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Atlanta Fire United U9 Bronze 2009-11-21 : Forsyth Fusion tournament in Central Park. We won 2-0 in the morning and lost 0-2 in the evening. Saturday weather started in the 40's but was in the 60's warm for the evening game. Sunday (no photos) was a miserable cold windy day, so the tournament was concluded with a series of penalty kickoff games. Our team lost the kickoff 2-4 and finished the tournament in 3rd place.

Atlanta Fire United U9 Bronze 2009-11-21

Forsyth Fusion tournament in Central Park. We won 2-0 in the morning a ...

Updated: Nov 22, 2009 9:02pm PST

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze Soccer 2009-11-07 : Our boys in white versus Ambush U9 Red at Windward. We lost in a 20-something to nothing drubbing.

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze Soccer 2009-11-07

Our boys in white versus Ambush U9 Red at Windward. We lost in a 20-so ...

Updated: Nov 07, 2009 10:42pm PST

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze 2009-10-25 :

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze 2009-10-25

Updated: Nov 06, 2009 8:47pm PST

Ethan : Highlights of Ethan.

Ethan

Highlights of Ethan.

Updated: Oct 11, 2009 7:37pm PST

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze 2009 Highlights : Highlights from the 2009-2010 season.

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze 2009 Highlights

Highlights from the 2009-2010 season.

Updated: Oct 18, 2009 3:45pm PST

Atlanta Fire U9 Red Soccer 2009-10-18 : Michael, Ethan and Jack subbed on the Red team and lost 2-3. One standout event (no pictures) was when Michael got a mid-field free kick that an opponent headed high into the air over his own goalie and into the goal. [Equipment: Canon 7D, EF70-200 f/2.8L IS USM. Settings: Shutter Priority of 1/1000, Auto ISO.]

Atlanta Fire U9 Red Soccer 2009-10-18

Michael, Ethan and Jack subbed on the Red team and lost 2-3. One stand ...

Updated: Oct 18, 2009 8:32pm PST

Beach Vacation 2009 : Santa Rosa Beach, Florida in July 2009. [Canon PowerShot SD700 IS]

Beach Vacation 2009

Santa Rosa Beach, Florida in July 2009. [Canon PowerShot SD700 IS]

Updated: Oct 11, 2009 10:33pm PST

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze Soccer 2009-10-18 : Us (in red) versus Cherokee U9 Red (in white). Lost 4-3 in a tight game that saw lots of play on both sides of the field, but the other team had many more shots on goal. [Equipment: Canon 7D, EF24-105 f/4L IS USM, EF70-200 f/2.8L IS USM. Settings: Mostly Shutter Priority of 1/1000, Auto ISO.]

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze Soccer 2009-10-18

Us (in red) versus Cherokee U9 Red (in white). Lost 4-3 in a tight gam ...

Updated: Oct 18, 2009 7:45pm PST

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze Soccer 2009-10-17 : Us (in red) versus GSA U9 Sporting (in white). We tied 3-3. It was a cold and wet day, but it didn't rain during the game.

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze Soccer 2009-10-17

Us (in red) versus GSA U9 Sporting (in white). We tied 3-3. It was a c ...

Updated: Oct 18, 2009 9:00pm PST

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze 2009-10-04 : Us (in white) versus Cherokee U9 White (in red). Lost 4-1 to a team that did a better job of passing the ball. This game in Woodstock (about an hour away) was cloudy and a little cool. There was some rain while driving to and from the game, but we never saw any rain at the fields. We only had one sub available, so the boys had to do a lot of running. Ethan twisted an ankle a few minutes before halftime, so he hopped around as goalie in the second half and had the other boys do the goal kicks for him. [Equipment: Canon 30D, Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8 L IS lens, Sports mode]

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze 2009-10-04

Us (in white) versus Cherokee U9 White (in red). Lost 4-1 to a team th ...

Updated: Oct 11, 2009 7:27pm PST

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze 2009-09-12 : Us (in red) versus Atlanta Fire United U9 Red (in white). Tied 2-2. First game of Fall 2009. Photo info: Canon 30D, Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8L IS lens, Sports mode.

