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[Singing snapper]

I managed to grab a good deal on a Canon 5D mkIII and sold my mkII to ease the pain of purchase. Focussing is quicker and more precise, but the menu system is very different from the MKII

Decided to take it for a trial run up the mountain behind our house today before I cooked Mother's Day lunch:

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70 @ f/16 and 59mm 1/30


another-view-down-the-M4 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

24 - 70 L @ 43mm f/16 1/50


View-down-the-M4 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

24 - 70 L @40mm f/14 1/80


Afan-Valley by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Tamron 200 - 500 at 209mm f/16 1/6


Looking-at-evening-sky-from-the-roof by singingsnapper, on Flickr

and in Cardiff:

Had meetings in Cardiff today so took the new Canon with me (waiting for my Pentax to be picked up as several things are wrong with it after a bit of a knock in the Lakes) It's a while since I have been to the Bay area:

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70 f/13 28mm 1/100 ISO 100


Wales-Millenium-centre,-Cardiff by singingsnapper, on Flickr

I wandered into the centre of Cardiff following my meetings and grabbed some shots along the river Taff as the sun set:

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70 28mm @ f/16 7 shots combined in photomatix


Cardiff-River-Terrace-at-Sunset by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Canon 5D mkIII EF 24 - 70 L f/16 24mm 30 secs ISO 200


looking-down-the-taff by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Singing snapper]

I went for a wander with the Canon and took some shots under the M4 overpass and it was very dark so was forced to use high ISO. Am very impressed with the low light performance here:

Canon 5D Mark III EF 24 - 70 @ f/8 and 25mm 1/5 ISO 6400 (handheld resting against a pillar) No Noise reduction on this and sharpened using Nik Pro sharpener


Under-the-motorway-with-no-noise-reduction by singingsnapper, on Flickr

with NR in Define:


Under-the-M4-with-NR by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[karenoliver]

Like the M4 shots, really my cup of tea :-) You're right about the ISO and noise levels. I'm still very much undecided about upgrading from the mk2 to the mk3, partly because I feel they have overpriced it. Although digitalrev are offering it at the moment for £2599 body only inclusive of vat and import duty.

The aerial shots of the M4 looks hdr? Was that done with the hdr function of the mk3 or in PS?

Karen

[Singing snapper]

Originally Posted by karenoliver

Like the M4 shots, really my cup of tea :-) You're right about the ISO and noise levels. I'm still very much undecided about upgrading from the mk2 to the mk3, partly because I feel they have overpriced it. Although digitalrev are offering it at the moment for £2599 body only inclusive of vat and import duty.

The aerial shots of the M4 looks hdr? Was that done with the hdr function of the mk3 or in PS?

Karen

Actually no HDR used on those at all. I used a digital ND Grad in Nik's Color efex to rescue some detail from the sky.

[Singing snapper]

At sunset on my way up the mountain to take the previous shot:

Canon 5D mkIII 24 - 70L at 66mm and f/11 2 shots combined in photomatix and adjusted in CS5


Swansea-Bay-as-the-sun-sets-over-the-Gower by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Singing snapper]

Took a bike ride to Mumbles this evening and took my Canon in my Pannier with a couple of lenses.

This is Mumbles Lifeboat station and the end of the pier:

Canon 5D mkIII 70 - 200 IS f/2.8 at 200mm and f/6.3 1/250 ISO 100


Mumbles-Lifeboat by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Just as I headed back towards Swansea, the sun was setting and Oystermouth Castle's floodlights lit the castle:

Canon 5D mk III 70 - 200 at 200mm f/5.6 and 1/100 (and I just remembered that the IS was turned off as was last using it on a tripod!) and ISO 800


Oystermouth-Castle-in-Mumbles-at-Dusk by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Singing snapper]

Cycled again from Swansea's new SA1 development to Mumbles and back on another fine evening.

This is the lifeboat station again slightly different light and a different lens:

Canon 5D mk III EF 28 - 300L at 300mm and f/8 1/250 ISO 100


Mumbles-Lifeboat-station by singingsnapper, on Flickr

On the way back I knew I would like to take a picture of the new bridge linking one part of the waterfront to the other over the river Tawe:

Canon 5D Mk III EF 28 - 300L at 28mm f/11 1/40 ISO 100


bridge-over-the-Tawe by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Singing snapper]

Went to a lower part of the mountain to get a slightly different perspective of things this evening around sunset.

This is five shots merged in HDR Efex Pro.

Canon 5D mk III EF 28 - 300 L @ f/16 and 40mm


Swansea-Bay-just-after-sunset by singingsnapper, on Flickr

And another traffic movement shot over the M4

Canon 5D MK III 28 - 300L at f/16 and 105mm 30 secs exposure


Another-M4-light-show by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Singing snapper]

Popped into Cardiff today to my usual salon for a much needed haircut as I headed back to teh train station I took a stroll through Royal Arcade which like all the other arcades in Cardiff has a nice feel to them:

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70L @ 27mm and f/16 4 seconds ISO 100


Royal-Arcade-Cardiff by singingsnapper, on Flickr

After getting off the train, I wondered what the subway I walk through on my way home would look like as a photo, and I quite like the result. I have processed the same photo in slightly different ways in Silver Efex one a fairly straight B&W conversion the other useing an Ilford Pan 50 profile

Canon 5D mk III 24 - 70L @ 35mm and f/5 1/15 ISO 1250


Port-Talbot-Subway by singingsnapper, on Flickr

and the Ilford profile:


Port-Talbot-subway-Pan-50 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Singing snapper]

Weather turned out much better today so went for a stroll up Mynydd Ddinas, the mountain behind where we live and grabbed a few landscapes with the Zeiss glass:

Looking over the Cwmafan Valley:

canon 5D mk III Carl Zeiss ZE 35mm f/2 at f/8 1/160 ISO 100


The-Cwmafan-Valley by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Looking back towards where I had come from, I liked the line of the path and the two trees:

f/8 1/200 ISO 100


path-above-afan-valley by singingsnapper, on Flickr