Faces

[Mark]

I took my new camera for a test drive around the newt room and snapped some faces for you to enjoy. I'll clean the glass next time....

 

[Lusiwarrior]

I liked! Grat pics! Make some more!

 

[Bellabelloo]

Wow!
Those are amazing shots.

 

[bewilderbeast]

these are all really fantastic. I like that, as a series, they are all faces, which makes the group of photos very strong together....

can we get a species list?

 

[KennyDB]

I'll give it a try

1.C.pyrroghaster
2.M.alpestris
3.N.strauchi
4.T.marmoratus
5.N.strauchi
6.P.waltl
7.T.marmoratus
8.A.maculatum
9.Euproctus(calotriton) asper

 

[futura2000]

I'm extremely jealous of all those beautiful animals you've got there. Amazing pictures too, a real treat.

 

[eljorgo]

Cynops pyrrogaster
Mesotriton alpestris apuanus
Neurergus strauchii
Triturus marmoratus
Pleurodeles , A. maculatum, Calotriton asper

New Canon? Or Nikon?
nice shots

 

[John]

Are these with the 5D Mark II? Very nice photos.

 

[Azhael]

Wow, very beautiful, Mark, thanks for posting these brilliant photos.

 

[CaveDweller]

Those are awsome!! I hope you put up some more soon!

 

[Mark]

Eljorgo and Kenny are on the money with the species list.

Yes, John, it's the Canon 5D. I've only scratched the surface of its capabilities and features but so far I'm quite pleased with its performance. I have a 100mm macro lens with built in image stabiliser. The IS is designed specifically for macro and is the first of its kind according to Canon. It makes handheld macro photography a possibility, compensating for up to 4 stops of camera motion. All of the above are handheld and at least a couple are decent, even though I do say so myself.

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM Macro Lens Review

 

[John]

I handhold 99% of my photos and I use a macro lens constantly. Even if I had IS on my own macro lens I probably wouldn't use it because in my experience, all IS photos from a lens are a tiny bit softer than when the IS is turned off. It's subtle, I'll admit. The only reason I would use the IS is if I had to use available light.

I'm jealous of your camera though. It's the mark II right? I'm waiting for Nikon's equivalent, which will probably be 6 months or so from now I am guessing - Nikon aren't innovators in DSLRs but when they get around to catching up with the competition they build their DSLRs like tanks. I've been admiring the Canon 5D since the mark I came out.

 

[Mark]

It's the mark II right?

Yes, it's the mark II. It has the ability to record HD video which was a big selling point for me. Sadly the video is one of the poorest features of the camera. Great for recording short snippets of video at fixed distances but the 21MP sensor chews through memory cards and processing them on a PC is arduous. I probably need a really top spec mac to make the most of it.

With my old 60mm macro lens without IS I would sometimes find myself taking 5+ hand held shots before I got one I was happy with the focusing on. With the IS on the 100mm it's almost always a first time shot. I haven't noticed softness with this lens but I know what you mean.

 

[arachdude7]

Beautiful photos.

 

[Otterwoman]

I don't know a lot about cameras, but is it that you can only get shots like this with a digital SLR, and there are no point-and-shoot cameras that do things like this?