Non Aviation Photography Thread

[Chris V]

Shot this one earlier in the week. I am not super happy with it because of some of the noise but pushing the 40D to its limits 

[Scott Youmans]

I would be very happy with both of those shots!

[Chris V]

Thanks Scott!

Dave that shot of yours is way awesome!! I like the B & W!!

[Scott Youmans]

Yes, Dave's shot is similarly top notch.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Very nice Sir Chris. How about a little exif info on both shots.

[wingsnstuff]

Super shots Chris.  West Valley or East Valley?

[Chris V]

1st shot was ISO-100 F22 for 2 sec at 22mm

Night shot was ISO-400 F4.5 for 44 sec at 16mm

Both taken in the South Valley, is there such a place lol!  My neck of the woods in Maricopa.

[scottcolbath]

Being in a steel tank of water on a knoll during a thunder storm didn't seem advisable.

Where is your sense of adventure? 

S.C.

[aaron kluth]

Taken south of Holbrook, Az

[aaron kluth]

Collidge sunset, taken from Calvary Chapel Coolidge

[Jeff D. Welker]

Loving the sunset images Aaron and Vance.

I've had the blessing of increased client requests for architectural work over the past few months. Accordingly, I needed a full-frame sensor camera. Since I'm already invested in Canon lenses, the 5D3 was my choice. I sold my 1D4 to Ned to help fund the 5D3 and a new tripod/ballhead. My 7D will serve as my primary aviation camera; however, the 5D3 will certainly be participating in that venue as well. After some minor arm wringing on my end, I was able to convince an acquaintance in Colorado that he could live without his 5D3. I got the camera from FedEx yesterday and excitedly started charging batteries and reading the manual.

I ran out to Willie and the ramp was totally vacant. Absolutely nothing to photograph - go figure. On my way home, I drove by an old childhood haunt and stopped to capture one image before the light was gone. This shot is of a place called "The Slide" on one of our irrigation canals.

It is a location where I swam as a teenager 40+ years ago. It is fenced-off now and access restricted. I was able to capture this angle from an adjacent road. While there is nothing spectacular or compelling about this image, past memories made it a good place to baptize the new camera. While it was only 98* when I was taking this photo, the humidity was unusually high and the temptation to relive my youth and jump into the canal was very tempting.

Side note: I was in such a rush to try out the 5D3, I did not take the time to reset some of the camera settings from the prior owner's usage. Accordingly, this first image still shows "Steve Zimmermann" as the owner/photographer in the EXIF. Seems an appropriate tribute to a great individual that "helped a brother out". It is going to be great fun (and profitable) using this new platform 

THE SLIDE

[Chris V]

Thats a awesome shot Jeff! I'll be interested in seeing your shots with the 5D3. Whats your go to lens for architecture? I'd love to get the 5D3 but that will be a few years off when the used ones become affordable to me

[Jeff D. Welker]

Thats a awesome shot Jeff! I'll be interested in seeing your shots with the 5D3. Whats your go to lens for architecture? I'd love to get the 5D3 but that will be a few years off when the used ones become affordable to me

Thanks Chris. I'm trying to learn this new platform as quickly as possible; I've got an architectural shoot this Tuesday and want to be prepared. I've got a Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II in route that will be the workhorse lens for my architectural work. Previously, I was using my Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens. As long as I kept the camera level, it worked very well. However, there are times when level won't feed the bulldog and I need perspective control that the TS-E lens will give me. I'm told it also is a very good landscape lens. Played a little more with the 5D3 this afternoon. I noticed a few isolated thunderstorms approaching from the east and jumped in the truck with the hopes of catching some nice weather images. They dissipated before I got in position and I figured my time/gas was wasted. It turned out all was not in vain as I caught the last light of the day illuminating the eroded shoreline of Roosevelt Lake.

[wingsnstuff]

Beautiful shot Jeff.  The colors are awesome

[Chris V]

Looks really sharp Jeff. I rented a 24 TS-E II a ways back for 3 days but it wasn't enough time to really get the learning curve of it. I did an architecture shoot with it but fell back to my 10-22 & 50 to get the final shots that got used. What do you shoot usually exteriors or interiors or a mix?