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08/10/2003 01:44:54 PM · #1 |
I have spent a day and a half at the Swedish Zoo Kolmarden. It took about three hours to drive there, that´s why we spent the night at a Hotel inside the Zoo. Went there mainly to test my new Canon lens 70-200/2.8 L IS USM. I also used the Canon 75-300/4-5,6 IS USM and the Canon 100/2,8 USM Macro. In some (no. 011 and 012) I tested the 70-200 lens and a Soligor 2x extender. I think the 70-200 lens is a fantastic one. A little bit heavy in the beginning but you get used to it.
I have now had my Canon 10D for about 7 weeks and I still make very simple mistakes. When I went to see the dolphin show I set my camera ISO to 1600 because it was very dark inside. Then I went on shooting outside for about two hours and had forgotten to set back the ISO to a lower value.
One more mistake: When I use the extender I must set the camera exposure compensation to -1.5. This day I forgot to set it back. Went on shooting with the wrong settings for hours.
Just follow the link if you want to see some of my pictures. I took about 700 photos these days. Some of the "best???" I can´t show you because I am submitting them this week.
Kolmarden Zoo
Message edited by author 2003-08-10 14:32:00. |
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08/10/2003 04:01:59 PM · #2 |
Carsten those are awesome pics! Excellent work! You are lucky having one of the best zoo's in Europe right at your doorstep!!! Okay, three hours away is a lot, but still at your doorstep! I'll get there someday soon for sure.
Those bird shots are amazing. Love the shallow DOF with that lens. I'm gonna get the Canon 70-200/2.8 L IS USM in October. October is soooo far away!
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08/10/2003 05:27:06 PM · #3 |
I just saw them via my favourite artists link at pbase and was looking for a way to react. Like Kiwi already said, the bird pics are really cool. Kolmarden_009 is the one I like the most.
The quality of the lenses also showes. Incredibly clean pics. The more I look at stuff from dSLR's with good lenses, the more I get irritated by the background noise and lack of fine detail of my 602.
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08/10/2003 05:48:24 PM · #4 |
| Those are great pictures and I guess the new lens passed the test. That's a great lens, I wish I could afford one. |
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08/10/2003 05:58:30 PM · #5 |
The Gibbon on page 2 (.020) is my favourite...fabulous shot.
Pedro
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