Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Lens Sample Pictures

Schwabacher Landing is without a doubt one of my favorite places in Grand Teton National Park. This picture was taken just as the rising sun lit up the mountain tops. This location is an easy, short walk from a small parking lot. It was recommended to me that I arrive very early to beat the crowd - to get a prime shooting location before sunrise. Getting there early enough to see the sunrise was the only requirement I found this mid-August weekend day as there were only a couple of other friendly photographers joining me.

These kids really are three little angels!
 
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The main light was provided by a Canon 580ex Flash fired into a Photogenic Eclipse 60" Umbrella. The background light was from a Canon 550ex Flash. Both flashes were triggered by a Canon ST-E2 Transmitter. The background is a very large piece of white muslin fabric. The background flash is not large/powerful enough to make the entire background completely white - Adobe Photoshop to the rescue.

The Portland Lighthouse (Head Light) is located at Fort Williams in Portland, Maine. The Portland Lighthouse is reputed to be the "Most-Photographed" lighthouse in the world. If you are ever near the Maine coast and Portland, be sure to make Fort Williams and the Portland Lighthouse one of your destinations!

A late-day Acadia National Park landscape that includes the Parkman Mountain peak as seen from Bald Peak. Warm light from the setting sun touches the mountaintops while dramatic clouds take care of the top portion of this frame.

Goose Rocks Beach is one of the nicest beaches in Maine - accented here by beautiful clouds.

A little girl stands on a fence inside a horse walk-in shed. Lighting is provided naturally.

A Quarter Horse mare stares out of its stall while its foal checks out the little girl in the background.

A bolt of lightning lights up the heavy storm clouds while stars still shine above (sorry - they are not visible at this resolution).

The sun peers through the storm clouds in this dramatic storm picture. This picture captures many elements of the weather at once. Rain can be seen falling between the sun and the clear sky.

The Asticou Azalea Gardens, located in Northeast Harbor, Maine (near Acadia National Park) is especially deserving of a photo when the foliage turns colors in the fall.

The setting sun lights the Bald Peak summit marker and a little hiker in the background.

A little girl plays in a pile of leaves.

Twin bolts of lightning rip through the ominous night sky.

The sun is shining on brilliant white clouds this day at Goose Rocks Beach in Maine.

A little girl braves the Bald Peak wind at sunset. The light at this hour of the day defines the highest points on the mountain.

Shining against the black background, this Rose invites a smell.

A dew covered Liriope flower and leaf rise out of the lark bed below.

A girl takes her haltered horse through the pasture. The camera settings were overkill for this shot - I was setup for shooting action.

Light from a setting sun shines under the clouds overhead and over the mountains behind. This vantage point is near the Bald Peak Summit, Acadia National Park, Maine.