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Is the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT Camera w/ EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens good?

Yes, its a good option.

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Pentax K100D Plus Other Equipment for $500 ... Good Deal?

Well a Pentax K100D with the 18-55 f4 lens sells new for $649.00 on Amazon. You list a 16-45mm (or 55mm) lens there. Thats pretty much the same as the 18-55mm and at f3.5 is not much faster. Filter... Continue

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Tripod Recommendations - Relatively High End

Hey, thanks for the update. And thanks for the info on the RRS head. I keep looking at the Arca, the RRS and the Kirk stuff (and a few others). This helps out.

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Just Posted! Sony DSLR-A200 review

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Gender:: Male

Hometown:: Vancouver, BC

About Me:: I started doing photography in grade eight when three of us (Arne Hermann, Andrew Kuprat and Myself) started a Photography Club at school. We convinced our science teacher Mr. Wong Moon to donate a small storage room to us that had a sink in it. It was perfect to get a darkroom setup. We pooled some money and acquired some supplies. When the teachers in charge of putting together the School Annual found out about the club, they asked for our help. We ran the club all three years we were there from grade eight to grade ten.

In Senior High School they actually offered a Photography Course. Even better, they offered a Special Double Block Photography Course. Everyone involved in that course helped out with the School Annual. We also had free access to the schools excellent Dark Room which had Beseler 23c’s in it. Our photography teacher Dietmar Waber, was one of the best teachers I ever had in my life. He influenced me and he is the one that encouraged me to help others. He noticed I got bored very easily and always challenged me and got me involved with teaching others. I owe a lot to him.

While in High School I ended up doing sports photography for some of the local papers including the Richmond Review, the Vancouver Sun and the Province. I even worked with Province Photographer Gary Karmann who still works for the paper today.

Once out of school I did fashion work and moved on to Nature and Landscape photography. I did some work for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee where I helped put together a Slide Presentation that was shown across Canada and Shown in the House of Commons in Ottawa. I worked for Minolta Canada during Expo 1986 in Vancouver and stopped doing photography shortly after that.

I have a Graphic Arts background. I have since owned my own computer company and I am just now getting back into photography to relax and to create art. I have recently gotten involved in Bird Photography and more recently involved in helping birds out through different groups and associations.

I have recently started a new Organization that will soon be a Registered Non-Profit Organization called “Nature By Photo”. Nature By Photo’s motto is “Saving Birds, Animals and the Environment One Photo at a Time!"

Nature By Photo allows photographers to donate the use (limited rights) of their photos to other Registered Non-Profit Organizations that are involved in helping Birds, Animals and the Environment. Photos can be used on Web Sites, in print on Post Cards, Posters and Advertising Material or even In Calendars and Books.

Organizations benefit by having the best quality photos available for their use at no charge and the photographers gain by having their work published with full credits.

You can get involved at www.naturebyphoto.com.

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All photos here are Copyright 2008 by Francois Cleroux and are not to be used without expressed written permission of Francois Cleroux.

My Equipment: b>Camera - Canon EOS 40D Body w/ BG-E2N Battery Grip

Lenses - EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Wide Angle, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Standard Zoom, EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM Compact Telephoto Zoom, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM, EF 85mm f1.2L II USM Portrait, EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Super Telephoto, EF 1.4X II Extender

Lighting - Speedlite 580EX II Flash w/ Sto-Fen OMEY Omni-Bounce Diffuser

Filters - 58mm & 77mm Rodenstock HR Digital UV and 58mm & 77mm Rodenstock HR Digital Polarizing

Accessories - Tamrac Expedetion 7 Bag, Lowepro Slingshot 300 AW Bag, Giottos 8660 Carbon Fiber Monopod, Slick Ultralight Tripod w/ Giottos MH 1002-652 Head, Gitzo GT2530LVL 6X Carbon Fiber 2 Series 3 Section G-Lock Levelling Tripod w/ Giottos MH1000-500 Head, Canon Media Storage M80 and HyperDrive ColorSpace Media Storage, Phottix Wireless Remote Trigger, LensPen

Computer & Software - Custom 64Bit PC with 8 Gigs of Memory w/ Windows XP 64Bit Edition, Adobe CS3 Master Collection, On1 Plug-in Suite 4 Pro, Image Doctor 2

Wish List - WFT-E3A Wireless File Transmitter, MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash

Website:: www.naturebyphoto.com

Contact:: photo@cleroux.com

Welcome to my Photography Web Page!

By using MyShutterSpace.com I have the opportunity to share my thoughts and photos with family and friends.

I share and provide photography knowledge to anyone that asks and also provide help through articles and reviews. If you have any ideas, comments or suggestions on my own work in articles, reviews or photographs, please speak your mind. I appreciate any input and it is only through this type of dialog that we can all learn to become better photographers.

I only leave comments for people that add me to their friends list. If you do not want my opinnion, please do not ask me to be your friend. I look forward to meeting new friends here at MyShutterSpace.com.

