots, esp. for a beginner. You've done a pretty good job of catching the action and your in-camera framing will get better with practice. Did you use a monopod/tripod or did you handhold?

    If you will be doing more shots of jumpers you'll have to post some more when you get more used to your lens. I got a lot of practice doing a photo fundraiser for a swim team this summer and when I look back I can see how much I improved over the course of a couple of months (shooting mainly just every Saturday).
    I just bought a canon 70-200 2.8 (no IS) after swim season ended and can't wait to try it in fall swim.

    Great job! :D

    Hi Katie,

    I handheld all shots. I figured with the IS and the fast shutter-speed I was using I could leave the 'pod at home.

    I have been getting to know my Rebel since last May when I first got it and have saved all of my shots on my computer. I look back at those beginning shots and I can see how much I have improved to my shots that I have taken this summer. I also look at my pics and wonder where/how I can improve them. headscratch.gif

    I plan to "shoot" as many of the horse-shows in the area as possible. I used to show arabians in western classes, so I find "shooting" horses a way of still being connected to the horsey life, just in a different way. I do plan to post more pics though! Thanks for the positive feedback :D
    Canon 30D & REB XT (thinking of converting to infrared), Sigma 10-20mm, Tammy 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 1.4 ext, and Sigma 4.5 fish eye along with a Bogen by Gitzo Tripod, Manfrotto Ball Head, MacBook PRO, several HOYA filters and a 2GB & 8GB San Disk, 160GB Sanho storage device (really cool btw)......wishing for a Canon 100-400mm. :wink
  • nightspidynightspidy Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2007
    wmstumme wrote:
    I don't know much about horses, but these shots look real good! Congrats on the new lens....

    Thanks! :D
    Canon 30D & REB XT (thinking of converting to infrared), Sigma 10-20mm, Tammy 17-50mm 2.8, Canon 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, Tokina 100mm 2.8 Macro, Canon 50mm 1.8, Canon 1.4 ext, and Sigma 4.5 fish eye along with a Bogen by Gitzo Tripod, Manfrotto Ball Head, MacBook PRO, several HOYA filters and a 2GB & 8GB San Disk, 160GB Sanho storage device (really cool btw)......wishing for a Canon 100-400mm. :wink
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