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This is the lens I have been looking into :)
I've been looking forward to buy a new lens recently. I love my Canon 50mm f1.4; it's beautiful and super fast but when I went to Islands of Adventure on my wife's Bday and I took the 50 and the kit lens. The 50mm was a bit long to just walk around and take pictures. The kit did great since I could take wide and zoom shots with the sunshine but once I got indoors its lack of better aperture would show right away. 

So I started to browse Amazon.com, B&H Photo and Adorama for reviews and looking for a good "walk about" lens which is a multipurpose lens that can take wide shots as well as zoomed. It was a bit difficult to find "the lens" since you didn't have anything to start from. So after hours of browsing and reading reviews I was pretty much set on the lens I want.

Then I found this awsome new site called lenshero.com which made all the leg work I had already made but in a few second. I can select my camera, the budget, the type of photography I'd like to shoot and voila! I get a page with a whole bunch of recommendations and it includes awesome info such as Reviews from users, Pros and Cons, etc. I can sort by brand, by budget and much more.

I highly recommend this site to anyone who has a DSLR and is in search of new lens and doesn't know where to begin. It certainly makes it easier for one to find the right lens and puts one in the right direction.  
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I got the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 Camera Lens from my beautiful wife for my BDay and I must say that I'm really, really happy with it.

First off, I really like how crisp the images come up and how beautiful the Bokeh  this lens produces. I can focus on something and makes sure that only that is in focus, this is one of the reasons I really wanted a DSLR camera.  Secondly I love the speed! Hot diggty dang, this lens is fast! 

I'm still getting used to frame my compositions with this lens since it's a prime lens so I have to move back and forth myself to frame the picture the way I like it. Basically I've chosen image quality over practicality but I just can't get over the quality of the pictures I can produce with this puppy!

Here are some examples of pictures I've taken thus far:
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Pier100 Building
I wanted to go check out taking pictures of Clearwater at night time. I've always loved how they light up buildings and bridges to make them stand out in the night. So I grabbed my gear (my Canon XSi, my tripod and my Canon Remote Switch RS60 E3) and went on a little excursion.

I was very interested in taking pictures of the bridge that connects us to Clearwater Beach. So I went to both sides and took some shots. I ran into an issue while taking these pictures. I had the UV filter on my lens and that was making some reflections of the lights on the lens, looked like some lights were ghosted. So I took the filter off and the pictures looked great. The remote switch makes it very easy to use the Bulb mode on the camera and allows me to play with the length I leave the shutter open.

Another thing that I've always loved to photograph is fountains in the night time. My favorite is the Trevi Fountain in Rome, I didn't have a DSLR but it was worth carrying a tripod with me because I was able to take very night shots of Rome. Back to fountains; I love how white and flowey the water looks when you take your photographs with a slow shutter speed (I was doing about 1 second for the fountain shots) and makes it look very professional.

Hope you enjoy the pictures, I enjoyed composing these and tell me which one you like the best.

Full Album can be found here: Clearwater at Night
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Track Event 02/07/2010
 
This Saturday I went with my friend Karn to the Full Automotor Sports event that at the Tropicana field parking lot.
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Had a blast with him and with the opportunity to keep learning my camera and enjoy an awesome ride on Karn's yellow Honda S2000.

Vids:
Ride with Karn Oh Snap!

Karn's last ride for the day

Pics:
Full Motorsports Event
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Headshots 02/07/2010
 
Recently I did a photoshot for a friend of mine that wanted some new Headshots. I was very lucky to have a friend like Spencer who lent me his awesome Canon ES 50mm f1.4 for this shoot. This lens takes portrait photography to the professional level.  

Here are some examples of the pictures I took:
Here's the pictures I liked the most: Julia's Headshots
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Park Shoot 02/07/2010
 
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Here's the first time I took my camera outside and took pictures rather than inside my house while testing the camera.   Which one is your favorite snapshot?

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Park Stroll Album
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I love photography! There's something about capturing life images and to show people what I see. I've been taking pictures for a while now with mainly a Sony point and shoot and I like the ease of taking snapshots but I found ofter lacking the creativity and the speed that a camera needs to take the picture the way I wanted.   So recently I was very lucky that Santa brought me a new toy to play with, a Canon XSi (450D) with the kit lens (Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS) I've been playing with it and I'm LOVING IT! Wow what a difference it's to take a shot and make it come out the way you meant it. I'm looking forward to get a new lens for my Bday, a Canon EF 50mm f1.4; that would take me to a whole new level in my photography but until then I'm happily photography everything around me.   Here's to many great photographs! 
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