- Francois Cleroux

All Photos are Copyright 2008 by Francois Cleroux. Please don't steal photos.

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Are Your Pictures Any Good? (Part 1)
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My Favorite Photos on this Site that I have found so far. If you think a photo belongs here, please let me know. These may change from time to time.
Best Children's Photo - Sweet - By PRB Photography
Best Self Portraits - You were right about the stars - By Sydnie
and Self Portrait Feeling Blessed - By Agmnhob
and Self Portrait: Thinks Hes a Rock Star! - By Giles Toller
Favorite Photographer - I Will Never Tell
Favorite Artists - Two of them; Sydnie and Pipit
Best Photojournalist Photo - Beggar - By Jun Madayag
Best Sports Action - Rugby Player - By Ovidiu Suteu
Favorite Sunset - Wet Sand 2 - By Johno
Best Fashion Shot -
Best Wildlife - Wolf - By Bernt-Inge.com
Best Landscape -
Best Cityscape - On the CBridge - By Henry
Best Macro Photo - Heavy Jumper - By Cecil

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Francois Cleroux's Blog

About f-Stops and Aperture

Several people have asked me about some f-stop information (some specifically about their lens). Here is a bit I have done this quickly to answer the questions but will later expand this to a "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About f-Stops" post. But for now . . . _________________________________________________ About f-Stops Don't worry about the confusion on Aperture; it confuses a lot of people. Basically the Aperture is the size of the hole that lets the light in. The bigger the hole th… Continue

Posted on July 16th, 2008 at 3:30am — 3 Comments (Add)

"Not Normal" Photo Contest

OK, here is a contest at another site that sound interesting. Not Normal. Check it out at imaginginfo.com http://www.imaginginfo.com/web/online/Contests/Renegade-Photo-Shoots-Debuts-Not-Normal-Online-Photo-Contest-/53$3961 And some interesting links there also... Extraordina… Continue

Posted on July 14th, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments (Add)

July Photo Contest has been posted!

So its summer or perhaps even winter now where your are. But throughout the year your trusty companion is around. Lets see what the little (or big) pooch looks like. JULY PHOTO CONTEST THEME IS DOGS Here is the challenge. To create a High Quality Photo of a great Shot of a Dog. A real dog not a stuffed animal. Not a typical shot of a Dog laying around but something a little more unique. Perhaps a great portrait, or a guard dog guarding, or a dog running enjoying the freedom of a field o… Continue

Posted on July 8th, 2008 at 4:00am — 4 Comments (Add)

Here is what is going on . . .

OK, Here is what is going on... As I mentioned, the site Admin is busy and is only usually around on the weekends. He is of the same mind as most of us about not having idiots causing trouble and chasing members (specially new members) away. He wants a peaceful site like it is now. That’s why he has rules and why he will enforce them. The enforcing part he will be cautious with as he should be because you just can't kick someone off because of one persons words or accusations. But, if it happ… Continue

Posted on June 9th, 2008 at 2:37pm — 8 Comments (Add)

4 New members have left in the last two days

Some of the new members that joined in the last two days have already left. Four of them to be exact. I wonder why that is. I actually saw some nasty comments left for them by others on this site. It appears that some people are trying to sabotage this site. To bad the admin doesn't care. I guess I could have said something but as many of you said, just keep your mouth shut.... well that seems to be working well . . . this site is better already.

Posted on June 8th, 2008 at 5:45am — 40 Comments (Add)

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At 11:43pm on July 18th, 2008, Ronald said…: thanks for the comment, i really learned alot from it, all my lenses are 18-55, 55-250, and 50 mm prime,i also want to get a macro lens but i dont want the EF-S lens and also i want to get one of the white L lens 70-200 2.8 and probably sell my 55-250, I like ur lense collection, i like all the ones that i have and my goal is to cover all the range from really close to wide angle, and long zoom. If u have any suggestions on what i should get in order to cover the full range of photography in lenses.

At 4:02pm on July 18th, 2008, Juan Sebastian Maldonado Gutierrez said…: hey francois thanks for the welcome

At 10:33am on July 18th, 2008, Ronald said…: is there a reason why u chose the 40D, im thinking about moving up from my Xsi, are the images from both similer or different

At 1:03am on July 17th, 2008, Shyamal Chakrovorty said…: thank you very much for your comment on my photo' needs'

At 10:00pm on July 16th, 2008, liliput said…: oh sorry must've missed them out. they are both lovely photos. i've never seen such beautiful swallow birds. never thought they have such great colors. thank you for sharing, francois.^^

At 2:25am on July 16th, 2008, thelevone said…: Hi..I need your expertise. I am getting confused with the aperture setting on my lens. One has 3.5 to 5.6, one has 4 to 5.6. The fist one is a standard lens of 18-70mm and the other is 55-200mm. What does this mean as my camera aperture goes up to about 22. How do I set the aperture to suit the lens?