I've been testing out my new camera over the past week and decided to take it out for another couple of runs.
The following photos were taken on two different days in my neighborhood with my Canon 6D. The lens used for this set of images was a Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG. All of the images are in large JPEG format. I'm still working on my focus with this lens, but it's getting a little better with each shoot.
Enjoy!
This little guy likes to hang out in one of the walkways. He recently lost his tail, but it's growing back slowly. These pictures were taken five days apart.
If anyone has any tips or tricks about zeroing in on those distant subjects with manual focus, let me know!
Why the hell did you cook that little guy's tail :(
Awesome composition on some of the shots, I particular like the bench by the pond and the 2nd picture with the flower.
I only have one blog post in photography but will post some more soon, as we have this passion in common #nohomo
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This one is my favorite! The color combination is magnificent!
You have taken incredible shots, David!
What insect is that? Is it an ant? It looks like it owns that place!
It looks like it's just some kind of wasp. He wasn't bothering me, so that was good. But I sure didn't mind exploiting him!
Good to know that. Yes, he pretended that you are not there and it acted as normal! I really find it interesting. Again you have taken excellentt photos!
Cheers David!
looks like a hornet
I must confess, I'm hoping the turtle eats whatever it is before it pokes somebody. o_0
I love the lattice-work of the third photo - is it some kind of tree bark? The texture is amazing.
I also liked the 10th photo because there were several things going on there - the interplay of colour and light --and it took a few moments but I finally noticed the insect, almost camouflaged against the foliage. Such an imposter! LOL
Yes, it was a palm tree.
And that little wasp was buzzing around for a while before he landed. I'm just glad he wasn't in the mood for harassing humans.
ha ha... I love pollinators, wasps, not so much.
It's amazing when you think the bark of a tree is analogous to our skin...
I am still fascinated by that pattern - must be another complicated genetic code to produce that phenotype - fibonacci numbers in nature, no doubt :)
I'm also right now trying to become a better photographer - it's really a lot more complicated then I thought to take good pictures ;). Awesome you've such a cool camera to try. Just came across this awesome online photography course and it's helping me a lot already. If anyone wants to take a look: https://sites.google.com/site/marclevoylectures/schedule
Keep it up :-)
Dang, those look pretty sharp!
For contrast, here's a pic of our artichoke I took with my phone. Pretty good, but not as rad as yours, and I had to get close. Got inspired after this and grabbed a couple more shots of the garden.
Thanks for the inspo! :)
Well, it's nice how inspiration comes to people. Reading posts do inspire me also to start photography. These photographs look so damn real. So calming and satisfying. It's the nature's beauty and of course nothing can be as beautiful as our nature is.
Totes. We're always calmed down by time spent in the garden, even when Lee sprays me with the hose. Love that dirt-between-the-toes feeling!
I've never seen that before. o,o
Neat!
Makes it easy to recognize that artichokes are just a big overgrown (and delicious) thistle.
Also makes it easy to recognize that I'm easily amused. -laugh-
Seeing broccoli flower is kind of funny, too. ^_^
Mmm...thistles! They're tasty!
Especially with butter & lemon juice. Ho-ho-holy moly!
I am going to take a guess and say you live in Florida. Nice shots, man!
That would be a pretty good guess.
Your camera should have a magnifying glass function that lets you temporarily see things at 5-10x through your digital viewfinder, this would enable you to focus crisply on a detail then pull back out. Hope this helps David! By the way, nice pics, looking good!
Well, I've always tried the zoom in, focus, zoom out method, but doesn't always get me close enough to tell if the focus is right. I'll check for that function though. That might be helpful. Thanks!
Nice photos, man. My favorite is the first one with the turtle. As @gurudeva suggested, there must be some sort of a manual focus assist, probably in live view mode? My Fuji camera for example has focus peaking, which makes manual focusing super easy.
right on man glad you are getting out there and gaining skills with a pro camera! Looking forward to seeing what you create with it!
You can always take a couple shots of the same composition and make little micro adjustments with your focus; that way, you have a few to choose from in case your single shot isn't focused correctly. Always good to have more than you need!
I also have a Canon 6D, awesome camera! I do a lot of filmmaking, and I always shoot more than I need. A lot of times, I find that I'm glad I kept the camera on for a few seconds longer, or shot more of the same composition. Because when you get back to your computer, things look much different than they did on your camera screen!
Ahh the new camera. These look awesome. I think the big thing that is noticeable is the finer bokeh you get with an SLR!
Very nice these photos. For macros I use a Nikon D3200 with a Sigma 105 mm F 2.8. The Sigma lenses are very good and cost not much .... The photo with the bench is great !!!!!!!!!! Good job
Thanks! One day I'll take photos as nice as yours!
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On this bench I would now like to sit and relax, because it invites you .... really great photos, good work my friend :)
This is cool, David! The 6D is an excellent camera .
Are you shooting in RAW or JPEG?
To help with the manual focus, set focus to single point, aim that point at your subject, half-press your shutter button and then recompose the image before completing the full press of the shutter button. It takes a bit of practice, but you'll find it gets fast and becomes second nature.
Great work!
