Posts by Belgarion

Galen Rowell is really good. I'm not sure he's actually famous, but definitely well known.

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*sigh* So demanding e-freak.

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Not a lot in Guadaloupe, but a few nice ones.

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what kind of camera/lens did you use? very nice fotos but some are a bit too contrasty, dont you think?

Yeah, maybe a little too contrasty. I edited all these on my friend's laptop and I kind of like the over-contrast. I might dial it back down if I post more in the future. I use a Canon 20D and a Tamron 17-50 2.8. The lens has been a phenominal performer for me. Sharp at every aperture (4-11 is awesome, defnitely beyond the capabilities of my camera).

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you awesomeness what would intrest me personally is how many pictures you shot at all (the ratio of pictures shown to picture made?)

Umm.. heh. I don't know how many. This certainly doesn't constitute all the ones I really like from Big Bend though. I was trying to keep the number down. And this is only Big Bend. I've been through about 20 other parks now.Thanks for the compliments everyone!

I've been on a summer-long national park trip with my friend since the 12th of June. Our first stop was Big Bend. I didn't enjoy the place all that much, but I got some great pictures. Enjoy!

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except for two and three I think those are great shots. Lots of mood with some great color and lighting. That's the kind of condition I'd love to find myself in with a camera and tripod. Good job.

Some photos I took in the last week or two. These are my first real sets of photos using the Adobe Camera RAW workflow. I resisted the idea of shooting RAW before, but now that I've tried it I like it quite a bit. The only photoshopping here is the border and resizing. A couple of them are also on my DeviantArt.

All these were taken on my 20D with my retro-fitted sigma 50mm macro. It's the old Canon mount with a manual aperture ring, so I don't get complete exif data, but it takes great shots! On the down side the farthest I can focus is about 4 inches from the front of the lens.

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those last two are fantastic.

if you can live with it just buy a rebel. they're cheaper and use the same sensor (XTi has a higher res sensor actually). I bought a 20D over a 350D(rebel xt) because it felt a lot better in my hands.

if you are debating buying the 30D in stead of nicer glass, go with the glass in stead. Resolution and a camera body doesn't matter as much as nice glass imo. of course, you could buy the nice camera and wait longer to buy the nicer lens.

her legs seem awkwardly long to me, but I've never attempted to model people before.

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10 years eh? Jesus, did they even start making it 10 years ago?They must of changed to another engine at some point...

lol uhh, they've changed engines like 4 times.. that we know of.

well show him who's boss! Your work is nothing to scoff at either.

the very same

There was a bit of unexpected snow around here. about an inch or so. most of it melted by the end of the day (last pic), but i got a few pics of it before heading out.

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mmm fantastic. I remember seeing pics of this around two years ago! or maybe 1.. i don't remember. it was a while ago. I'm glad to see you've finished it.

these are all excellent, but that last one makes my jaw drop. simply beautiful. Make sure you go to WRC Finland in August and get some nice pictures for me.

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Does that make it any less great for those who haven't seen it before?

no kidding. I found that fascinating.

ooo i might even enter this one. sounds like nostalgic fun. i'm certainly going to lose against the likes of KFS and Ken, but so be it!

Here are a couple of the good ones. this is roughly week1, and only 10 of 16 i have initially tagged as some of my favorites. I still haven't gone through week 2 yet.

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This was a family vacation to go see my older brother who lives in singapore with his family. Easily the best family vacation we've ever had. and yes, we did ride elephants.