100 2.8 Macro - First Shots

lawdog · May 19, 2003

Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

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EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car (just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

Yohan Pamudji · May 19, 2003

Those colors are fantastic! Did you do any post-processing? Very nice captures.

Oh... the 100 2.8 Macro is calling my name!

-Yohan

Mike. · May 19, 2003

Any chance of downloading a RAW image shot with that lens???

-Mike.

lawdog said:
Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a
blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked
it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen
monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car
(just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

stef_fr · May 19, 2003

How did you post process thoose wonderfull picture ?

lawdog said:
Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a
blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked
it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen
monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car
(just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

--
Stéphan (from France)
http://www.pbase.com/stef_fr

Adam Clark · May 19, 2003

Very, very nice. I'm curious, how much "set-up" was needed to get this shot? Did you relocate the flower to get the nice dark background? Did you use a spray bottle for the drops? Or was this just a perect little glimpse of nature? I assume you used tripod. At what aperature?

Thanks for sharing,

Adam

lawdog said:
Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a
blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked
it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen
monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car
(just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

Don Lashier · May 19, 2003

Just got mine Friday too. Here's one of the first shots with it.

DL

lawdog said:
Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a
blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked
it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

http://genji.image.pbase.com/u10/jtuell/upload/16859267.poppydrops.jpg

http://genji.image.pbase.com/u10/jtuell/upload/16859268.poppydrops2.jpg
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EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen
monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car
(just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

--
http://www.lashier.com

lawdog · May 19, 2003

All,

Glad you liked the pics. The poppies were across the street at my neighbor's house. No tripod or other setup used - just handheld bending over in the flower garden. The droplets were real - the sprinklers had just gone off. I used the Expodisc to set WB (if you don't have one, get one!) and the settings were 1/350 sec, f/4.5 (#2 was f/5.6), ISO 100, center-weighted average. No post processsing other than some Lab Color USM and resizing. I couldn't believe it - I did Auto Contrast and the picture didn't change at all! When I shoot my 28-135 the contrast is usually way off. I can't wait to shoot some more.

John

lawdog said:
Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a
blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked
it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen
monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car
(just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

--

EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, 100mm 2.8 macro, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car (just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

oberon · May 19, 2003

I've been thinking about this lens for some time now. These pictures are quite amazing, I think I'll be getting it. Thanks for sharing.

-Ben

lawdog said:
Glad you liked the pics. The poppies were across the street at my
neighbor's house. No tripod or other setup used - just handheld
bending over in the flower garden. The droplets were real - the
sprinklers had just gone off. I used the Expodisc to set WB (if
you don't have one, get one!) and the settings were 1/350 sec,
f/4.5 (#2 was f/5.6), ISO 100, center-weighted average. No post
processsing other than some Lab Color USM and resizing. I couldn't
believe it - I did Auto Contrast and the picture didn't change at
all! When I shoot my 28-135 the contrast is usually way off. I
can't wait to shoot some more.

John

lawdog said:

Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a
blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked
it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen
monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car
(just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

Click to expand...

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EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, 100mm 2.8 macro, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS,
100-400L IS, Bogen monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the
trunk of my car (just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

Adam Clark · May 19, 2003

lawdog wrote:

Yohan Pamudji · May 19, 2003

I can't wait to get mine. With all of this month's photography expenditures I'll have to wait till next month. Oh, the agony!

-Yohan

oberon said:
I've been thinking about this lens for some time now. These
pictures are quite amazing, I think I'll be getting it. Thanks for
sharing.

-Ben

DerekHill · May 19, 2003

lawdog said:
Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a
blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked
it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen
monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car
(just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

--
Derek Hill..Did you use a flash or ambient? Hand held or tripod? I'm impressed.

hyslopc · May 19, 2003

Looks nice, but what is it?

Don Lashier said:
DL

lawdog said:

Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a
blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked
it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

http://genji.image.pbase.com/u10/jtuell/upload/16859267.poppydrops.jpg

http://genji.image.pbase.com/u10/jtuell/upload/16859268.poppydrops2.jpg
--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen
monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car
(just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

Click to expand...

--
http://www.lashier.com

hyslopc · May 19, 2003

I don't think Canon makes a 100/2.8, only a 100/2.0.

