Sleeping beauty 2

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: 24-105mm f/4L
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 40mm
Flash Used: Yes

Sleeping beauty

This makes me want to curl up and spoon the puppy!


Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: Canon 24-105mm f/4L
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/4 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash Used: No

Finster's nose

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: 24-105mm f/4L
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 105mm
Flash Used: Yes

Old man hands

This is my rendition of the picture with great light of a closeup of an old man's hands where you can see each crack and crevice.


Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: 24-105mm f/4L
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/40 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 105mm
Flash Used: No

Finster's eyeball

I love how sharp his eye is in this shot. My new lens is so sharp! You can actually see outside through the reflection in his eye.


Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: Canon 24-105mm f/4L
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 67mm
Flash Used: Yes

Bunnell Park Le Roy, NY

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 70-200mm f/4L
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 109mm
Flash Used: No

Bunnell Park Le Roy, NY

MMM Bokeh!

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 24-105mm f/4L
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/400 sec
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 105mm

Picasa 3 Viewer vs. Windows Picture Viewer

Here is a comparison of the same photo viewed in Picasa Photo viewer and Windows Picture viewer. I'm not sure why the picture is so red on the Windows viewer.

Bunnell Park Le Roy, NY

I really love the bokeh on this one!

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: Canon 70-200mm f/4L
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 188mm
Flash Used: No

Railroad tracks LeRoy, NY

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 24-105mm f/4L
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 67mm
Flash Used: No

Finster on railroad tracks in LeRoy, NY

I'm not sure why I like this shot, Finster's blurry and goes off the frame, and the sky is blown out, but for some reason it stood out when I was going though my shots.

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 24-105mm f/4L

ISO: 100

Exposure: 1/250 sec

Aperture: f/4.0

Focal Length: 24mm

Railroad tracks LeRoy, NY

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: 24-105mm f/4L

ISO: 100

Exposure: 1/250 sec

Aperture: f/4.0

Focal Length: 24mm

Flash Used: No

Railroad tracks LeRoy, NY

I've been walking these tracks at night for the past few months. This is the first chance I had to do it during the day. 


Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: 24-105mm f/4L

ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/40 sec
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 75mm
Flash Used: No

Finster on railroad tracks in LeRoy, NY

You can see the fear in his eyes as he crosses a bridge on the railroad tracks and notices the drop whopping 10 foot drop through the cracks; I almost went back and carried him over :)

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: 70-200mm f/4L
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/640 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 200mm
Flash Used: No

Handmade pole horse toy at Present Tense Batavia, NY

I like the textures and shallow depth of field. When shooting animals the eye is the most important subject :)

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: 70-200mm f/4L
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 200mm
Flash Used: Yes

Finster again

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: 70-200mm f/4L
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 145mm
Flash Used: Yes

Railroad tracks LeRoy, NY

I shot this from the railroad tracks so-as not to trespass. 


Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
ISO: 100
Lens: 10-22mm

Exposure: 1/30 sec
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 22mm
Flash Used: No

Finster with Flash

I'm pretty excited about my new flash as I can now take some indoor pictures (mainly of Finster) without a tripod :) I was iffy about this one as his left eye goes off the frame but I liked the close framing, and the expression of his eye better than the next one.

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

ISO: 100

Lens: 70-200mm f/4L

Exposure: 1/125 sec

Aperture: f/4.0

Focal Length: 126mm

Flash Used: Yes

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: 70-200mm f/4L
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 94mm
Flash Used: Yes

Peeling bark at Bunnell Park Trail LeRoy, NY

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: Canon 70-200mm f/4L
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 70mm
Flash Used: No

Railroad tracks LeRoy, NY

I like the way the Posted sign is hidden in the brush. I shot this during my Saturday "epic" walk with Finster.

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: Canon 70-200mm f/4L
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 70mm
Flash Used: No

Gravel Pit LeRoy, NY

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/50 sec
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 22mm
Flash Used: No

Gravel Pit LeRoy, NY

I shot this from the railroad tracks so-as not to trespass.

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 126mm
Flash Used: No

Gravel Pit LeRoy, NY

I shot this from the railroad tracks so-as not to trespass.
Camera: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/800 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 200mm
Flash Used: No

Gravel Pit LeRoy, NY

I shot this from the railroad tracks so-as not to trespass.
RebelXT | 70-200mm f/4L @ 70mm | f/4 | 1/320s | ISO100

Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS lens tests

Woot, my 24-105mm f/4L IS lens came in the mail today (I got it used on ebay). Therefore I went straight home and ran some fun tests. In summary, I love it, and can definitely see the IS results!

In this first picture you can see the difference by hovering over the image (the picture showing without hovering is with IS turned on).

EXIF Data:

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/25 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 105mm
Flash Used: No




In the rest of these tests I used the poor man's IS also. So I shot 2 shots with burst, one with IS turned on, and one with IS turned off.

Here is the EXIF data for the next two shots:

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/6 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 45mm
Flash Used: No

First set of burst, the one showing without hovering has IS turned on


Second set of burst, one with IS on, one with IS off.



Then this is a bit further zoomed. This one is the 2nd set in burst mode one with IS and one without. Here are is the EXIF data:

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
ISO: 800
Exposure: 1/4 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 105mm
Flash Used: No




With a focal length of 105mm, which with the RebelXT is effectively 168mm I should be able to handhold only to around 1/160s. Here I was handholding with decent results at 1/4s! Needless to say, I'm very happy with that! In this last set you can see how effective the poor man's IS really is. That shot is relatively sharp without IS turned on at 1/4s!

Gravel Pit LeRoy, NY

I shot this from the railroad tracks so-as not to trespass.
RebelXT | 70-200mm f/4L @ 70mm | f/4 | 1/160s

Finster at LeRoy High School trail

RebelXT | 70-200mm f/4L @ 113mm | ISO400 | 1/250S | f/4