janet Smith
pro member
Hello everyone
I'm recently back from a trip around the Isle of Skye and NW Highlands of Scotland, had a superb time and am still trying to find time to process all the photographs I came back with. Got loads of photos, many, many flowers and some landscapes, and even more midge & clegg bites (still scratching!). I will get round to posting some of my photos here when I have more time, but for now a few are on my website if you'd like to look. We were in Leckmelm Gardens nr Ullapool, Scotland, and I had got into a huge magnolia tree to get a shot, turned round forgetting about the branch behind me and cut my head (above my eyebrow) on a branch, I emerged from the tree with blood running down my face much to the horror of my partner Paul, and could only say that I'd got a nice shot of a magnolia..... such is the mentality of a photographer with a new camera! so if you look at my site and see the Magnolia shots, I apolgise for them not being better, but you know why!.....
I am loving my new Canon 5D, and all my early issues with it are now resolved, but I found that my 24mm lens was too wide for many of the landscapes up there, it made mountains look insignificant and my old 50mm was just not good enough, so I am in the market with a budget of £500 - £1000 for either a really good 50mm or possibly a zoom say 35-70mm ish, does anyone have any opinions about possible lenses, I would appreciate your thoughts.....
I go to Scotland again in 8 weeks time, this time we'll be going around the Applecross peninsula, so it'll be fingers crossed again for good weather, and a lovely new lens for my beloved 5D...
I'm recently back from a trip around the Isle of Skye and NW Highlands of Scotland, had a superb time and am still trying to find time to process all the photographs I came back with. Got loads of photos, many, many flowers and some landscapes, and even more midge & clegg bites (still scratching!). I will get round to posting some of my photos here when I have more time, but for now a few are on my website if you'd like to look. We were in Leckmelm Gardens nr Ullapool, Scotland, and I had got into a huge magnolia tree to get a shot, turned round forgetting about the branch behind me and cut my head (above my eyebrow) on a branch, I emerged from the tree with blood running down my face much to the horror of my partner Paul, and could only say that I'd got a nice shot of a magnolia..... such is the mentality of a photographer with a new camera! so if you look at my site and see the Magnolia shots, I apolgise for them not being better, but you know why!.....
I am loving my new Canon 5D, and all my early issues with it are now resolved, but I found that my 24mm lens was too wide for many of the landscapes up there, it made mountains look insignificant and my old 50mm was just not good enough, so I am in the market with a budget of £500 - £1000 for either a really good 50mm or possibly a zoom say 35-70mm ish, does anyone have any opinions about possible lenses, I would appreciate your thoughts.....
I go to Scotland again in 8 weeks time, this time we'll be going around the Applecross peninsula, so it'll be fingers crossed again for good weather, and a lovely new lens for my beloved 5D...