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Canon 300mm - Weather test

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:54:53 -0700

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Shot for my review on the Canon 300mm f/2.8 L IS II. I was told to "test the weather sealing" on the lens, but since I hadn't taken it out in the rain, and I had to get it to the post office, I had my wife help throw a few bowls of water at it instead.

You can read the review here: www.canonrumors.com/reviews/review-canon-ef-300mm-f2-8l-i...

Strobist info: I used two Elinchrom Ranger Quadra's (A-heads for "action") on the B-port to get the 1/4000th flash duration. One was through a gridded strip light at camera left behind the lens to give it some rim & back-light the water. Another was at camera right, also through a gridded strip but turned at an angle to provide light on the lens itself.

www.JVLphoto.com

Jane Daly - catalogue pose

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:21:15 -0700

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Jane seems to feel that this post was very "catalogue" which I deny since I don't shoot for catalogues ;)

Strobist info: a 1/4 CTS Canon 600ex-RT in a 7' Westcott Parabolic shoot-through umbrella at camera left, high and angled down. a 3'x6' Westcott "sunlight" scrim Jim below for fill.

www.JVLphoto.com

Pretty in Pink

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Sun, 12 May 2013 17:24:22 -0700

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Photo of Jane Daly taken during a tutorial video I was making for FJ Westcott.

Strobist info: a single Canon 600EX-RT with a 1/4 CTS gel through a 7' Westcott Parabolic Shoot-through umbrella at camera right and angle down, a 6x3 sunlight reflector scrim-jim is below and to the left for fill.

www.JVLphoto.com

Adam Chappell on the Ottawa River

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Thu, 09 May 2013 06:12:46 -0700

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Adam Chappell from Stittsville, 2012-2013 Canadian National Freestyle Kayak Champion

Canon 24-70 ƒ/4 L IS

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:13:30 -0700

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Comparison images of the Canon 24-70 f/4 L IS with the barrel extended (zoomed in) and zoomed out. Shot for my review on www.canonrumors.com/reviews/review-canon-ef-24-70mm-f4l-is/

Red Rally

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Sun, 05 May 2013 12:45:39 -0700

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Shot at the Lanark Highlands Forest Rally.

GoPro Rally

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Sat, 04 May 2013 19:25:08 -0700

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Shot at the Lanark Highlands Forest Rally.

Rally

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Sat, 04 May 2013 18:51:52 -0700

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Shot at the Lanark Highlands Forest Rally.

Owlie

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:29:17 -0700

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Went out to Mud Lake in Ottawa to catch a glimpse of some nesting owls, I'm not a birder so I didn't have more than a 300mm lens with me (this image is cropped down from that). I also didn't go at an ideal time of day, but it was a nice experience and, you know, baby owl!

Thanks to [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilbunnyrabbitz/] for the tip.

www.JVLphoto.com

Surfing the Ottawa River

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:31:07 -0700

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John Rathwell of Ottawa surfing the remic rapids.

I wanted to see if I could get a decent hand-held exposure with the Canon 300mm f/2.8 L IS II's IS... obviously it won't stop the action, but it's not a complete mess like it should have been at 1/10th of a second.

www.JVLphoto.com

Champlain Bridge Sunset

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:58:59 -0700

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Taken off Bate Island in Ottawa. This is a 10 image panoramic stitch taken with a Canon 300mm f/2.8 L IS II.

(Probably best if you hit "L" to see it on black)

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PBR/ Hipster Kayak

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:31:40 -0700

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I'm working on my Canon 300mm ƒ/2.8 L IS II review for canonrumors.com and with record-high water levels on the Ottawa river, there are kayakers and surfers out every day to take advantage of the rapids.

Processed in Lightroom 5 Beta - I even had to turn saturation on this image down.

www.JVLphoto.com

District 15

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:40:44 -0700

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Andrew King, at his art show District 15 on opening night. Shot for the Kitchissippi Times.

Strobist info: CTS'd Elinchrom ranger Quadra through a 100cm deep octa. Boomed slightly off axis and above camera.

www.JVLphoto.com

Walk for Boston

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:00:01 -0700

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Taken at the Ottawa Race Weekend "Walk for Boston" on Parliament Hill.

Dylan Wykes for iRun

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:15:27 -0700

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Sad but true: some shoots you work hard on, never see print.

I was contacted by the editors at iRun to take pictures of Canadian Olympic Runner Dylan Wykes before he headed south for training. He was in Ottawa on personal business and we only had one day to work with him. It just so happened that day was the coldest of the winter, at -40°C. Despite dressing as warm as possible, with hand-warmers in our pockets and carb-loading beforehand, the shoot time was limited to about 5 minute sequences, cables froze in seconds, and my trigger batteries drained almost immediately, limiting the number of shots we could get. After 2 hours of moving in and out of location, this was the one I was most happy with. Sadly, it wasn't exactly what the client wanted (showcasing the product) and it was scrapped for print.

Oh well.

Special thanks to the Ottawa Convention Centre for being our warm-up location.

Strobist info: Elinchrom Ranger Quadra (s head) through a deep octa at camera right.

www.JVLphoto.com

Sigma 35mm ƒ/1.4 DG "A"

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:35:04 -0700

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8-image stacked photo of the Sigma 35 mm ƒ/1.4 DG "A" lens taken for my review on www.canonrumors.com/reviews/review-sigma-35mm-f1-4-dg-hsm/

Strobist info: to get a very soft wrapping light from behind, I shot my Elinchrom BXRI 500 through a large beauty dish onto a 4' seamless white background, which then bounced towards the flash (from behind. I then set up a large white board at camera left to bounce fill back onto the lens. The base was just some white tile-board.

www.JVLphoto.com

Trevor at Hintonburger

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:40:29 -0700

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Another photo from my session with Trevor for the Kitchissippi Times, I knew he'd be hungry, so we stopped by the local burger shack (which carries the neighbourhood's name) for some eats. I love giving my subjects something to do with their hands.

Strobist info: 600EX-RT through a 28" Apollo softbox at camera right, boomed high and angled down.

www.JVLphoto.com

Trevor Pritchard

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:47:08 -0700

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Shot for the cover of the Kitchissippi Times, Trevor is an Apartment 613 blogger as well as heading up CBC's new "Hyperlocal" blogging initiative in my neighbourhood.

Strobist info: 2x 600ex-RT's through a 28" Westcott Apollo softbox very tight and at camera left. A silver/gold reflector is just below out of frame for fill. The sun provided the kicker. Triggered with the ST-E3-RT

www.JVLphoto.com

Suites

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:36:26 -0700

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Just testing out the focal distance of a 300mm lens off my back deck.

Jules

nobody@flickr.com (Justinvl) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:59:31 -0700

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