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I finally got a chance to experiment with my new 30D. Here's a picture of a hawk (look for the featured image): http://www.posted-online.com/ that I particularly like, and that shows what the camera can do. Though the hawk was soaring through the desert, the camera's auto-focus kept the bird sharp, and the resolving power of the sensor shows the details of the bird's wings. You can almost imagine the bird has an angry look on its face. Or maybe it's just determination.... I used the 17-85 USM IS lens, ASA 100 (I think), and the "standard" picture setting. -Joel |
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"Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" wrote in message ... I finally got a chance to experiment with my new 30D. Here's a picture of a hawk (look for the featured image): http://www.posted-online.com/ that I particularly like, and that shows what the camera can do. Though the hawk was soaring through the desert, the camera's auto-focus kept the bird sharp, and the resolving power of the sensor shows the details of the bird's wings. You can almost imagine the bird has an angry look on its face. Or maybe it's just determination.... I used the 17-85 USM IS lens, ASA 100 (I think), and the "standard" picture setting. -Joel Nice capture Joel, well done. It must have flown very close to fill the frame with that lens. ATB Mick |
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I finally got a chance to experiment with my new 30D. Here's a
picture of a hawk (look for the featured image): http://www.posted-online.com/ that I particularly like, and that shows what the camera can do. Nice capture Joel, well done. It must have flown very close to fill the frame with that lens. Thbanks. The hawk did not fill the frame. The photo on-line is cropped to about the middle ninth of the full shot. -Joel |
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I finally got a chance to experiment with my new 30D. Here's a
picture of a hawk (look for the featured image): http://www.posted-online.com/ that I particularly like, and that shows what the camera can do. Though the hawk was soaring through the desert, the camera's auto-focus kept the bird sharp, and the resolving power of the sensor shows the details of the bird's wings. You can almost imagine the bird has an angry look on its face. Or maybe it's just determination.... Soaring,....right more than likely just let off the keepers glove A tad washed out. I took the picture during a live raptor show at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, a marvelous mostly outdoor museum that offers, among other things, a demonstration of raptor flight. The birds, though at least domesticated, fly around at full speed through the desert. (I was also lucky enough to see a wild red-tailed hawk and some deer while I was driving around Arizona.) The point of the photo has less to do with the nature of the bird than the impressive capabilities of the D30. -Joel |
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"Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" wrote in message ... I finally got a chance to experiment with my new 30D. Here's a picture of a hawk (look for the featured image): http://www.posted-online.com/ that I particularly like, and that shows what the camera can do. Though the hawk was soaring through the desert, the camera's auto-focus kept the bird sharp, and the resolving power of the sensor shows the details of the bird's wings. You can almost imagine the bird has an angry look on its face. Or maybe it's just determination.... Soaring,....right more than likely just let off the keepers glove A tad washed out. I took the picture during a live raptor show at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, a marvelous mostly outdoor museum that offers, among other things, a demonstration of raptor flight. The birds, though at least domesticated, fly around at full speed through the desert. (I was also lucky enough to see a wild red-tailed hawk and some deer while I was driving around Arizona.) The point of the photo has less to do with the nature of the bird than the impressive capabilities of the D30. -Joel Captive or not, it's still a good photo, (good detail & composition). I have taken a few photos at raptor shows etc, but just because they are captive doesn't make them any easier to capture in flight! I was offered a red-tailed hawk only a couple of weeks ago (to buy) but as much as I would have loved to have one, I just did not have the space or time to look after it properly. I did get a few pics of a red-tailed hawk aprox 10 yrs ago, as when I was out for a walk one day, I met someone who was flying one. Anyway, all the best, and good luck with your D30. Mick |