Atlanta Fire U9 Bronze 2009-09-12

Us (in red) versus Atlanta Fire United U9 Red (in white). Tied 2-2. Fi ...

Updated: Oct 04, 2009 7:44pm PST

Alaska : Family trip to Alaska in the last week of July 2009. [Equipment: Panasonic DMC-ZS3, Canon 30D, 24-105mm 4.0 L IS, 70-200 2.8 L IS]

Alaska

Family trip to Alaska in the last week of July 2009. [Equipment: Pa ...

Updated: Oct 11, 2009 7:01pm PST

BMX : [Canon 30D, Canon EF 70-200 2.8 L]

BMX

[Canon 30D, Canon EF 70-200 2.8 L]

Updated: Oct 10, 2009 3:20pm PST

Canon 7D High ISO : Selection of high ISO photos (400-3200) from Canon 7D. My goal with this gallery is to demonstrate the results from basic point-n-shoot usage of the 7D without getting all technical. Unless otherwise noted, all shots are in JPEG mode (Large Fine), default camera settings, auto white balance, Standard picture style, Auto ISO. All of the landscape orientation photos are straight out of the camera. All of the portrait orientation photos were rotated by the Import Pictures and Videos utility in Windows 7. It has been a very rainy week here in Atlanta, so I mostly stuck to indoor shots. The white balance in all of these shots appears to be quite accurate. I've microadjusted 5 Canon EF lenses within the range of -5 to +13 (out of a possible -20 to +20). Although I don't think I've got them dialed in perfectly yet, the average is about +8, which makes me believe my particular 7D body is front-focused by about 8 microadjustment steps, so thank goodness for the ability to make that adjustment!

Canon 7D High ISO

Selection of high ISO photos (400-3200) from Canon 7D. My goal with th ...

Updated: Oct 17, 2009 4:03pm PST

Noise levels of 7D vs. 40D : This gallery is an amateur attempt at a noise-level comparison of the Canon 40D vs. Canon 7D at the full range of ISOs for an indoor scene dimly lit by incandescent overhead lights (in other words, a common yet challenging scene). The purpose was to help my dad see how his preferred settings on the 40D stack up against the 7D. Consequently, we configured the 7D to use his settings. The lens used for both was an EF24-105 f/4L IS USM. Pictures were taken on a tripod using an RF remote, mirror lock, JPEG (Large Fine), f/5.6 in Av Mode, Auto White Balance, Faithful picture style with Sharpness +3 and Saturation +1, Spot AF, Long exposure noise reduction = Auto, High ISO speed noise reduction = Auto, Highlight tone priority = Disabled, Auto Lighting Optimizer = Disabled. The result for this scene: The 7D does better by 1 stop. It also has more detail, better automatic white balance, better retention of saturation and contrast at higher ISO, and the ability to go 2 stops farther when absolutely necessary. While it isn't the high ISO king, it is definitely a step up from the 40D when shooting indoors without a flash. We made some amateur mistakes that affected the IQ of the photos but did not have a large impact on our high ISO noise evaluation, so we did not fix the issues and reshoot. The 40D/lens combo was substantially front-focused, so we should have manually focused it. There is motion blur in the 7D ISO 100 & 200 shots due to the tripod sitting on thick carpet in the middle of a room with kids running around elsewhere in the house. I chose f/5.6 because that is where my lens is sharpest, but the subjects in the photo are not in the same plane, so only the central subject is in focus.

Noise levels of 7D vs. 40D

This gallery is an amateur attempt at a noise-level comparison of the ...

Updated: Oct 17, 2009 6:21pm PST

Email

Photos emailed to smugmug

Updated: Oct 18, 2009 3:23pm PST

Hot Pixel : Shows a hot pixel that appears to have been fixed by sensor cleaning.

Hot Pixel

Shows a hot pixel that appears to have been fixed by sensor cleaning.

Updated: Oct 20, 2009 9:31pm PST

Shaelin :

Shaelin

Updated: Nov 19, 2009 7:44am PST

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