My favorite Image for 2009

Image: 5D Mk II, 17-40 f4 L, 3 stop soft GND, Mt Baker B and W.

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Kulshan (the Lummi indian name), The most prominent active volcano in the The North Cascades and part of the Pacific Rim of Fire. Renamed Mt Baker in 1792.

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Zeiss Distagon T* 21mm f/2.8 ZE Lens for Canon

Image: 5D Mk II, 16-35 f2.8 L II, 3 stop GND soft
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Now available the Zeiss glass we want for our Canon cameras, I have heard very good things about this lens and I am dying to try one out the Distigon 21mm f2.8 it will give full exif data to Canon cameras and give focus confirmation, it has some mustache distortion but looks sharp across the field. Next is the 50mm f1.4, the Planar 85mm f1.4, soon the Distigon 18mm f 3.5 and the Distigon 35mm f2 Things are looking better in Canon glass land, especially if you add in Canons primes and latest tilt/shift lenses.

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Grand Teton Isolation

Image: 50D, 300 f4 IS L, 1/800 sec at f 7.1

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Isolating mountain peaks with a telephoto lens is a type of landscape work I enjoy a lot, it gives a sense of what its like up there, and allows you to compose some interesting and original work. This can be shot at wider apertures than the typical landscape due to less depth of field, these type of images also lend themselves well to black and white renditions, the 300 f4 IS L is a very nice lens and pretty versatile, I was shooting Buffalo in the morning with it and the Teton range later that day. The above shot was converted to b and w with CS4.

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Thought I would post this, for those on the edge of purchasing Lightroom, I highly recommend it. Find it here.

Image: 5D Mk II, 16-35 f2.8 L II, 1/20 sec at f22, 3 stop soft GND.

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