There was no water flowing north of I-40, so I headed south to a creek near Booneville, Arkansas, Sugar Creek. The flow was pretty nice near the confluence of Sugar and Jack Creek.
It has been too long since I have been out with my new 5D mark II. One thing that is really nice on the 5D2 is the live view. I do not use it all the time, but in this shot I turned it on to get a really good focus of the rock and then turned it back off. You can really fine turn your focus when the subject is magnified 10X!
Posted by Larry Daniel on March 15, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Excellent captures Tom.
Posted by Daniel Loomis on March 15, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Great dynamic water shot. It draws the eyes into the image.
I use the live view occasionally on my 40D and find it very useful . . . on a tripod with stationary subjects. I did capture some hummingbirds with it last summer trying to keep the mirror slap noise down. Worked too! Just takes a while to reset.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on March 15, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Tom, these are both very nice but I'm particularly drawn to the first one. I love the motion of the water and the sharp focus on the immovable object! Well seen and done!
Both are great but I like the first one. The water flow and excellent exposure choice does it for me. Nice image and perfect color balance.
Posted by Aaron Szabo on March 16, 2009 at 2:55 PM
I do like the second shot a little more. You may even see what the second shot looks like in black and white. The live view is a great tool especially for zoom lenses that don't usually have perfect AF accuracy.
Both really nice shots, Tom, but Iike Aaron, am a little more partial to the second one.
Interesting to note how much more rounded the rocks are north of the Mulberry, where hydraulic forces have had much longer to work...
Posted by Tom Kennon on March 16, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Thanks everyone for the comments. Aaron I will have to try number 2 as a black and white. One sad note about the second shot, I had clone out the grafatti on the rock wall. It is really hard for me to understand why people do this?
Hi Tom the first one is really nice. I always love the flowing water and wave action with tie creek details and boulders added. The second one is very nice also, I am familiar with this bluff and it always irritates me to see a beautiful bluff with graffiti. Some people in our state just do not use good judgement. You did a great job on the cloning also.
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10 repliesIt has been too long since I have been out with my new 5D mark II. One thing that is really nice on the 5D2 is the live view. I do not use it all the time, but in this shot I turned it on to get a really good focus of the rock and then turned it back off. You can really fine turn your focus when the subject is magnified 10X!
I use the live view occasionally on my 40D and find it very useful . . . on a tripod with stationary subjects. I did capture some hummingbirds with it last summer trying to keep the mirror slap noise down. Worked too! Just takes a while to reset.
Interesting to note how much more rounded the rocks are north of the Mulberry, where hydraulic forces have had much longer to work...