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Canon XTi 70-300 IS at 300mm f/5.6 1/30s ISO800

Canon XTi 70-300 IS at 300mm f/5.6 1/60s ISO200

Canon XTi 70-300 IS at 270mm f/5.6 1/50s ISO200

Canon XTi 70-300 IS at 135mm f/5 1/80s ISO800

 

Animal info:

nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AfricanSavanna/factpygmyhippo.cfm

Canon XTi 70-300 IS at 140mm f/5 1/50s ISO400

Nice!

Great photo. Nice detail. Reminds me of Little Shop of Horrors...

Canon XTi 70-300 IS at 170mm f/5 1/125s ISO1600

Thanks Shawn. This was my favorite picture from a day at the National Zoo with my youngest son. Some powerful emotion in those silent eyes. This was not in a general display area... I saw this guy through the bushes on the path to the back of the small mammals building. I'll also upload an accompanying shot which focuses on his finger... it really seemed like he was lamenting the fact that only a small part of him could escape the confines.

Canon XTi 70-300 IS at 110mm f/4.5 1/80s ISO400

Nice shot. Check out the reflection on the club.

Great photo. Great portfolio. I thought the same as Don Farra... the car in the background is unfortunate.

Here's a quick re-crop without the car...

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7098/joerijg1.jpg

Very nice! Did you play with various exposure times? I'd love to see this one with maybe half of the water flow blur.

Canon XTi 70-300 IS at 300mm f/5.6 1/200s ISO800

National Zoo, Washington DC.

Canon XTi 70-300 IS at 300mm f/5.6 1/1000s ISO1600

From upper-level section 404 (nosebleed seats)... Canon XTi 70-300 IS

at 300mm Av f/5.6 1/1250 sec ISO 800

Canon XTi 17-85 IS at 35mm f/5.6 1/500s ISO100

We got 4 inches of rain earlier this week, so the Potomac River is more turbulent than usual.

I panned the horizon for a series of shots when I was at Great Falls Park today. Created from 6 photos using Canon's Zoom Browser EX:
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/324/greatfallsblendsvq6.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Falls_Park
The falls total 76 feet (20 m) over a series of major cascades. The Great Falls are rated Class 5-6 Whitewater according to the International Scale of River Difficulty.

Rusty cars in the snowy woods in upstate NY.

 

Av priority f/5.6 38mm on 17-85mm IS 1/200 sec ISO 400

Beautiful focus! Great DoF and bokeh. What lens and what aperture? Cardinals are very prevalent in my area (state bird of VA). I saw one yesterday that was BRIGHT red... much redder than the others. And this one is on the other extreme... almost grayish. Does this depend on the season or diet or sub-species or is it just luck of the draw?

This photo caught my eye and then I checked out your portfolio... my favorite in days. Very unique characters... real people. Was this a composite? I'd love to see the details... aperture, shutter speed, lens.

The cherry blossoms were blooming in DC during last week's game.

There was a 2 hour rain delay, but other than the wet gray skies, it

was a fun day with our kids and I took a lot of photos from our

nosebleed seats.

 

I should've used fill-flash on this. I adjusted the aperture

priority to throw the scoreboard out of focus but stay recognizable.

However, ISO was still set at 800 from the action shots I was taking

earlier... I should've put it back on 100... I didn't need 1/1000s

especially with a still subject and IS.

 

Canon XTi 17-85mm IS at 59mm Av f/11 1/1000 sec handheld ISO 800

Av f/4 70mm on 70-300mm IS sec ISO 200 1/125 handheld

A couple of times each week I hike down our neighborhood walking path to a small creek in the woods. My youngest son also likes to tag along, snapping away with my old point-and-shoot digicam.

 

This picture is far from perfect, but I was excited to add a new species to my photo hunting collection. He was on the opposite side of the creek. He stayed still and obscured in the brush for about 10-15 seconds, then darted off.

Canon XTi 70-300 IS at 300mm Av f/5.6 1/320 sec handheld ISO 400