New lens - Canon EF 70-210mm f3.5-f4.5 USM

The classic Canon EF 70-210mm f3.5-f4.5 USM, pictured above, with details at http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/eos/EF-lenses/EF80200mmf28L/index1.htm#EF70210mmf3545USM

I was looking for something to fulfill the telephoto end of my kit, since I got rid of my Canon 75-300mm f4-f5.6 USM. I would love one of the Canon Pro 70-200 models (they have 4 models ranging in price from about $800 to over $2,000). This lens is better than my old 75-300, even though it was discontinued over 10 years ago. The auto focus is super fast...and it was about $200 (shipping included) from e-bay. Good enough to hold off buying one of the $$$$ lenses, at least until I can come up with a SANE reason ;)

Enough about the technical ramblings...here are a few test shots taken last night. Flash bounced left and up, Canon 20D, f4.5, 1/100-1/160sec. all focal lengths, and ISO 800.

Aren't they cute?

-André

Jesse Cook comes to Fredericton!

AND WE HAD TICKETS!!!!!

It was a sold out show - with 2 encores and an unplugged version of 'Fall at your feet'. The show was fantastic - what a talented musician.

http://www.jessecook.com/

I must say, it was probably the best show so far - for us - at the playhouse.

YAY!!!

-André

Moncton and Crystal Palace

The Bobers and the Reinders made a trek to Moncton on the holiday Monday (Nov.12). Our destination was Crystal Palace - the kids had lots of fun on the rides. We also stopped for an ice cream and a coffee, and played a round of mini golf!.
-André

Laptop + Starbucks

Well, a first for me! A little late mind you, but I finally made it to a 'hot spot' in a coffee shop with my laptop to do some work.... kinda fun this mobile computing...well back to work! (Photo Editing)
Cheers!
-Andre

Family Halloween Party

We hosted a family Halloween party where we invited family, friends and neighbours to come over and take part in some crafts, pot-luck lunch and some socializing. The kids made pumpkins, bats, and dug through spaghetti 'brains' looking for grape 'eyeballs'. We ran out of time to carve pumpkins, but - oh, well. I think we all had fun.

I took these with my Olympus Verve, paying little attention to form or composition ;)



-André

Sold again.....

We heard from a previous neighbour in Calgary that our old house just sold for about $480,000! We have no regrets though, we also heard that it took them 8 months of renovations and about $60,000 of materials....should look pretty good for that price!
-André

Fall

I didn't get around to much Fall Photography. However, here is a shot I took when the kids and I went to Nackawic a while ago...a couple of backlit leaves on the grass. Fuji 800 speed film in my Canon Elan 7N - I believe I had my 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 lens attached. The imaged was scanned by the lab, and tweaked on the PC to reduce noise and boost the colour a little.



Oh, here is the main reason we went - the BIG AX!



-André

Goofing around :)

-André

SHOW!

The local theater, The Playhouse, has a couple of side galleries that show a variety of local artists. A friend of mine works there and mentioned to me that they didn`t have anyone for November. He asked me to put up a few prints, and he (an amateur photographer) was also going to put up a few as well. I chose 8 of my favourites for the show – here is a virtual version of what will go up after work on Friday Nov. 2, 2007.

André's Fredericton Playhouse Exhibit - November 2007

Enjoy!
by André Reinders