SO, if you've had your head in the other threads, you may know I've recently purchsed the following in the last couple of weeks.

Canon 5d (mark 1)
Battery Grip
2x batteries
580exII speedlight
50mm f/1.4 lens
24-105 L USM f/4 lens.

Here are my first few pics that i've shot and processed, let me know your thoughts...

Cheers!

A few more photos.

Please give any C+C (especially my photoshop skills - or lack there of! haha)

Cheers

Matt

That city one is pretty cool..Nice job

The fake lens flare is not working for me sorry.. Its in an odd spot too esp in the 3rd pic.. That whole building looks pixelated..

I like your first set of pics.. the landscape stuff


keep it up mate.. Looking forward to seeing more of your pictures.

Looks very noisy for a 5d. What iso's are you shooting at? What was the shutter count on it? Clarity also doesn't look that great compaired to what i've seen from other 5d's

first pic is money

Was just thinking the same. Alot of noise and graininess in your photos mate. They are good. But not clear enough.

Yeah I'm with you, noise is crazy-bad in #1.

Just cause you got a 5D doesn't mean you have to shoot everything hand held man!

Yup. Hand held isn't always the best way to shoot.

If you haven't already done so. Invest in a decent tripod. Will allow you to lower your iso down to the 100-400 area and not worry about the blur issue that you have when trying to hold your camera stable in your hand. You'll have lower noise and graininess in your photos and they will look clear and sharp

I bought a Manfrotto tripod, light and small to carry around, stable and strong, does the job perfectly

For some reason, they look a lot more grainy on this website, then they do on my PC at home?
Not sure what the go is there... i'm going to take it in and get it serviced me think. The sensor is a bit dusty at the moment.

I haven't bought a tripod yet, hence all the hand held stuff i'm doing at the moment, will definitely invest in a manfrotto.

Any particular model anyone can recommend?

What about this pic from my cousin's 18th? I like the way this one turned out....

resize your pics to a smaller size

A few more random shots for you to pick at