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In San Diego where I live there is a sub base at the base of a 300 ft high hill. This hill offers an excellent view of whatever subs happen to be in port at the time. This particular base is homeport to several Los Angeles class fast attack subs and Trident (Ohio class) ballistic missle subs are frequent visitors.

The base is not in a secluded area. Harbor cruise tour boats loaded with camera waving tourists pass just a few hundred yards from the sterns of the moored subs several times daily not to mention the countless civilian vessels bobbing nearby.

Last February while departing to sea for a whale watching cruise, our boat was given permission to pass alongside (overtake actually) a fast attack sub underway, leaving San Diego Bay. Needless to say, I got a boat load (no pun intended) of images using my 10D, with a 1.4x TC and 70-200mm.

While these may at first appear to be images of a sensitive nature, countless images similar to mine are displayed freely on the U.S. military (.MIL) websites.

Over the next few days, time permitting, I will upload several to the web and post the link in this tread.

Curt S.
San Diego, CA USA

Digital photographers never run out of 1's and 0's. They just run out of room to store them.
 
We have a Russian sub (the one used in movie k-19 with H.Ford) parked in Providence, RI. I would take a picture, but it's been raining whole week :(

maybe later.
 
Got these this afternoon, im a n00b so please point out any tips about getting my pictures better. BTW I think my 17-40 is too damn soft.
Please not these pictures were somewhat resised to around 1.6 meg each.











 
I used 4.5, you're right about DOF, however after taking numerous pictures of different objects + people i think something has to be done about my 17-40L. I just got it not even a month ago. Do you think that my 10D may have an issue with focusing or it is the lens that appears softer than it should be..

Thank you for your feedback.
 
pics #3-5 look pretty sharp, maybe a little under exposed for the black sub...it's impossible to tell if you have a focus problem with lens/camera from what you've posted+I'm no expert on the subject anyway.

What I do know is that the 10D and 17-40 is an excellent combo and if your not happy, maybe one or the other need some Canon service.

I think you should post examples of suspected focus problems (not here, start a new thread) and let some of the experts on this forum advise you.

Be aware that there is a raging debate on this issue, but I think you can still get an objective opinions from many people here.
Good luck and keep shooting!

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alf



Run, romp and play daily
 
I got married on Sub Base, at the chapel there (my father in law is a retired senior chief). To get permission for the wedding photographs, we had to agree that they'd all be taken in land, rather than out towards the boats. Granted, no one actually [visibly] checked up on our photographer but it was an issue.
Curt Sumner said:
In San Diego where I live there is a sub base at the base of a 300
ft high hill. This hill offers an excellent view of whatever subs
happen to be in port at the time. This particular base is homeport
to several Los Angeles class fast attack subs and Trident (Ohio
class) ballistic missle subs are frequent visitors.

The base is not in a secluded area. Harbor cruise tour boats loaded
with camera waving tourists pass just a few hundred yards from the
sterns of the moored subs several times daily not to mention the
countless civilian vessels bobbing nearby.

Last February while departing to sea for a whale watching cruise,
our boat was given permission to pass alongside (overtake actually)
a fast attack sub underway, leaving San Diego Bay. Needless to say,
I got a boat load (no pun intended) of images using my 10D, with a
1.4x TC and 70-200mm.

While these may at first appear to be images of a sensitive nature,
countless images similar to mine are displayed freely on the U.S.
military (.MIL) websites.

Over the next few days, time permitting, I will upload several to
the web and post the link in this tread.

Curt S.
San Diego, CA USA
Digital photographers never run out of 1's and 0's. They just run
out of room to store them.
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