Some Stars With The Rebel t5

Last night, I headed out to try and get some star shots.  It was a new moon, and the forecast was for clear skies, so it seemed like a good plan.  While I packed some of my high end cameras with me, I also brought the Canon Rebel t5 along to give it a whirl.  For most of the shots, I used the 24-105mm f/4.0L IS lens.  All of these shots were at least 60 seconds, with the longest being 12 minutes.  I shot all of them using the in-camera long exposure and high ISO noise reductions.  I also shot using the AWB setting.  Turns out this was the one struggle I saw.  The white balance was all over the place.  So, next time, I will just set my white balance ahead of time.  That being said, I'm really impressed with the results I was able to achieve with this entry-level camera.  Can't wait to shoot with it again.

Canon EOS REBEL T5 - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

87.00 Sec - f/4 - ISO 800 - 24 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5 - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

92 Sec - f/4 - ISO 400 - 24 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5 - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

420 Sec - f/4 - ISO 400 - 24 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5 - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

720.00 Sec - f/4 - ISO 400 - 24 mm

For this last shot (before the clouds completely closed in), I switched to the 10-22mm lens.

Canon EOS REBEL T5 - EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

600 Sec - f/3.5 - ISO 400 - 10 mm

Long Exposures with a Point and Shoot

The other night, I met a couple of friends out at the Great Salt Lake for sunset and a little light painting. It was really good to get out again.  While there, I set up my Canon PowerShot S120 on top of my DSLR and captured a few images using the StarTrails mode.  As always, the results from this little camera were fantastic.

A Little Painting

Last night, I took a last minute trip out to the south shore of the Great Salt Lake to meet up with a couple of friends to shoot sunset and a little light painting.  It was really great to get out and shoot.  As always, it was a good time.  Here's my favorite of the light painting images.

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24mm f/1.4L II USM

30 Sec - f/11 - ISO 100 - 24 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

495 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 320 - 14 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

756.00 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 320 - 14 mm

Meatloaf

This is something completely different than you are used to seeing around here, but I had to write about it.  Last week, my family and I spent a bit of time in the mountains.  It had been a long time since we had done any dutch oven cooking, and we decided that it was time to give it a shot again.  Several months ago, I saw a recipe for dutch oven meatloaf that caught my eye.  It wasn't necessarily the meatloaf, but the fact that it was wrapped in bacon.  Yup, bacon.  Well, I decided that this needed to be part of our menu for the weekend.  

It's really pretty simple, there's nothing fancy to the meatloaf recipe.  Most anything would do.  Mine had 1lb ground turkey, rolled oats, an egg, salt, pepper, onions, and some garlic.

Start with an empty dutch oven.  We used an 8" oven.

Line the oven with bacon.  Let the ends hang over the sides, they won't stay there long.

Add your meatloaf.

I topped it with some sliced onions.  Next time, I will add sliced onions under the meatloaf as well.

Wrap the ends of the bacon over so that everything is tucked in.

It took about 45 minutes to cook.  More coals on top, less on the bottom.

It was absolutely amazing and didn't last long.

Family Hike

This past weekend, we spent some time camping in the Northern Utah mountains.  Friday afternoon we decided to take a hike.  It was a beautiful day for it, that is for sure.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/100 Sec - f/6.3 - ISO 160 - 73 mm

It's like"Where's Waldo" only with Sami, not Waldo.  Can you find her?

Canon EOS 5D Mark III - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/60 Sec - f/11 - ISO 320 - 105 mm

Canon EOS 5D Mark III - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/80 Sec - f/11 - ISO 320 - 45 mm

Canon EOS 5D Mark III - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/50 Sec - f/11 - ISO 320 - 24 mm

Canon EOS 5D Mark III - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/250 Sec - f/8 - ISO 320 - 24 mm

Canon EOS 5D Mark III - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/250 Sec - f/8 - ISO 320 - 105 mm

Fuzzy Guys

This weekend, we spent a few days camping in the Northern Utah mountains.  It didn't take long for us to discover that there were caterpillars everywhere.  While we saw several variations, these seemed to be the most common.  

Canon EOS-1D X - EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

1/200 Sec - f/8 - ISO 640 - 100 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

1/500 Sec - f/8 - ISO 640 - 100 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

1/200 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 640 - 100 mm

This next shot gives you an idea of how many of these guys were around.  It was pretty crazy.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/60 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 320 - 105 mm

Canon EOS 5D Mark III - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/100 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 640 - 105 mm

Becca loved every one of them.  If it were up to her, she would have kept and named all of them.  This one was named "Itchy".

Canon EOS 5D Mark III - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/60 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 640 - 105 mm

Canon EOS 5D Mark III - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/50 Sec - f/6.3 - ISO 1250 - 105 mm

I need to go back in a couple of weeks for the butterflies. . . .

And, Even More Flower Bits

Here's the final round of images from my mom's flower garden.
Good stuff.


Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

And, this image for the size reference.  Again, all images are un-cropped and shot with the Rebel t5i.

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

1/15 Sec - f/8 - ISO 400 - 69 mm

Even More Flower Bits

Here's the second round of images from my mom's flower garden.  Again, these were shot with the Canon MP-E65 lens.  I just can't get enough of these!

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Check out the little dude hiding on this fern leaf:

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo

1/125 Sec - f/16 - ISO 100 - 65 mm

Once again, here an image for a size reference.  And, these were all shot with the Rebel t5i and are completely un-cropped.

Canon EOS REBEL T5i - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

1/15 Sec - f/8 - ISO 400 - 69 mm