East Coast Road Trip

[egproductions]

Just thought I'd share some pics from my recent trip. Shot on a rebel XT with 3 different lenses:

Stock 18-55 3.5-5.6
24-70 2.8L
50 1.8

This trip has taught me not to underestimate the stock lens for outdoor pics when it can be stopped down to f.8. It's very lightweight, wide and unobtrusive.

http://egproductions.tv/roadtrip/

 

[shucklak]

Looks like you had a fun trip! Makes me want to drive somewhere..

The Disney fireworks shots look really great.

 

[DivotDan]

Dude! You guys went all over the place. Wish I knew when you were in Atlanta, I would have had to meet up with ya! Good to see ya getting out early and staying out late for some night stuff.

Personal fav....... Sucker for bokeh

 

[egproductions]

Totally missed that this post got responses.

The Disney fireworks came out very nice. I was set up in between two photographers who were on tripods doing long shutter speed pics with big zoom lenses. I was just there with my cropped sensor and 50 1.4 lens @ 1600 ISO. Long shutter speed pics work sometimes for fireworks but a lot of times the smoke ruins them. In addition, I was able to be more versatile with my shots I could easily frame and re-frame my shots and also put the castle on an angle. The light from the fireworks allowed me to shoot at 1/100th between f2 and f11 depending on how bright the shot was.

Thanks Dan, yes the OOFH were great in Charleston! I have some shots that are just covered with them. Unfortunately we didn't have time to sleep over in Atlanta, just a stop over on the way back to NJ.