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I just got back from a reptile day, arranged at short notice. Haven't downloaded anything yet. Need food first!

I used flash most of the time. Tried a mix of ceiling bounce (room was entirely white), direct, and with a small diffuser. Ceiling bounce seemed most consistent. The others were prone to over-exposure.

The flash was getting very slow to recharge at the end of the day, even with replacing the batteries twice. Think it might be overheating? Batteries were coming out HOT. I need to check the manual but the chances are I went far over its heat limit. Dunno how many shots I took yet, but I didn't fill two cards, so I'd estimate 600 shots after the ones I deleted on the way. Very slow for me! I even turned on RAW...

Most of it was short range, although for full body shots I might have got as much as 2m away using Sigma 150mm macro, occasionally with 1.4x teleconverter. Also used a little 15-85 but it really wasn't in the same sharpness league as the macro.

I also tried some shots without flash, or with flash but long exposure. Makes me want to upgrade my tripod... had some vibration issues there.

All very hot there too! Gonna cool down and go through pics later tonight...

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

looking forward to see your set. Enjoy the food

For starters, here's a few of a red eye tree frog.







The old advice of focusing on the closest eye in shallow DoF... what happens if you reach the next step? I had some shots where I had to decide if I wanted to focus on the surface of the eye or the iris.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Very awesome POPO, was worth the wait...love them all
Best one is the frog branch hugger...

I like the 3rd one the most, love the curious look on his face.

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Stunning Shots

awesome popo!

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Canon 7D + 50D + EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM + EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Pelican // Black Rapid // Think Tank // Manfrotto // Garmin

Reflections On Canadian Wildlife
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Great pics, popo!

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I've been really slowly going through them... have a couple of this leopard gecko.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

I thought you had more... the gecko shot is beautiful Well done

just seen this thread.. very cool popo! love them all.

Haven't picked up my camera since I got home... withdrawals are setting in . Got 2 assignments to do before my next trip and got a feeling I'm not going to hit either deadline... oh well...

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Canon 7D + 50D + EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM + EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Pelican // Black Rapid // Think Tank // Manfrotto // Garmin

Reflections On Canadian Wildlife
My Flickr

The gecko's reflection looks cool.

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Excellant Popo...very well done!

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Pentax K-5
Pentax 18-55mm,Pentax 50-200mm,Sigma 17-70mm,Sigma 70-300mm, Sigma 50-500mm

Great stuff, popo

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Canon DSLRs: 5D Mark III, 7D
Canon lenses: 17-40/4L, 24-105/4L, 24/1.4L II, 50/1.4, 85/1.8, 100/2.8L Macro, 70-200/2.8L IS, 100-400L
Other stuff: Canon 580 EX II, Canon 430EX II, Velbon Sherpa 600R
Apple: MacBook Pro 15", iMac 27", iPad III, iPhone 4S, Apple TV

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Forgot to post more! I occasionally dip into photos from the day and process them...






Amazon milk frog


Giant waxy something frog


Panther chameleon

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.