Close to Home with my 5D mkIII

[thereyougo!]

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

 

[thereyougo!]

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

 

[DorkSterr]

Very nice lets see some really high ISOs. 6400 and up.

 

[stevepokal]

thats one very scenic area you live in haha. i like the second photo a bit more, like the way the lights hitting the clouds and shining through onto the mountains, or are those hills?

 

[thereyougo!]

Very nice lets see some really high ISOs. 6400 and up.

I posted them in response to your post in the Canon section

 

[thereyougo!]

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

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Nice!

 

[thereyougo!]

Back up the mountain after dark again but with the Canon.


Canon 5D mkIII EF 70 - 200 IS f/2.8L @ 115mm and f/16 72 seconds ISO 100



Nighttime at Taibach by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[thereyougo!]

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

 

[thereyougo!]

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

 

[JustinZ850]

Awsome shots!!!

 

[loic]

perhaps the mark3 is good, but:
- the 3 fird images are overexposed
- there for all the photograps few contrast

may you reedit the entire serie??? so mark 3 is perhaps a not so good investment! what is the optic?

 

[loic]

ok : 70-200... results are better with a fix-200, or 300mm,
but why have you choose f/6.5 opening?

 

[mjhoward]

Everybody is always hung up on the 'High ISO' but what I find impressive when looking at these photos, assuming these are not HDR or composites, is the Dynamic Range.

 

[matthewo]

Everybody is always hung up on the 'High ISO' but what I find impressive when looking at these photos, assuming these are not HDR or composites, is the Dynamic Range.

+1 the 3rd shot on top of the mountain the could look like hdr