Canon Capers…

[Dennis]

Hi

Well, with all this rotten weather in Brissie and Matt looking nicely after Mars, all I can seem to manage these days is a few daylight photos. Here is a collection from a day trip to Currumbin on the Gold Coast yesterday, 4th December 2007.

All taken with a Canon 40D fitted with the Canon EF70-200mm F4L IS USM lens. This is proving to be a very sharp lens indeed; I understand it has a fluorite element in there somewhere.

Thanks for looking.

Dennis

[gary]

Hi Dennis,

Absolutely fabulous shots. Enjoyed them very much. Many thanks.

Best Regards

Gary

[h0ughy]

yep you just had to slip in a pelican shot there just for Mike. Nice images Dennis!!

[RB]

It certainly does Dennis and it's very sharp.

Great set of shots !

[Dennis]

Thanks guys – my wife spotted the mating Dragonfly’s and we spent around 20 minutes following them, trying for this shot. I hope we didn’t gate crash their courtship!

For the seagull, I tried the “follow focus” setting (AI Servo) on the 70-200mm lens but didn’t have much luck, so I set it back to one shot and pre focused on the spot where I anticipated this gull would pass through and scored this one of the seagull in flight.

The 40D and lens can do better – it’s just early days for me yet, on the exciting learning curve.

Cheers

Dennis

[SkySearcher]

Very No Shots. :thumbsup:

Those Dragon flies were well worth the effort, they would be hard enough to get a good shot on their own! It's great when you can get a shot that is a little unusual.

[leon]

Hey Dennis they are beautiful shots, very sharp and clear, but you would expect that from a Canon Lens. ;)

Leon :thumbsup:

[Dennis]

Thanks guys; we had a lovely day out and my wife thinks it’s really neat that I enjoy photographing stuff that she simply loves looking at.

Me - I think it’s great! I can use the “excuse” of taking her out to these places she enjoys so much, as an inducement to upgrading our equipment!

A made-in-heaven synergy!

Cheers

Dennis