Milky Way (8-4-2010)

[oldno7]

Shot from my front yard around 11:00 last night.

[Felicia]

Very nice - the night sky is so pretty.

[oldno7]

Thanks Felicia

[asdf]

your front yard?
very nice

[ibenick]

Yeah, I can't really see stars at all from my yard. Hooray for light pollution!

[oldno7]

Thanks guys
Yes Bill--front--no, really side, no front/side. Yea, front/ side.
I have to hide behind trees to block out the street lights.
I think I'll do another tonight in front of a vacation house we rent out.
Using the Tokina 11-16

[asdf]

very nice, how do you like that 11-16?

I am headed up to the Uintas for some car camping with the kiddies this weekend. I hope things are clear so I can smash out some star trails

[oldno7]

very nice, how do you like that 11-16?

I am headed up to the Uintas for some car camping with the kiddies this weekend. I hope things are clear so I can smash out some star trails

I really feel complete lens wise(for a minute) I love the 11-16, it seems to have it's own slightly elevated level of saturation that seems to help make picture pop.
I have had minor but usually correctable problems with CA, with the 11-16.
Seems very sharp.

[oldno7]

lens line up:
the 3 in the middle are my main go to lens'.
11-16Tokina
120-400Sigma
24-105Canon

The 2 on the outside I should sell, but can't for some reason

55-250Canon
50 1.8 Canon

[ibenick]

Which one is your main walk around/hiking lens? For me the 11-16 would be too wide for that (in most situations) and the 24-105 would not be wide enough, at least not on an APS-C 1.6 crop factor sensor.

[asdf]

did you pick these up new or did you attend the Dan Ransom PCT camera sale?

[oldno7]

Which one is your main walk around/hiking lens? For me the 11-16 would be too wide for that (in most situations) and the 24-105 would not be wide enough, at least not on an APS-C 1.6 crop factor sensor.

I love and mostly use the 24-105.

[oldno7]

did you pick these up new or did you attend the Dan Ransom PCT camera sale?

lol--all new except the 120-400. Just got it this week, it is in like new condition.

[oldno7]

The 120-400 is a beast!!
Here it is sitting next to the 24-105.

[asdf]

wow 24mm... really?
My 11-16 is a beast for landscapes, without a doubt my go to lens for scapes.

[ibenick]

That XSI looks painfully small on the end of that 120-400. Would've loved a lens like that in Alaska...

[oldno7]

I do occasionally like the 11-16 for landscape, if I have a good foreground subject.

[Cirrus2000]

Whoa - listen to all that technical talk. All me know - nice pictures!

[oldno7]

Thanks Kev