Rother valley flyer

Rother valley flyer
Originally uploaded by Dean™

After spending some time at Rother Valley in Rotherham I figured what the "L" part of my lens means, Leap in the air !
Every time I pointed it in the direction of a boarder they leapt, Jumped and twisted on command, i must visit there more often.
This is the first time i have had the 100-400 lens out to shoot any sport and I have to say the focal length is great for this type of sport and its not too heavy to carry and walk about with which was one of my main concerns when i got the lens.

Tit

Bird and bud
Originally uploaded by Dean™

After reading a few different articles and looking at other peoples photographs I have decided to stop marking my pictures with a watermark.
I mean its not hard to clone or crop my small watermark out yet a large one ruins pictures for the viewers which is defeating the object of actually wanting others to view them, I may change my mind in the future and i reserve that right.
I am also playing with my permissions and licences at the moment and i will have to see how that one works out.

L of a Heron

Grey Heron
Originally uploaded by Dean™

Had a chance to try out my new Canon 100-400mm L zoom today and even with a little user error im very pleased with the clarity, Colour and contrast of it.
I managed to get a few good pictures and a lot of great information on how to use the lens and how far i could push the IS which is one of the things i wanted to try to play with.
Great zoom lens hope i get some more chances to use it very soon.

Droplets

Droplets
Originally uploaded by Dean™

Just out this morning playing with my new Canon 100mm Macro lens and i must say it is really sharp and great to use, Im sure that as i play more with this lens i will get some great results from it.
I havent had time to set it up on a tripod yet and get full depth of field out of it but im sure it will impress me just as much, This is a quick grab with the web blowing about in the wind so any softness is due to the bad technique not the lens.

Sam the Suffolk Sheep

Sam the Suffolk Sheep
Originally uploaded by Dean™

So I have this fairly innocent sheep called Sam sat in my pictures and it seems to get a steady stream of hits from Italy, Germany and England.
No nothing kinky just people looking for Suffolk Sheep and i cant seem to find out why all i know is this seems to be the most popular breed of sheep for some reason.

Of course if anyone does know why there is so much interest please let me know !

Hello World ?

So in an effort to try to understand my photography im using this Blog as a thinking tool, Im not sure what may be posted but hopefully i can get a reader or two in time and i may just progress with my photography.
I have just got two new lenses and they do the complete opposite of one another so it might be fun to do a rolling review as I use them.

Why start a Blog on Friday the 13th of all days ? Well as 13 has always been my lucky number its as good a time as any I suppose.