Got a new camera! Cool tongue photo...

I've only had the new cam for a couple days and haven't gotten to shoot with it as much as I'd like but I spent I few minutes with it today!

This is a hypo...photo was taken a split second before she bit me. :P

Hope you like!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/...4ef6972e_b.jpg
Tounge by Aaron M Jones, on Flickr



Here's another photo from yesterday on the new cam, just for the heck of it...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/...339bf980_b.jpg
IMG_0748 by Aaron M Jones, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!
Aaron

Hi Aaron - I don't think it's possible for you to improve on your amazing photography skills, but I look forward to seeing more examples of your attempts to! :P

Hehe....that picture was worth getting bit for! :D They're both stunning!

Jealous for sure.


5Ds are sooo sharp.



Do you reverse macro for the blur effect rather than the Raynox?

Thank you all very much!

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Jealous for sure.


5Ds are sooo sharp.



Do you reverse macro for the blur effect rather than the Raynox?

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Pat- yeah its a reversed 50mm!

Excellent Bokeh!

Great pics! I'd love to have skills and equipment like that!

Can I have a larger resolution of the first image to use as a background that is a GREAT picture.

Edit: nvm I found it on the flickr I'm alittle slow hehe.

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Thank you all very much!



Pat- yeah its a reversed 50mm!

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OK, help this cameramateur...what's a reversed 50mm? And a reversed macro?

Love (LOVE!) that tongue pic. I hope you are watermarking those.

Very nice capture. I wouldn't mind getting bit to get a shot like that :D

Completely awesome Aaron. I love seeing your photos. You heading out to Tinley with Brain next week. I plan on meeting him out there and hanging out for the weekend, hope to see you there

With talent like yours, that camera won't be wasted. But, I can't imagine that it's possible for your photos to get any better than they already are. Please keep sharing those pics!

those pics are amazing:)

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OK, help this cameramateur...what's a reversed 50mm? And a reversed macro?

Love (LOVE!) that tongue pic. I hope you are watermarking those.

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You basically take the 50mm lens, and take it off the camera body. You then flip it around and hold it against the body or buy an adapter. It makes for AMAZING macro photography. However you need a LOT of lighting. It helps to have some extra flashes ;) I'm waiting to have enough funds to buy some lighting.

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Hi Aaron - I don't think it's possible for you to improve on your amazing photography skills, but I look forward to seeing more examples of your attempts to! :P

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Exactly what I thought. Great photos. You are the man...:gj:

Man That's BPOTM winner for Sure hope You submitted because it's have my vote for sure :]

Amazing as always Aaron!

How are you liking the 5D MKII?? I bought two of them and returned them both. Did NOT like them. 1st ones images were virtually unusable due to extreme softness and the second one was much improved, but wasn't any better than my old 5D. After reading more and more about it, it seems that they can be real hit or miss. I guess I missed...
Now I'm looking at the 1D MK IV.

Oh, let me also add, the mirror in my 5D came off of the reflex assembly while I was taking some photographs two weeks ago!
I sent it into Canon and they fixed it at no charge but now seems to have higher noise than what it originally did and the focusing seems off. :(
I can't win sometimes with these cameras...and makes me that much more leery of dropping big bucks on a 1D model.

Thanks a lot, everyone!

Just FYI - only the second photo with the water droplet done was done with the reverse macro technique. The tongue photo is a straight-up traditional macro, done with a Canon Ef 100mm 2.8 macro.

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Oh, let me also add, the mirror in my 5D came off of the reflex assembly while I was taking some photographs two weeks ago!
I sent it into Canon and they fixed it at no charge but now seems to have higher noise than what it originally did and the focusing seems off. :(
I can't win sometimes with these cameras...and makes me that much more leery of dropping big bucks on a 1D model.

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Chris,
That's too bad about your first mkII experience. I can see why you wouldn't want to spend the extra money if its not out performing you 5d. So far mine has been everything that I expected and more. I was going to hold out for the mkIII but who knows when it will come out and I got sick of waiting.

Shooting with a rebel for so long, everything on this camera seems like a luxury but I'm particularly liking the fact that I can shoot at iso1600 on this camera and the images look as clean or cleaner than 400 on the rebel. Also loving the perceived shallower depth of field and the fact that I have sRAW and microfocus adjust (though I haven't had to use it on any lenses yet).

The copy I have has produced very sharp images so far but its possible that I just got a good copy or that my lenses are just happening to match up well with the body...

I hear you on the price of that 1d mark IV, especially considering that you could get about 4 5d's for the price. I hope you figure out a good solution to the problems resulting from your mirror issues! Your photos are unreal- I am frightened by the thought of the images you would get out of the 1d mark IV, lol.:D

lol that is such a pretty snake. and a amazing pic too

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Chris,
That's too bad about your first mkII experience. I can see why you wouldn't want to spend the extra money if its not out performing you 5d. So far mine has been everything that I expected and more. I was going to hold out for the mkIII but who knows when it will come out and I got sick of waiting.

Shooting with a rebel for so long, everything on this camera seems like a luxury but I'm particularly liking the fact that I can shoot at iso1600 on this camera and the images look as clean or cleaner than 400 on the rebel. Also loving the perceived shallower depth of field and the fact that I have sRAW and microfocus adjust (though I haven't had to use it on any lenses yet).

The copy I have has produced very sharp images so far but its possible that I just got a good copy or that my lenses are just happening to match up well with the body...

I hear you on the price of that 1d mark IV, especially considering that you could get about 4 5d's for the price. I hope you figure out a good solution to the problems resulting from your mirror issues! Your photos are unreal- I am frightened by the thought of the images you would get out of the 1d mark IV, lol.:D

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I think the part that ticked me off the most is when the 1st 5DMKII arrived, it was like Christmas! I open it up and LOVED how it felt in my hand, much better than the original 5D and I really loved that big LCD screen. I threw some L glass on it and rushed off to take some pics. I then loaded them up on my computer and just sat and stared and said "WTF is this, what's wrong?" Sent it back for another one and this time while the photo's were much better than off that 1st one they still weren't any better than the original 5D. In-fact they were softer and less detailed. I played with every on camera setting in the user menu and nothing helped. :(

One thing I don't like about the MKIV is it isn't full frame, I really like that on the 5D.

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One thing I don't like about the MKIV is it isn't full frame, I really like that on the 5D.

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I agree. Having experienced full frame now, I can't really see going back to a crop frame, even if it is 1.3x like the MKIV. I would think that we should see a full frame 1Ds MKIV soon but that will surely be an $8000ish beast. Yikes!

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I agree. Having experienced full frame now, I can't really see going back to a crop frame, even if it is 1.3x like the MKIV. I would think that we should see a full frame 1Ds MKIV soon but that will surely be an $8000ish beast. Yikes!

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Yep, that is something that is holding me back on making the purchase. I'm debating on waiting it out or not for full frame.

Glad you like the 5DMKII, I hope it works great for you!