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Cinnamon Teal Duck
Cinnamon Teal Duck, originally uploaded by Dan Dooley. Village Creek Drying Beds, Arlington, TX. Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM at 400mm. 1/250 sec. f/6.3. ISO 200. The Cinnamon is relatively rare in this area at this time of year … Continue reading
Garden Spider up Close and Uncomfortable
Garden Spider, originally uploaded by Dan Dooley. Small garden spider on her web in one of my Crepe Myrtle bushes in my back garden. Canon 40D dSLR. Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro lens. 1/250 sec. f/13. ISO 100. External … Continue reading
Great Blue Heron Nesting Area
One of the best places for bird photography in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area is the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington. In another post I will explain this site in detail. Later. Along with another photographer friend or … Continue reading
“That’s A Big Tilt There, Sir”
Perhaps the most common, or at least one of the most common mistakes we make when shooting pictures is to cause the image to be tilted. I am not sure why, but almost invariably, the picture tends to lean to … Continue reading
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Wide Angle Zoom Lens
I had not given the idea of needing, wanting or owning a “wide angle” lens much thought. After all, I have a really sharp short focal length lens in my Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens. That’s equivalent to roughly 28-70mm in … Continue reading
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Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens
My first telephoto zoom lens was a Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5-6 APO DG Macro lens with macro capability. Let me explain what that macro capability meant for this lens. Normally a telephoto zoom lens is intended for photographing subjects at a … Continue reading
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Tagged Camera Lenses, Canon Lenses, Telephoto Zoom Lenses
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Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro Lens
In this introduction I am repeating the introduction I gave for the description and review of the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM telephoto zoom lens. There is overlap in function and thus what I said on that page relates … Continue reading
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Tagged Camera Lenses, Macro Lenses, Macro Photography
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Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 LD XR Di II
When I bought my Canon 20D Digital Single Lens Reflex camera instead of buying the body alone I bought it as the standard kit. It came equipped with the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. That lens is commonly referred to … Continue reading
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