A swan and two seagulls (aka rats with wings).

Oh wow, I really like this shot! So beautiful!

jolaika, I really like your series as well! I especially like the closeup of the racoon (the 3rd pic). Great DOF and that little piece of green really adds pop to it! Which lens were you using? a 70-200 f2.8?

soundy, that's pigeons lol.

^No man, pigeons would by mice with wings. They aren't nearly as intrusive as seagulls.

They should be referred to as garberators with wings.

Seagulls! Pigeons do not swim!

colin: thanks :) i was using my sigma 24-70.. that raccoon was really really close to me.. thought it was going to scratch me or something as it got closer..

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shot some stills at a music video shoot today... got to use a sigma fisheye lens and it is pretty cool... thinkin of getting a canon fisheye but can't find one anywhere... would love to get it for my kid's portraits.... anyway, hope you enjoy the photographs... got more coming...

Oooh, I spot a 5DMkII in there!

Fisheye is fun... in moderation. It makes me go dizzy.

Was the 5D being used for video?

lol. no no no. i'm not saying the bird in the picture is a pigeon, i am saying a rat with wings is a pigeon lol.

Looks like it is, considering the tilt/pan head on the tripod/setup it's on.

yes, we had a pair of 5ds ... both used for video... i will post the link for the music video once it is completed... the mk2 video capabilities is insane when used properly... i've used it before but never with pan tilt heads and sliders and such... quality is amazing!

that was the sigma8mm?

I'm looking forward to seeing the video results!

Did you find it difficult to manual focus everything?

it was the sigma 15mm 2.8...

i'm looking forward to see it also... my friend is actually the one who was doing all the video work, i was just doing stills throughout the shoot... he actually had another guy doing the focusing.. so one guy with the cam and the other guy doing the focusing... it was my first time in a video shoot and i thought it was pretty cool.. lot of prepping... lot of trial and error....

Had family dinner at a Korean restaurant and took some snaps.

C&C always welcomed.

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I know two of them are the same but they somewhat have different editing.

Also do you guys use flash when taking pictures inside a restaurant? I don't like using the flash on the camera so i'm stuck there holding the camera still for a second or so which gets kinda hard cuz my hands shake.

Hey guys, hope this is okay but I have a friend who'd like some feedback on his photo editing skills (as well as photog skills) if you don't mind.

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Here is his edited version of the photo above

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If you guys could provide some feedback (good and bad) he would greatly appreciate it and so would I! Thanks!!

Too much photoshop tan.

^thank you! I said the same thing. Apparently everyone else he talked to liked it?

I think the original looks better personally. Just needs a little brightening and some more contrast.

The way he's cut off all four extremities is unsettling, especially the hands. There's something about the image that's just not right...is it the camera angle? It looks too amateurish. I wouldn't put it in a portfolio.

Never crop at models wrists. Either show the hands or crop at middle of forearm (more less).

^ what he said

Vampire Dog!

Testing out my new lens :)

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