processing some pics and found these monsters...

[bartman (Bart)]

Last night I thought I might head out back to Bells Waterfall ( near Bells Rapids, Upper Swan, Avon Valley, Perth ) after I finished work just after sunrise.
Got my first ever F2.8 lens ( 17-55mmED) and wanted to test it out compared to the standard kit lenses and the 10 -24mm F3.5-4.5 ED.

Anyhoooo
Just for fun I would like to share a pic that -I- in my imagination found.......
Some monsters in the pano I did....no idea how I found them.....and no, no I did not find any mushrooms on my travels.
I'll post some of my two hour trip later......later
Cheers
Bartman

[stardust steve (Steve)]

apart from the monsters those large rocks look really sharp and i love the greenery in the background, it looks like an artistic canvas.
Two enthusiastic thumbs up

[Octane (Humayun)]

Now, you must go back earlier in the morning, or later in the day, and take a circular polariser with you.

There's a lot of potential there!

H

[leon]

Yea nice rocks Bart, you weren't bored by any chance.

Leon

[bartman (Bart)]

Sorry for the late reply guys.....

Originally Posted by stardust steve

apart from the monsters those large rocks look really sharp and i love the greenery in the background, it looks like an artistic canvas.
Two enthusiastic thumbs up

Thanks Steve! I appreciate your 's! The Greenery is a lot more prominent in real life.....I just havn't mastered the ol' DSLR and processing yet to show the full potential. H's comment is also a must !

Originally Posted by Octane

Now, you must go back earlier in the morning, or later in the day, and take a circular polariser with you.

There's a lot of potential there!

H

Yep fully agree !!!!!
I have just only purchased this lens and was eager to give it a go. There was a fair bit of rain recently and this particular waterfall ( if you can call it that) only runs when there has been a fair bit of rain.
So I havnt bought a UV or CPL for this lens yet, but will this week. Also a ND grad filter will be on the list( maybe a variable one.....and as Chris said its a double CPL heheheheh).
The only reason I left it so late in the AM is that I finished work at 0730 and I was hoping that the sun would be behind the hills a bit more. I'll have to make an effort to get there before sunrise
and before the water runs out........
Thanks anyway

Originally Posted by leon

Yea nice rocks Bart, you weren't bored by any chance.

Leon

LOL YEP!!!!!!

Thanks
Bartman

[Octane (Humayun)]

Don't bother with UV filters. They're a waste of money and only end up degrading the quality of your image.

If you're going to buy circular polarisers and neutral density filters, you may as well spend big. They'll last you a long, long time and won't adversely affect your images.

H

[bartman (Bart)]

Originally Posted by Octane

Don't bother with UV filters. They're a waste of money and only end up degrading the quality of your image.

If you're going to buy circular polarisers and neutral density filters, you may as well spend big. They'll last you a long, long time and won't adversely affect your images.

H

Wow ....I thought ( from what I have read on the interweb) that UV filters boost the image slightly and protect the front element from accidental knocks etc. mmm interesting.......another one of those " get the newbie to spend more" tactics?

Anyhoe.... so H ( or anyone) could you please suggest a brand that is reasonable in price?( Hoya?)
I see on ebay some very low prices compared to some way out prices.......

Bartman

[Octane (Humayun)]

I use a Hoya Pro1D circular polariser. Expensive, but, it's one of the better Hoya products. Made in Japan, rather than their cheap Philippino crap.

For neutral density filters, you could try Lee. They're good quality.

H

[bartman (Bart)]

Thanks H!
Once again ...looking at some of the other ( 400 odd pic, not all good ones though and some HDR etc etc) pics I took, a CPL would have made a big difference....
Cheers for the info .....
BTW got any for sale ???? heheheheheh
Bartman

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Originally Posted by Octane

Don't bother with UV filters. They're a waste of money and only end up degrading the quality of your image.

If you're going to buy circular polarisers and neutral density filters, you may as well spend big. They'll last you a long, long time and won't adversely affect your images.

H

Interesting, didn't know that.
I always put a UV filter on my lenses but it has been more to protect the lens from flying rocks etc, one of the occupational hazards of Rally photography.
Just another layer of glass in the way H ?
I think I'll pull it off for any widefields in future.

Thanks

Oh ! .. and I like your monsters Bart.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Hole in one.

I know that Sony/Konica/Minolta have some very, very good glass. By putting a cheapie UV filter in the way, you're adding more material for light to pass through. I guess if you spend big, you can buy filters that have negligible effects on the final image, but, most of these are cheap Hoya filters that do nothing for the image, except soften/degrade it.

I've had my lenses underneath waterfalls in your beautiful country, in the ocean spray and sand at the beach. Nothing a wipe down won't fix. I just look at them as something to be used. If they get ruined (highly unlikely, particularly with Canon's weathersealed lenses), I'll just buy another one in due course.

Rally photography is a different beast with stones and what not being hurled about. For this, I don't have an answer, other than expensive filters!

H

Originally Posted by ZeroID

Just another layer of glass in the way H ?