Recent content by Mintchocs

Ha ha, excellent composition.

Well they have limited production resources so presumably they are switching to the latest and greatest mirrorless lenses. They have so many new models for Sony, Nikon, Fuji that producing high end lenses for Canon is a waste when no one is investing into EF mount glass.

Welcome, always great to have another photographer onboard.

Nice, I didn't realize there was such a variety.

There’s a free app called Merlin, you can try identifying the bird through it.

I prefer the lack of detail, it gives more emphasis on the shapes and colour, almost like a painting.

Nicely done, yes that feeling when you finally get a photo of a kingfisher, it’s addictive you know! :)

Start with a slingshot style and as you buy more lenses then buy more bags to suit your purposes.

Strong set.

It looks like banding from raising the shadows/shooting at very high iso.

Just a wild guess here but switch off the “safety shift”. It’s a custom function feature where the camera overrides your settings.

I used to hate the smoke in pubs, I’m so glad that is changed now.

Splendid shot.

Very sad news, condolences to his family. A great loss to the photographic community but his threads will live on in this forum.

On my 77D in good light ISO 6400 mainly for faster shutter speeds. On my 6D about 12,800. I think DXO NR has made it easier to be more accepting of higher ISOs than before I started using it. I would say that I am quite happy to use mid range ISOs more now whereas before I would always...