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| #5125286 - 10/24/10 09:43 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Our producer for today's shoot.
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| #5125364 - 10/24/10 10:14 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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The producer isn't too hard on the eyes.  Is that for the Delaware Punkin Chunkin Championship?
 It's a pumpkin launcher, and yes, this was in Delaware.  This is a kid's team's machine, and it did launch pumpkins all the way to the tree line.  I had never seen the show and didn't know what to expect, but man, it really was incredible.  Not something I would build, but incredible.
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| #5125369 - 10/24/10 10:17 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Have you thought about using that lens with an extender instead of your 400mm?  A bunch of canon guys are trading their 100-400L for a MkII 70-200m and using 2X teleconverters.  
 A friend of mine has the 2x extender, and I've used it, and I wasn't too happy with it.  It had a negative effect on the image quality, IMO, mainly in the background "bokeh."  It lessened the creaminess.
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| #5125385 - 10/24/10 10:26 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Wow, the price gap isn't that bad with the canon guys iirc.  They have mixed results, but some nature guys love the combo.  
 Punkin Chunkin is something I found flipping through cable at Thanksgiving a few years ago.  Discovery Science Channel has done the special the last few years.  I figured that was a small team, since the big cannons have air tanks as big as that entire car.
  
 
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| #5125748 - 10/25/10 07:33 AM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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The TC-17EII is much better then the older 2x.  The new TC-20EIII is supposed to be awesome.  The 70-200 with 1.7x is pretty rad.  I used this combo for many of my early zoo pictures and the moon picture that I posted above.
 
 
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| #5125754 - 10/25/10 07:35 AM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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BTW I see what you guys have been up to while I was away.
 
 
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| #5126584 - 10/25/10 01:49 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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 Hipster Elk is hip, with his asymmetrical horns, ironic beard and heavy gauge earings lol.
 
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| #5130025 - 10/26/10 10:59 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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| #5130038 - 10/26/10 11:12 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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On my screen that looks perfect. There's nothing over exposed at all.   |  
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| #5130058 - 10/26/10 11:28 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Its not blown out but it is a little bright but not in a bad way.
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| #5130179 - 10/27/10 01:16 AM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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You're going to end up owning that lens.
 
 
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| #5130943 - 10/27/10 11:36 AM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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| PA2KFBPSI   Post Master
 
 
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You're going to end up owning that lens.  
 http://www.keh.com/camera/Nikon-Autofocus-Zoom-Lenses/1/sku-NA07999058195J?r=FE
 
 Do it!!! If you shoot on the DX body often and/or you are doing any post processing I don't see any reason for you to go with the the VRII over the VRI.  Too bad a good condition example costs just about what I paid for mine 18 months ago.
 
 With the VRII you do get better stabilization, nano coating and less vignetting on FX bodies but the full price is salty.
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| #5131221 - 10/27/10 01:01 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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That little guy is growing up quick Chelle!
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| #5131263 - 10/27/10 01:15 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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One from the GTGP last weekend @ Laguna Seca
 
  
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| #5131283 - 10/27/10 01:20 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Were they testing radical new ways to cut weight from the rear of the car?
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| #5131661 - 10/27/10 03:36 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Something like that.
 
  
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| #5131693 - 10/27/10 03:49 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Wow.  Those are the car pics I like.  Great work!
 I fell down a damn hole while taking this shot an hour ago.  Going to jump in the shower.  I have a chiropractor appt in an hour, so win-win?
 
 
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| #5131919 - 10/27/10 05:21 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Lol. No wonder you think scotts images are too dark.  
 It's all about the histogram, anyhoo.  Who has the more "correcter" histogram, I wonder?
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| #5132215 - 10/27/10 08:16 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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| #5132551 - 10/27/10 11:24 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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^That's a really nice one Scott
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| #5132689 - 10/28/10 12:46 AM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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| Nate047   Post Master Supreme
 
 
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Thanks.  
 I was kind of worried that nobody would like the bright, low contrast center bit, but I thought it kind of made it look like they were walking out of the past into the present.
 
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 ...you should probably put down the bong, lol
 
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| #5133271 - 10/28/10 10:44 AM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Bravo Mike!
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| #5134617 - 10/28/10 07:47 PM  Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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| Nate047   Post Master Supreme
 
 
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Started digging into this shot today...
 
  
 Pretty happy with how it's looking so far, I would say it's somewhere around 50% done.  The basic compositing is all there, just need to clean it up, namely the rear end of the car.
 
 Thoughts?  I'm going for an "OEM brochure" kind of look.
 
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