i just put d-boys bc of the lil wayne song... but i dont really care... lol

DX reminds me of Triple H and X-Pac from the World Wrestling Federation. lol

 

wow thats from way back in the day, Xpac and his guitar and his big ol Chyna girlfriend

 

Just got my 55-200mm VR! Can't wait to try it out.

 

cool

 

picked one up about 2 weeks back, took a few pics and its weird getting used the the HUGE zoom it had

Enjoy

 

After going back and forth between getting this lens or just skipping it and waiting until I can afford (and am strong enough for) a 70-200mm f2.8. I decided to go with the 85mm. First, the quality is just as good, if not better than the 70-200mm. Second, its one and a third stops faster than a 2.8. Thirdly, its about 1/4th the price of a 70-200mm. Fourth, its about 1/4th the weight of a 70-200mm. Granted it can't zoom, but with 12mp, a crop is always an option.



I have been a big fan of my 50mm f1.8 lens for a long time. It is light, compact, cheap, and yields some of the most beautiful images I've taken. The only problem with it is that during events and weddings I have to get up pretty close to the action. The 85mm gives me that extra reach that lets me capture the moment without disturbing it.


f/16


f/2.8


f/1.8

Couple Sample Shots:

 

mm i dont think those pics are a good representation of the lens cause those look like really heavily compressed images... maybe wrong settings when saving in photoshop?

composure and the bokeh looks good though

 

Some pictures I took when I was on vacation, these were some of my favorite shots... Anyone care to guess where I was? lol... *Hint: Small Country, probably won't guess unless you've been there ... I reduced the image size quite a bit, and it lost SO much detail stupid PS CS3... I have a bunch more, but these were the top of the pick...

 

Yea I put a decent amount of compression on them... the red of the car really shows it, I'm still figuring out a good compression technique because it likes to compress the red channel very heavily in photoshop

 

come on nowadays everyone has some sort of highspeed internet and with super cheap hard drives there is no reason to compress so heavily!

ive got no input on compression though its all RAW to full quality resized images to 1200px long edge for me. small size with good quality

 

Good point... I should go a bit bigger on the sizes and a little less on the compression

 

level 12 compression, resize with bi cubic sharper, save as rgb for internet and cmyk for print.

 

save as level 12 compression, resize with bi cubic sharper.

 

SF

 

I've been doing 10 in the past, I'm going to step it up to 11 (which is double the file size typically), 12 just seems excessive, I do want SOME compression

 

 

i think your borders are to thick personally

 

Thanks for the input, I was kind of wondering.

 

wow stunning work justin, the horses one and the last one really stand out for me

 

Thanks,

This is a rest stop in Easter Washington "Wild Horse Monument"