Yeah, I had been doing that already, but I just switched over the the single-point focus. I'm also going to give the aperture priority a go on my landscape shots and see how they compare to manual mode. Once I have the depth-of-field right, I'll be banging out some world-class images!
Just keep practicing at it.
At least with digital camera you aren't wasting a bunch of film, developing, looking at it under the magnification glass, hoping that it was in focus, putting it to paper, waiting, taking it out of the dark room.....crud. Starting over again.
creamy creamy creamy behind that awesome crosshatched bark. Total bokeh junkie, here. I'd shoot wide open all day erryday if I could. Thanks for sharing!
Hey, great photos! What is the reason not to choose the *.RAW format? Isnt it better? I am just a fan of photography so I was always curious...
Jpgs are smaller files which are best used online in places lile Steemit. The raw files are best suited for post production in programs like Lightroom where you can adjust exposure and other settings after the fact
No real reason for me to use JPEG over RAW. It's mostly just a difference in file size, but I have two 32-GB memory cards now, so I've already switched over to RAW.
Very nice shoots. Full 100% and resteemed :-) The cam has been a good choice.
Great pictures @ats-david !!!
I really like the ones with a sharp focus up front, and really blurry at the background, can´t get enough of that effect. Specially at night, when there are lights at the background, this effect makes the lights turn into big blurru spheres of light... so pretty!
Great camera you have, and great taste for composition. Thanks for sharing!
Your pictures are really nice.
I am also passionate about photography and in nature, much better.
I'm taking my first steps.
Claaaaro, I have a small Sony camera.But I think he does his job well.
I invite you to see. If you want to pass.
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Nice pics @ats-david, a quick way to get a good manual focus is to frame the subject and focus using the AF, then switch to manual and focus will already be pretty close ti where you want it. Just fine tune focus from there and shoot
This series should be entitled, "The Softer Side of The Content Slayer" or just "The Softer Side of Dave", which I like much better.
I have no soft sides! What you don't see here is that I immediately burned everything to the ground after shooting. And that lizard? He now needs to grow back a few limbs!
Great shoot. Overall how do you like the lens? I'm looking for lens with a further reach right now. Also do you typically auto focus or manual focus? I know when I attempt auto focus I get so many photos that have the wrong area in focus!
Beautiful shots, buddy. My wife has recently got into photography and brought the Canon EOS 750D off Amazon. It was a recommendation from a friend who said it was a great "beginners" camera. Hope you agree with that statement, lol!
Very nice, brother...
Great pictures of nature, keep posting ;)
The canon 6d is a great camera😃
Looking forward to see your photography!
I use a Nikon D90 check out my photography if you like...
very beautiful pictures
Beautiful pictures
Very good pict :D i like this post, Awesome !
Very nice photos: clarity, contrast, framing.
Did you ever try any mirrorless camera? I'm looking for one and I'd be curious about recommendations.
Nice pictures!!
I do love to capture beauty in this world. And photos can last the test of time
ur pictures are fun
thanks for sharing ,
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One day... when you get tired of that lens you can send it over :D
Clear image, perfect
great pictures
The testing Is paying off! Beautiful very well taken pictures!
@ ats-david nice post.. and very simple. upvoting
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Photos look like real pictures!
Full 100% Upvote and resteemed :-)
Very interesting.So close to nature.Really appreciated to you.
Very nice camera and talented photographer. Great photo @ats-david
hehe bro.....You come really well clear with the new camera! Beautiful post my friend
There is a special place in my heart for turtles. Thanks for sharing, upvoted!
Nice pictures I like them they are great in my opinion I'm not an expert but as always practice will make you better at it
Beautiful pictures, nature is so beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.
Can that Sigma do a manual focus override on the auto focus by just turning the ring?
I shoot with both. The auto-focus doesn't seem do very well. Instead of focusing on the target, it seems to focus on no point in particular, so then everything is pretty much not focused. I'm still learning some of this camera's settings, so that might be the problem. Or...it's just too hot and steamy outside right now, being summer in the swamp lands.
For distant things, I wouldn't bother with manual focus too much, unless you want to learn the old-school way.
Maybe somewhere hidden in the menus is something that lets you persuade the camera to autofocus with the centre autofocus point only. Aim that centre point at what you want at maximum sharpness, see where the autofocus leads you and then tweak around that point manually.
When happy, lock the focus by pressing shutter button a bit or press AFL, then recompose and make photo.
Should give you some feel for the manual focussing, I think, but YMMV. I learned using an old camera with focussing aids ground into the matte glass focussing screen. It's different.
Also, keep a close look at the aperture you are using, don't let the camera determine depth of field, should be a choice, not a coincidence.
More beer is in order now.
Yeah, I've been trying some of those things. I definitely need to see if I can change to the single-point focus and was planning on trying that on my next time out.
And...are you saying that I need to take some pictures of beer? Because I can do that!
Go for it, I say, but I was referring to a trip to my freezer.
Single-point is now activated. We'll see how it goes!
Best of luck. Don't worry, there will be a time when you stop fighting the camera and just take photos.
Beautiful picture. I like this. @ats-david
Doing a good job with the camera..beautiful, upvoted.
Great pictures brother.