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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-30-2014, 07:41 AM
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Nice shot Damian - I like it.....
Tim
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02-14-2013, 11:03 AM
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02-14-2013, 08:40 AM
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My wife's the artist in the family (although not the photographer???), so take this with a grain of salt, :) but I think the tree distracts more than it adds. The clean lines & intersections of the building are good, and I love the sky and the reflection of the sky in the window - but the tree just interferes in my mind. Of course it looks like it would be impossible to get that shot minus the tree w/o cutting it down!
Tim
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-14-2013, 08:16 AM
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Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately - keeps the "riff raff" out) :lol: there's no secret passage - Just gotta' climb the ice. The good news is that the terrain is uneven enough that it's possible with some hiking boots, carefule eyes and patience......
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02-14-2013, 08:09 AM
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Thanks chemtech. Getting down there isn't too bad. About 50 yards down the creek there's a set of stairs. (This place is actually a city park in Minneapolis, so it's heavily visited in the summer - and they accomodate visitors quite well.) Of course the stairs are chained off as "closed" in the winter due to the fact that the 200 or so steps are covered in ice & snow - but thank goodness there are handrails! :eek:
Then when you get to the bottom you have to climb over a 4 foot high fence to get into the creek, and then it's just a matter of scaling up about 20 yards of "ice flow" to get back up in there. The ice is jagged enough that hiking boots & gloved hands get me up there in about 5 minutes. Slow & steady - and watching EVERY step. Not something I'd want to do every day - but every couple of years it's worth the attempt, as the color are pretty sweet behind there. (Actually, the hardest part is getting back down the ice flow and up the icy stairs - especially with a camera bag swinging from your shoulder!) :p
Thanks,
Tim
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-13-2013, 01:56 PM
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Thanks calico. Once the weather gets cold enough for long enough those falls usually don't disappoint!
Thanks Tamia. Actually moving around behind there is the easier part. It's the getting up and down to and from there that's "interesting".
FYI - Here's what it looks like from the front.....
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02-13-2013, 08:45 AM
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It sure is nice to have this FoV when you get in situations where there's no more room to back up!.....
Tim
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04-22-2012, 04:57 PM
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I know what you mean.We were in Arizona a couple of years ago, and I took plenty of shots with the Sigma 10-20. When I got home and dumped them onto our Mac, I was amazed that it captured the richness in the blue sky (and the other colors too!) exactly as I remembered it. Like this.....
Tim
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-22-2012, 04:06 PM
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Thanks Tamia. This lens sure does do a nice job with color.
Thanks Designosophy.
Tim
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-16-2012, 07:43 PM
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Took a hike through the above mentioned park on a beautiful Spring day on Saturday. Perfect day for hiking, and the Sigma 10-20 was "big" enough to cover the whole falls while standing in the middle of the creek about 25 feet back. Perfect lens for this application.....
Tim
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02-04-2012, 07:46 PM
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Great shots amber. I REALLY like #'s 2 & 3!
Tim
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09-13-2011, 02:14 PM
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Did you take any pics? :confused: :)
Tim
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05-13-2011, 09:42 AM
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Thanks Designosophy. It sure was something to see. Over the course of a couple hours we had blue skies, clouds, red/orange/yellow skies, tornado sirens, black skies, rain & hail. Oh yeah - And a ballgame! :lol:
Tim
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-13-2011, 08:12 AM
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I posted a whole series of "weather at the ballgame" shots over on the "Post Your Photos" section the yesterday (mostly taken with the 10 - 20), but here are 3 of my favorites for this thread.....
Thanks for looking.....
Tim
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-29-2011, 06:42 AM
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Man this lens cover a lot of area! :)
And if you get the right spot in the outfield bleachers it can go foul pole to foul pole!
Tim
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04-28-2011, 02:00 PM
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Well no wonder I liked it - It's a shot of Minnesota! :lol:
Tim
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04-28-2011, 12:58 PM
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I second that.
This shot really conveys the vastness of the prarie - and the dramatic sky is great too.
Nice work.
Tim
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-28-2011, 11:44 AM
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Thanks Jt. So a linear works just fine?
I'm all for saving a few bucks - I just remember seeing all the Surgeon General disclaimers on retail sites saying that if you use a linear with an SLR your pictures will fall out of the camera, and your lens may fall off. :hmm:
If that's not the case, maybe I'll just go with the linear.
Tim
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-28-2011, 10:08 AM
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I'm thinking of getting a CPL for my lens. Have others found it necessary to get the "slim design" version, or does a "regular" version CPL work with no vignetting?
Thanks,
Tim
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03-11-2011, 07:32 AM
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I second that.
Ready for framing.....
Tim
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02-23-2011, 07:38 AM
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Me too. That last post of the sunset over the water is just gorgeous.
Tim
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02-14-2011, 02:55 PM
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Nice job Tim. That's much closer to the actual color of the place. They gotta' lot of orange out there.
As an FYI - just to give this shot some perspective - those three little white "dots" on the edge of the shore at about the 3:00 position, were boats!
If anyone gets out that way, it's worth a stop - even considering the about 1/2 mile trek (through sand) from the parking lot to the edge of the rim.
Tim (The Other One) :)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-13-2011, 06:45 PM
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Thanks for the tweaking Tim. The only thing I'd say about your tweaking is that in real life the colors there were closer to my shot - the land out there is very orange. I've got about 15 - 20 shots from that location that day, including about 5 or 6 variations of the one I posted. Maybe I'll look through them again and see if another was "better" overall, and I'll post that.
Tim
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02-13-2011, 10:54 AM
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Thanks Jeweltrail. It probably was a missed focus. About a year ago I started looking for a UWA lens to have for our summer vacation to the Grand Canyon and other spots around Az. Based on input from you and others on this forum (thanks - by the way), I chose the Sigma. Unfortunately, I only had time to get about 5 or 6 shots in with the lens before we left, so the trip was my first real "test" of it - and so I was learning as I went with it.
Since I wasn't looking for shots to put up on the wall on this trip, I'm happy with the way many of the shots turned out - considering I was "experimenting" as I went.
Thanks for the input and advice, and thanks again for the recommendation. I really like this lens.....
Tim
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-12-2011, 09:06 PM
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Taking full advantage of the 10mm end of the lens.....
f14, 1/100s @ ISO 100
Tim
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