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Ok, we're on a roll with the 75-300 IS posts... The weather was great today. The sun was out and the temps soared over 40 degree's! So we went to the Howell Nature Center this afternoon to see what was out... I'm very happy with most of the shots I took today. The only down side was the fencing on all the cages. It made it impossible to take any shots with auto focus. Everything (except for a very few shots) were done manually and if you look closely you can see the fencing in every shot. Most were also taken at 300mm and f/8. Of course it was only afterwards that I realized the DOF was too narrow when I was taking 300mm shots at f/8 AND I was only about 5 to 10 feet from the subjects... I'll learn someday, I hope...















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All taken hand held at ISO 100, f/8 and most at 300mm or very close to it...

It's not a bad lens. I'd say there's a learning curve to it but all-in-all, it's a decent lens. Keep in mind too, all these pictures were manually focused and shot through chain link or chicken wire fencing. I did the best I could on the focusing but some could have been better too...

Jon.
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Come visit us on the web!!
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The Owl is my favorite also. It would be fun to have a nature park close to my home. Thanks for sharing the pictures, I also have this lens and had good luck with it.
Steven
Jon Foster said:
Ok, we're on a roll with the 75-300 IS posts... The weather was
great today. The sun was out and the temps soared over 40 degree's!
So we went to the Howell Nature Center this afternoon to see what
was out... I'm very happy with most of the shots I took today. The
only down side was the fencing on all the cages. It made it
impossible to take any shots with auto focus. Everything (except
for a very few shots) were done manually and if you look closely
you can see the fencing in every shot. Most were also taken at
300mm and f/8. Of course it was only afterwards that I realized the
DOF was too narrow when I was taking 300mm shots at f/8 AND I was
only about 5 to 10 feet from the subjects... I'll learn someday, I
hope...















Jon.
--
Come visit us on the web!!
http://www.largescale-trains.com

And check our photos out @
http://photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/
Click to expand...
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URL for My Eagles page.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v208/StevenRo/Bald%20Eagles/
 
It was the Owl in the tree that was my favorite.
Steven
StevenRo said:
Jon Foster said:
Ok, we're on a roll with the 75-300 IS posts... The weather was
great today. The sun was out and the temps soared over 40 degree's!
So we went to the Howell Nature Center this afternoon to see what
was out... I'm very happy with most of the shots I took today. The
only down side was the fencing on all the cages. It made it
impossible to take any shots with auto focus. Everything (except
for a very few shots) were done manually and if you look closely
you can see the fencing in every shot. Most were also taken at
300mm and f/8. Of course it was only afterwards that I realized the
DOF was too narrow when I was taking 300mm shots at f/8 AND I was
only about 5 to 10 feet from the subjects... I'll learn someday, I
hope...















Jon.
--
Come visit us on the web!!
http://www.largescale-trains.com

And check our photos out @
http://photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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URL for My Eagles page.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v208/StevenRo/Bald%20Eagles/
 
The owl in the tree turned out the best. The Snow Owl was really hard to get a good shot of. It was hard to not over expose it. And it kept running back and forth along a dirt shelf at the back of the cage. The chicken wire on the front was also new so it was really shiny and kind of messed me up when focusing.

Jon.
--
Come visit us on the web!!
http://www.largescale-trains.com

And check our photos out @
http://photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/
 
Jon Foster said:
Ok, we're on a roll with the 75-300 IS posts... The weather was
great today. The sun was out and the temps soared over 40 degree's!
So we went to the Howell Nature Center this afternoon to see what
was out... I'm very happy with most of the shots I took today. The
only down side was the fencing on all the cages. It made it
impossible to take any shots with auto focus. Everything (except
for a very few shots) were done manually and if you look closely
you can see the fencing in every shot. Most were also taken at
300mm and f/8. Of course it was only afterwards that I realized the
DOF was too narrow when I was taking 300mm shots at f/8 AND I was
only about 5 to 10 feet from the subjects... I'll learn someday, I
hope...
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Looks like you got to see a good share of subjects. When I used the 75-300 IS it was mainly at 300mm and f/8 which gave nice OOf backgrounds.

Here is one of my all-time favourite 75-300 IS images with nice DOF and almost 3D look:
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/30825535
Jon Foster said:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/Coyote.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/Eagle.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/Owl.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/Raptor1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/Raptor2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/Raptor3.jpg



Jon.
--
Come visit us on the web!!
http://www.largescale-trains.com

And check our photos out @
http://photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/
Click to expand...
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I know you mean well but please do not embed my images into the forum. Thanks for respecting that.

http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/great_gray_owls
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/nova_scotia_summer_2004

 
Hi Karen, if this is a picture you've just taken with this lens I'd say it's not bad at all (lighten it up with Photoshop and your all set). Most of mine looked like this too at first (a touch on the dark side). The single most helpful thing I found when using this lens is to keep the exposure a little towards the over exposed side. For example, when you are setting up your shot and you have the arrow in the exposure meter perfectly centered, adjust either your aperture or shutter speed so the arrow is on the right side of the center mark (I like to keep the shutter speed higher if possible and adjust the aperture when taking longer shots like at 300mm). Someplace between the 2/3 and 1 stop mark (to the right) will help most shots in a huge way. Mind you, not every shot will end up being taken this way but if you tend to keep the exposure to the right, you'll be very happy with a good number of your shots. The "learning curve" part of this lens is figuring out when and how much to expose towards the right... The other big one for me was relaxing. I was always trying to be as rigid as possible to get nice clear shots but I've found that if I keep the shutter speed up and relax when I take the shot the IS does a great job of giving me a good clear shot. I also like the f/8 range of this lens but I know others have good luck between f/8 and f/11. You'll have to play around with it to see what works best for you though.

Do a search of this forum and you'll find a thread with tips and tricks for this lens too.

I hope that helps a little!

Jon.
--
Come visit us on the web!!
http://www.largescale-trains.com

And check our photos out @
http://photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/
 
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