a long time ago, when i first started taking pics, my mentor told me to be mindful of my environment/scene. he said if you want to take a good picture of a car (or any subject for that matter), you need a nice scene and the proper technicals on it first, then worry about the car

edit: jeremy replied, yes it was his 70-200 f/2.8

I'm not sure if that one is the same 135. The bokeh doesn't look as creamy, it looks like maybe if it was taken with that same 135mm that it was over sharpened in post, but that's just IMO, still an awesome shot.

Sound advice.

Did I call that on the lens or what! ;)

-W

Stormy, when getting a large format printed, do you typically have the finished hi-res at 300dpi?

yea there is a distinct difference between f/2 and f/2.8. here's a shot with my 200mm prime @ f/2.8:

http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/...IMG0406-XL.jpg

it has a similar look and DoF despite the higher f-stop due to the longer zoom. so basically it's the same DoF w/ more compression. the lens even looks the same and uses the same filter size lol

i've seen a comparison of 80, 120 and 300 dpi prints of the same picture and while you can definitely see a difference between 80 and 120, especially on larger prints, the difference between 120 and 300 dpi is relatively nil. i upload my pics full res to my smugmug and order them from there. i think they print ~100dpi

Gotcha.

Just bought the Nikon 35mm f/1.8G to compliment my 50mm f/1.8D. What a great little lens. I think I found my new favorite.

I did the same and now I dont use the 50mm anymore lol!

Looks like my TAMRAC bag with my Canon gear--I better go check my closet...

Girls, Boats, Water
 

I shoot whatever's around, but the above topics are favorites.



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Use various cameras and lenses.

Nice shots sail! What sort of gear you shooting with?

I thought I posted reply but don't see it. The Maine harbor with red rowboat was shot with a very old Asahi Pentax Spotmatic with a Vivitar 35mm lens which I had bought in Vietnam in 1967. High Speed Ektachrome slide film, scanned. The baby robins were shot with a Sony DSC-F828. Now using a Canon 40D I got couple years ago, several lenses, some left over from an old Canon EOS 100 I used for several years. The girl off the beach at La Jolla was shot with a 100-300 EF US Canon zoom.

I much appreciate the kind words, coming from a pro.