Lens Envy

[jack russell]

and I turned to talk to the guy snapping beside me and...



He was really cool and we chatted for 15 minutes ..



so I went off to try some stills, I think this may be Aveleno Gomez



And I know this is Northern Dancer AKA Big Red .. I went to his last race - 1973!

[Pants]

Haha.. good stuff. I think he is just compensating.

[dvetter]

That is funny, very good! Guy has quite the toy there huh, nice shots!

[Vinam]

Good set Ian, I think Micheal ( Chewy's Dad ) has that lense 50-500m , it's pretty cool, but very heavy and you'd find out that long reach is alot more limiting then it would seem, the tigher and longer, the more light is needed and you have to be perfectly steady beyond 250-300 or it'll blur.

Put your new Sony thru it's paces, get the most out your lense for a while, when you need a new one, you'll know. ( my experiance and humble advice ). lately I been using my 18-55 kit lense and my 70-200m more then anything else.

I really like the Statue of the Jockey, lining up the verticle poles on either side works really well to frame him ... great eye !

The horse has a great background and I really like how you have his eye on the 1/3 up and 1/3 right line ... excellent use of the rule. Good exposure too, dispite the horse being so dark, you got details of his mane and muscles.

Great set Buddy ,

Vin

[mpascal]

Nice set Ian, but as the saying goes, its not the size of the lens, but how well you use it. LOL

Michael

[mstark70]

Originally Posted by mpascal

Nice set Ian, but as the saying goes, its not the size of the lens, but how well you use it. LOL

Michael

That's funny! Size does matter! Just kidding! Man that thing was huge...Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

Nice shots you got!

[Steves Shots]

Nice shots Ian, Love the way you have captured that statue of the horse in the 4th shot thanks for sharing cheers Steve.

[Angelb]

Wow that is one impressive lens. I like the capture of the Aveleno Gomez. Hmmm what was I doing in 1973....oh yeah, I was being potty trained, lol. Great shots Ian.

[FoG]

LOL Hi Ian well taht sure answers the question I just asked in Flickr ! Nice set but WOW what a Lens makes my lil 70-300 look puny ... very nice glass though will look into the cost of these I reckon .... mind you have a rather large list for next year as it is roll on 2011 LOL

[chalkie7]

lol...I like this and do suffer from the same thing from time to time!