A Picture a day (My 365) . . . Made it to the End!

15th Apr: 'Abstract Art' . . . or by it's other name 'Damn, I was really struggling for inspiration today'.

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I think the pressure to fulfil the potential of my camera is getting to me :gag:
 
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16th Apr: Stonehenge through the fence. Popped down to the stones before tea, as I knew it would be closed, but wanted to test the LiveView mode on the 5D over the fence. Funny how I decided on this shot through fence after all that. Image is heavily cropped and vignette added to draw the eye in. Then a slight 'Ansel Adams' type monochrome channel mixer adjustment (oh and clone tool to remove security guy).

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The place is packed, that's why I went down once it was closed. There is not much more to it than that really, only worth a visit if you are in the area.
 
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Yeah, not the normal shot. There so many shots of the stones, I wanted to show it in a different way, as it is, fenced off.
 
17th Apr: Ugly Pig.
Having a play with a cheap light tent and spot lights I received today. Also first shots with my trusty Tamron 90mm macro mounted on the 5Dmk2.

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Oh and changed my Avatar today :)
 
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Thanks Dave. I spent ages adjusting the lights, subject position, getting it just right is not as easy it I thought.
 
18th Apr: Another hard day at the Zoo.
I love this camera (& lens), walked up to the glass, one shot and then back to looking after my little monkeys. This is an Amur Leopard, one of the rarest big cats in the wild. Just cropped the image and adjusted the saturation/contrast in DPP.

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Also used my new 8GB Lexar UDMA card (and Lexar card reader), wow is it fast, no more waiting ages to open the behemoth 5Dmk2 raw files on the PC :)
 
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you wouldnt think that that was through glass

it looks cute asleep
 
Thanks liss, I was going to take a 2nd shot, but he/she had a strech and then turned around, so I was lucky too :)
 
Thanks Chris, took all sorts of shots and angles of that magazine rack, it's just kind of bizzare
 
Wow, you not had your D90 that long have you? :nuts:

I've probably noticed more change than most people upgrading to 5Dmk2, as I've come from a 350D, rather than coming from a 40D or 50D. Still earlier days, so far these are some of the things that have really stood out and obviously some of these are nothing to do with FF :
:love: Image sharpness, most images need little or no sharpness and the detail can be clearly seen even on smaller resized images (see the lines on my abstract art image this week).
:love: Potential to crop by huge amounts and still have a nice large image is amazing!!!
:love: Large bright view finder is a real bonus, compared to the tiny pinhole view finder on the 350D.
:love: VGA screen (your D90 has 920k LCD screen the same), is a revelation compared to the tiny 350D LCD.
:love: ISO range, means I can take shots that are keepers in lighting conditions that were just not possible before.
:love: Auto ISO setting, think most newer Canon's have this now (and I guess Nikon's too), but it really helps when you grab the camera and don't have time to check the settings. Plus having an Lcd display on the top with all the settings is great, the number of times I forgot to change the ISO setting on my 350D when from a previous high setting was many, sounds silly but have wasted some decent shots because of this in the past.
:love: Lack of post processing required. I found with the images on my 350D I was really starting to spend a long time in post processing in PS, amazed at how little I need to do now, feels really odd.
:love: Build quality and feel of both the camera and lens.

I guess Chris can be more specific for you, owning a D700.
 
D700 is worlds apart from anything i have used and 'seems' to give me so much more freedom in the way i shoot.

I still think Nikons menu system is over-complicated (coming from Olympus thats saying something), but when the D700 is set up via the shooting and custom menus you never have to delve into them again so alls good :)

The fact that i can let the camera choose the ISO within the limits i set means i know what image i'm going to get out of the camera. Today at the Swimming i set Manual / 1/400 @ F2.8 or F3.2 for a lot of the shots and let the camera choose the ISO to give the correct exposure. Yes other camera can do this, but with the D700 clean images are not a problem at ISO 4000+ :eek:

The cropability is not as large as the 5DII, but the ISO capabilities more than make up for it in my book. After saying that the per pixel sharpness even on cropped images is astounding (down to the lovely big pixels :D)

The full frame viewfinder as said, is a nice experience, and the 51point AF tracking is a joy to behold when you see it in motion :)

As for PP - i do very little and its 99% done in lightroom. The images have so much depth out of camera and need very little tweaking.

If you're in a position to be able to make the change - do so, you will not regret it for a moment :D
 
ShrubMonkey said:
Wow, you not had your D90 that long have you? :nuts:

I've probably noticed more change than most people upgrading to 5Dmk2, as I've come from a 350D, rather than coming from a 40D or 50D. Still earlier days, so far these are some of the things that have really stood out and obviously some of these are nothing to do with FF :
:love: Image sharpness, most images need little or no sharpness and the detail can be clearly seen even on smaller resized images (see the lines on my abstract art image this week).
:love: Potential to crop by huge amounts and still have a nice large image is amazing!!!
:love: Large bright view finder is a real bonus, compared to the tiny pinhole view finder on the 350D.
:love: VGA screen (your D90 has 920k LCD screen the same), is a revelation compared to the tiny 350D LCD.
:love: ISO range, means I can take shots that are keepers in lighting conditions that were just not possible before.
:love: Auto ISO setting, think most newer Canon's have this now (and I guess Nikon's too), but it really helps when you grab the camera and don't have time to check the settings. Plus having an Lcd display on the top with all the settings is great, the number of times I forgot to change the ISO setting on my 350D when from a previous high setting was many, sounds silly but have wasted some decent shots because of this in the past.
:love: Lack of post processing required. I found with the images on my 350D I was really starting to spend a long time in post processing in PS, amazed at how little I need to do now, feels really odd.
:love: Build quality and feel of both the camera and lens.

I guess Chris can be more specific for you, owning a D700.
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Basically everything I've noticed since moving from a D40!! :lol:
 
I think Chris summed it best in his first line, it's the 'freedom' it gives you.

Had I not come into a bit of extra cash I would have got a 50D, but I knew I would want a 5Dmk2 one day.
 
19th Apr: Tulip beds at Kingston Lacy (National Trust), 17th Century country mansion, Wimborne Minster, Dorset.

Used my new Hoya circular PL filter on the 24-105mm lens today, really adds punch to the tulips (only slightly tweaked in DPP).

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Thanks spider, great day, could of done with a few white clouds in the sky, it was just hazy blue.
 
the colours make it look like the flowers are going to jump out of the page.
 
Thanks for the kind words folks. I've been expecting the news for well over a year. Sadly my job can be done in India for a lot less money. That's globalisation for you.
 
The clouds look almost 'painted' onto the scene - an excellent shot :thumbs:


Sorry to hear about the job though :(
 
Really sorry to hear about the job SM. :hug: We are hoping to hear sometime in the next week or two. It's a real shame that it had to happen in this climate, fingers crossed you find something else. :thumbs:
 
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