A few wild flowers from Olympic Mtns
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A few wild flowers from Olympic Mtns
Spent a couple days in the Olympic Mountains (Olympic National Park, WA. Half hour ferry ride and then about an hour and a half drive from home). Here are a few wildflower shots.
Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium). Canon 50D with 300/4.
Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium). Canon 50D with 300/4.
Avalanche lily (Erythronium montanum). Canon 50D with 300/4.
Olympic onion (Allium crenulatum). Canon 5D with 28/2.8 "Olymincan"
Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium). Canon 50D with 300/4.
Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium). Canon 50D with 300/4.
Avalanche lily (Erythronium montanum). Canon 50D with 300/4.
Olympic onion (Allium crenulatum). Canon 5D with 28/2.8 "Olymincan"
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Charlie wrote:
Craig
It was the contrast that caught my eye. Possibly due to the vibrant clarity of the other images in your post. I opened image #3 in PS and adjusted the contrast; to my eyes and monitor (Lacie) it looked a tad more vibrant with the 'bright whites' at about 235.Not sure what you mean about the levels in #3
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Thanks all!
Craig,
OK, so you were actually going the other way. Yes, it does look a little better with the whites lifted up a bit. I see a fair number of monitors that are not calibrated where highlights look too bright to me, so I think I tend to keep things a bit darker than I should sometimes. "Psychologically" people can accept darker whites than reality, but if the highlights look gone it appears unnatural.
Craig,
OK, so you were actually going the other way. Yes, it does look a little better with the whites lifted up a bit. I see a fair number of monitors that are not calibrated where highlights look too bright to me, so I think I tend to keep things a bit darker than I should sometimes. "Psychologically" people can accept darker whites than reality, but if the highlights look gone it appears unnatural.
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300/4 L, IS version. Many think the older non-IS was "sharper" (never did a side-by-side myself) but the 4.9 foot close focus distance (versus 8.2 feet) is something I would hate to give up.I assume this was shot with the Canon 300mm F4L? Was it the IS or non-IS version?
BTW, when on a tripod for "hands-off", non-wildlife type shots, this lens, and the 500/4 both look like even better lenses when the pictures are taken with the live-view "electronic first shutter curtain" mode. At certain shutter speeds these bigger lenses with tripod collars do show a slight degradation from shutter induced vibration, even with mirror locked up. The EFSC clears that up.
Beautiful series of shots !
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