A day at the park Photo Gallery by G.ra Tomlin at pbase.com

A day at the park

it's not very often we get a "blue sky" day in the UK, even in the summer. they seem to happen when I'm at work!. Today was an exception, we had a good day when I had a day off. so I grabbed my camera bag and tripod and went to my local park to get a good chance to try out my new lens, a Sigma 100-300 f4, i was pleased with the results. please feel free to leave any comment, good or bad.

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Guest		04-Sep-2005 16:35
Beautifully composed images. I loved this gallery.

Guest		28-Aug-2005 03:18
superb Graham..such a wonderful play of light and shadows and excellent composition..So many varied subjects and you have done justice to them!!!Really splendid Visual appeal this gallery has!..i could not find a single image that i would like to pass over CHeers and Voted http://www.pbase.com/digitalfestival

Thomas		27-Aug-2005 09:57
I agree Graham, blue sky is best. Awesome colours always win in my book too.

Thomas		25-Aug-2005 22:49
Nice shots on a nice day, excellent pictures. I tour my local parks and trails sunshine or not.

Graham Tomlin		13-Aug-2005 17:25
thanks for the comment Dave, i prefer to use a tripod sometimes as it slows me down and gives me more time to set up a shot, its sometimes too easy to stop take a shot and move on. i was surprised at the weight of the 100-300mm, it can make your arms ache if you hand-hold it for a long time. take a look at IMG 4295, that was handheld, look at the shutter speed, i was surprised it was not blurred, unless Sigma slipped in an IS system and didn't tell me!, i doubt it. overall I am well pleased with the lens and would recommend it to anyone.

Guest		13-Aug-2005 16:26
Some nice shots here. The dof on a telephoto can shrink to a few mm. I was very surprised when I got my 100-300EX at how shallow it could be. The bokeh, though, is mostly quite nice but sometimes can be a little gritty looking - then the 300f4L behaves similarly even down to a little ghosting on a few shots. One good thing about the 20D is that offers allows more dof via its usable higher ISO speeds. Mind, a tripod or monopod would help but they both restrict movement at times and are an extra weight to carry. How did you find the weight of the 100-300EX?

Guest		18-Jul-2005 20:50
Nice place.

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