BEAUTIFUL pics, BTW! I will definitely be getting this lens (but not yet).

pdunnuck · May 19, 2003

Macro is a 2.8

Pat

hyslopc said:
I don't think Canon makes a 100/2.8, only a 100/2.0.

BEAUTIFUL pics, BTW! I will definitely be getting this lens (but
not yet).

lawdog · May 19, 2003

Just natural sunlight. WB was set using the Expodisc.

DerekHill said:
lawdog said:

Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a
blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked
it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen
monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car
(just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

Click to expand...

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Derek Hill..Did you use a flash or ambient? Hand held or tripod?
I'm impressed.

--

EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, 100mm 2.8 macro, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car (just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

hyslopc · May 19, 2003

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lawdog · May 19, 2003

No, the 100mm 2.0 is a different, non-macro lens. I am using the Canon 100mm 2.8 macro USM. It works great as a portrait lens, too. The bokeh is wonderful and the lens is very sharp and contrasty (is contrasty a word? ;-)

hyslopc said:
I don't think Canon makes a 100/2.8, only a 100/2.0.

BEAUTIFUL pics, BTW! I will definitely be getting this lens (but
not yet).

--

EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, 100mm 2.8 macro, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car (just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

Perry Cho · May 19, 2003

.... and whats an Expodisc to set WB and where do I get it.

lawdog said:
Glad you liked the pics. The poppies were across the street at my
neighbor's house. No tripod or other setup used - just handheld
bending over in the flower garden. The droplets were real - the
sprinklers had just gone off. I used the Expodisc to set WB (if
you don't have one, get one!) and the settings were 1/350 sec,
f/4.5 (#2 was f/5.6), ISO 100, center-weighted average. No post
processsing other than some Lab Color USM and resizing. I couldn't
believe it - I did Auto Contrast and the picture didn't change at
all! When I shoot my 28-135 the contrast is usually way off. I
can't wait to shoot some more.

John

lawdog said:

Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a
blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked
it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen
monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car
(just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

Click to expand...

--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, 100mm 2.8 macro, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS,
100-400L IS, Bogen monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the
trunk of my car (just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

lawdog · May 19, 2003

Perry,

The Expodisc is a calibrated plastic disc that allows exactly 18% of the available light through to the lens, giving you a perfect grey exposure. You hold it in front of your lens, shoot a frame in AWB, then select the Expodisc image for CWB. I've used grey cards in the past and the Expodisc blows them away. Do a search on the forum for more info, or go to http://www.expodisc.com/
They cost around $65 for the 72mm, but are worth every penny.

John

Perry Cho said:
lawdog said:

Glad you liked the pics. The poppies were across the street at my
neighbor's house. No tripod or other setup used - just handheld
bending over in the flower garden. The droplets were real - the
sprinklers had just gone off. I used the Expodisc to set WB (if
you don't have one, get one!) and the settings were 1/350 sec,
f/4.5 (#2 was f/5.6), ISO 100, center-weighted average. No post
processsing other than some Lab Color USM and resizing. I couldn't
believe it - I did Auto Contrast and the picture didn't change at
all! When I shoot my 28-135 the contrast is usually way off. I
can't wait to shoot some more.

John

lawdog said:

Thanks to all who steered me in the direction of this lens. It's a
blast to use - great for portraits, and superb for macro. I picked
it up on Sat and had some fun over the weekend.

John

--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen
monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car
(just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

Click to expand...

--
EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, 100mm 2.8 macro, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS,
100-400L IS, Bogen monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the
trunk of my car (just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

Click to expand...

--

EOS D60, 50mm 1.8, 100mm 2.8 macro, Sigma 15-30, 28-135 IS, 100-400L IS, Bogen monopod, 550EX Speedlight, an old Pro90 in the trunk of my car (just in case) and a very happy trigger finger.

rburbank · May 19, 2003

i have this lens myself, proud owner for about a week now - somewhere along the road (before i bought it) i read a post about using an off-camera shoe cord with a 550ex or 420ex Canon flash and a Sto-fen Omnibounce for lighting...

so i tried it, it works great for me - i typically hand-hold the flash and have the camera either mounted on a tripod or even handhold it all when i'm brave and haven't had too much coffee...

perhaps not as "cutting edge" as one of the $400-$550 macro flash units, but it seems to work nicely for me....

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