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I had been thinking of taking out the 70-200II on our first afternoon session at Kolmenskop but decided at the last moment to go with the 1-4II. I was glad that I made that choice.
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This image was also created on the first day of Denise Ippolito and my busman’s holiday at Kolmanskop Ghost Town, Namibia. I used the Induro GIT 304L tripod/Induro BHM1/-mounted Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens (at 100mm) and the mega mega-pixel Canon EOS 5DS R. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1 stop in-camera Art Vivid HDR +/- 1 stop around a base exposure of .5 sec at f/32. I set the color temperature to K4500 to offset the too saturated Art Vivid colors. Center AF point/AI Servo Expand/Rear Focus AF on the door frame on our right door frame and re-compose slightly. Click here to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version. Nile Green |
Nile Green
In the afternoon, I learned that many of the images that I had envisioned making that morning with an intermediate telephoto lens needed to be made in the morning. They simply did not work with afternoon sunlight. But we found tons of great images there for the making. So we made them. Wim van den Heever taught me and Denise. We taught Wim. We shared images and finds. And Denise Ippolito and I traded inspiration and lenses. It was a win-win-win day all around. You might even say it was a Wim-Wim-Wim situation all around as he was the one who brung us!
Will will be getting there earlier tomorrow morning than we did on Wednesday morning…
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Artie could you give us a run down on the 100-400 f4.5-5.6, vs the 70-200 f2.8 USM II with a 2X teleconverter? Why is the 70-200 option not better and more versatile?
My great preference is for the 100-400 II for several reasons: lighter, sharper, closer focus, no need to add or subtract TCs. 70-200 is faster and with TCs, a bit more versatile when you have the time… a
I like it just the way it is. Colors, textures, composition, just wonderful. Yeah, I wouldn’t change a thing.
Hey K,
I am with you 🙂
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I like that a lot. Though I would like it more if it had a bottom closure of the frame, presumably not possible as it looks more like a door than a window though.
Ugly footprint sand below 🙁
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