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"Little Green Eyed Dragon" wrote in message ... In article , (Dr. Joel M. Hoffman) wrote: I finally got a chance to experiment with my new 30D. Here's a picture of a hawk (look for the featured image): http://www.posted-online.com/ that I particularly like, and that shows what the camera can do. Though the hawk was soaring through the desert, the camera's auto-focus kept the bird sharp, and the resolving power of the sensor shows the details of the bird's wings. You can almost imagine the bird has an angry look on its face. Or maybe it's just determination.... I used the 17-85 USM IS lens, ASA 100 (I think), and the "standard" picture setting. -Joel Soaring,....right more than likely just let off the keepers glove A tad washed out. You should have called yourself "The Green Eyed Monster" ;-) |
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Mick Harris wrote:
"Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" wrote in message ... I finally got a chance to experiment with my new 30D. Here's a picture of a hawk (look for the featured image): http://www.posted-online.com/ that I particularly like, and that shows what the camera can do. Though the hawk was soaring through the desert, the camera's auto-focus kept the bird sharp, and the resolving power of the sensor shows the details of the bird's wings. You can almost imagine the bird has an angry look on its face. Or maybe it's just determination.... Soaring,....right more than likely just let off the keepers glove A tad washed out. I took the picture during a live raptor show at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, a marvelous mostly outdoor museum that offers, among other things, a demonstration of raptor flight. The birds, though at least domesticated, fly around at full speed through the desert. (I was also lucky enough to see a wild red-tailed hawk and some deer while I was driving around Arizona.) The point of the photo has less to do with the nature of the bird than the impressive capabilities of the D30. -Joel Captive or not, it's still a good photo, (good detail & composition). I have taken a few photos at raptor shows etc, but just because they are captive doesn't make them any easier to capture in flight! Are you kidding? Sure it does. You are being told that in one minute, a raptor will fly to such and such a place. In nature, there is no such predictability. It's not a bad shot, but let's be honest about the difference between captive and wild. It ain't the same thing... I was offered a red-tailed hawk only a couple of weeks ago (to buy) but as much as I would have loved to have one, I just did not have the space or time to look after it properly. I did get a few pics of a red-tailed hawk aprox 10 yrs ago, as when I was out for a walk one day, I met someone who was flying one. Anyway, all the best, and good luck with your D30. Mick Is that a D30 (year 2000) or a 30D (2006)? I'm assuming it's a new 30D. I had the D30 before it met this violent death off a cliff in Arches National Park... http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47959941/original ....and I can assure you that its AF left much to be desired. (Even prior to the death plunge) -- Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by MarkČ at: www.pbase.com/markuson |
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I finally got a chance to experiment with my new 30D. Here's a
picture of a hawk (look for the featured image): http://www.posted-online.com/ that I particularly like, and that shows what the camera can do. [...] Captive or not, it's still a good photo, (good detail & composition). I have taken a few photos at raptor shows etc, but just because they are captive doesn't make them any easier to capture in flight! Are you kidding? Sure it does. My point in posting the picture was really just to show what the 30D can do. The fact that the bird was captive helped me find it, but it was still soaring pretty quickly (Birds do that!), and, actually, constantly readjusting its flight in the wind, too. The AF kept up, the 3/sec burst mode was helpful, and the 8Mpix was enough to produce the image. (Coming from slides, which effectively have some 10x as much resolution, I was concerned.) I'm pretty sure I set the exposure manually, though. And yes, I'm using the 30D, not the D30, though I can't for the life of my understand why Canon chose to release cameras with such similar names. -Joel Joel M. Hoffman, PhD http://www.exc.com/JoelHoffman |
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Dr. Joel M. Hoffman wrote:
.... I'm pretty sure I set the exposure manually, though. And yes, I'm using the 30D ... You probably could confirm the exposure setting by looking at the exif data in the original image. I enjoyed the photo. The Arizona Desert Museum (near Tucson) is indeed an interesting place -- to visit and for photos. I was fortunate to experience one of their raptor free-fly demos in 2002. Here are some I took with a D60. www.shomler.com/other/raptors/ That earlier 6MP Canon had pretty good capture abilty. -Bob Shomler |
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