Gertrude139

Scout! That is one awesome hat! to VizslaMomma as well.

KA take it easy! gapvic amazing photo 11/52 Go Ferrari! by Gertrude139, on Flickr

I love that balloon shot too, great framing, you've really captured the energy of the moment well. 10/52 Salt Salt by Gertrude139, on Flickr

Put it in the oven, I'm sure he'd find it! :laugh:

shove over Athena It's raw guys! (except for the mash potato) Yuck seafood, I hate the stuff! Athena however loves it. She really did score, I sent OH to get salmon offcuts but he reckons none of the fish shops had any so he had to get her a whole salmon steak! Westiemum can you see the concentration on her face waiting for me to give the command that she can eat it :laugh: She doesn't usually look that serious at meal time.

It was my dog Athena's birthday yesterday, she didn't get a cake but she got a fancy dinner Athena's Birthday Dinner by Gertrude139, on Flickr

Incredible gapvic, that's absolutely gorgeous

9/52 9/52 Playing tug with Athena by Gertrude139, on Flickr My first ever go at black and white... mainly because my grass is dead and brown :laugh:

Love it dotdashdot! CC & KA I have no idea how you guys get such good photos from your phones, great sunset/sunrises. 8/52 8/52 Athena by Gertrude139, on Flickr

So many great photos from everyone. 7/52 - Athena 7/52 Athena by Gertrude139, on Flickr

For huskies in that area only one place to go! High Tails lodge in Mandalong. The owners have their own pack of mallies and huskies and are very experienced with the breed. Facebook page

6/52 Athena and a water balloon* 6/52 It's coming.... by Gertrude139, on Flickr *it was not thrown at her, she loves water, it's not animal cruelty.

Poor Bella, but that is a beautiful photo, even if she does have a cone of shame on.

5/52 - Athena, possum hunting (unsuccessfully :)) 5/52 Come closer possum! by Gertrude139, on Flickr

Cedar! So great to see a pic of her! Never occurred to me that after a year of Clay pics I had never seen his mum, she is beautiful!

Sorry I don't have a recommendation for you but I would love to know where you recommend in Preston? Preston Market! Turkey necks, turkey chops, pork bones, beef, chicken... all the good stuff. I also love Psarakos (corner Normanby and High) for chicken (offal is same price as at the market, but the rest is more expensive - though not by much), and salmon heads there are very good value. There's EA Salce on High St, and they won't let you look at what's in their freezer but they have some good value stuff. I liked going there for frozen roo tails. I think they have VAN refrigerated food, and maybe Big Dog BARF. Thank you :), I keep meaning to check out Preston market.

Sorry I don't have a recommendation for you but I would love to know where you recommend in Preston?

Thank you!

4/52 - Athena watching the sunset Sunset walkies by Gertrude139, on Flickr

Good luck! I know I agonised for ages over my decision. From what you've said if you had the budget I would get the 6D and the largest zoom L series you could afford. Maybe the 100-400 or the 70-300. hard to say if that would suit though as it's getting exy. but maybe you could sell your 70-200 and get a bit for it IDK. I agree with tlc that the FF aspect outweighs the loss in lens reach. I upgraded from a 40D to the 5Dmk3, in hindsight I probably could have saved a bit in buying the 6D and still loved it. (I should have listed to tlc's advice to me at the time :p)

Well sounds like the 70D is probably the body for you, since you aren't keen on FF and the ISO is much lower on the 7D. I agree if you want to shoot night shows at a distance then the ISO is quite important.

Re bodies - My first question would be how do you use your camera. Do you use auto or manual settings? I'm assuming manual but just checking. Max ISO on the 7D is quite low so that may be a problem for you, but if you are getting a flash will you be needing to use high ISO? Both the 6D and 70D have high ISO and good low light performance. The biggest difference of the three models you have mentioned would be that the 6D is a full frame sensor. Obvioulsy that full frame sensor is the difference in price, $500 or so, so it depends how much it means to you. Max shutter speed is actually higher on the 7D and 70D than the 6D but I can't think of many applications where you would need more than 1/4000sec anyway =6629&compare[]=7544&compare[]=7592"]Comparison Re lenses - If you like the pretty background bokeh that you would be getting from your f1.8 and f2.8 lenses you may not be happy with an f4 for portraits, although you say you are happy with your 70-200 f4 so maybe not a problem? Prime lenses (fixed eg 50mm, 24mm, 85mm etc) tend to be sharper than their equivalent level zoom, which is why portrait photographers will often use a collection of primes rather than a zoom like the 24-105 or 24-70. If you will be carrying your camera gear around how important is it to you to have fewer lenses each with a large zoom rather than multiple smaller zoom or prime lenses? Are you happy to change lenses regularly or would you likely end up with one on there 90% of the time? Flash - are you doing night photography? If it's just dusk or indoors etc you may be able to use a higher ISO rather than a flash if you get the 6D or 70D. I have a flash and very very rarely use it. Would you only want to use the flash on the body or would you want one with a transmitter that can be placed off camera for fill light? Canon speellite's are generally good flashes but just depends what features you want and how much you want to spend. How much do you want to spend all up? That may determine which body/lens combo you get.

Yep this.

Seriously great photos in here So much talent from everyone. 3/52 - Athena enjoying a sardine ice block Athena by Gertrude139, on Flickr

So so so sorry for your loss CBD RIP Rocky Big hugs for you and the rest of your pack CBD