PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

Since I purchased my first Canon DSLR 400D, two lenses 17-85 and 10-22 two years ago, I made investment for two more DSLR bodies and lenses - a 5D and a 40D, two L lenses 24-105/4 & 16-35/2.8 II.

While I am happy with the current setup, I decided to have a serious assessment how all these (3 Canon DSLR bodies and 4 lenses) can be further optimized for different circumstances and applications. Well, some configuration may look odd, but that is interesting and let me have a prospect of all possibilities.

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We joined a local tour to Plitvice Lakes National Park, the largest of Croatia’s eight national parks. Plitvice Lakes was proclaimed a national park in 1949 that also making it the oldest national park in Croatia. In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was included in the UNESCO list of World Natural Heritage sites.

The broader zone of the national park hides rich forest and meadow habitats with many diverse species of plants and animals. Possible activities in the park include: walking, trekking, electrical boat and train riding, talking photos, cycling, skiing and rowing.

Thought nothing really huge nor in colorful fashion, there are simply clear, pure, silence and beautiful nature scenes in water, lakes, waterfalls and forest. Plitvice Lakes is quite unique.

It is a pity that we only have 3 hours for a limited exploration to about one-third of the park and I have to run in a dynamic mode (that means not only no tripod, but also not much time to make a better composition, everything goes in hurry) during the tour.

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Since I got my 5D some months ago, and confirmed myself to have 5D serves me as mainstay in landscape and event work, the kit lens 24-105/4 is capable of covering most everyday work, I need some wider and higher speed lenses, enablers for spectacular and creativities in landscape/ low light works. I have considered 14/2.8 II, 24/1.4 and 17-40/4. I finally go with a 16-35/2.8 II lens instead of primes and the 17-40/4 after some careful inspection and refined requirement.

Firstly, it comes with my most favorite focal length ranges and that is a compromised solution - versatile, and high speed for my dynamic style. I say dynamic, that means to be able to run under most environment without the requirement of tripod and minimal time of lens change. (I prefer priorly to have the right lens attached to the right camera and shoot throughout the job). Now the 16-35/2.8 II is always on my 5D and 24-105/4 on the 40D, they are ready to serve my instance requirement.

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