{"id":3882,"date":"2013-04-22T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terracooper.com\/?p=3882"},"modified":"2013-04-21T20:30:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T03:30:49","slug":"my-favorite-lens-canon-70-200-f2-8l-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terracooper.com\/?p=3882","title":{"rendered":"My favorite lens-Canon 70-200 f2.8L II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m going to tell you about my favorite lens of all time. \u00a0It is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pictureline.com\/canon-ef-70-200mm-f2-8l-is-ii-usm-lens-new.html\" target=\"_blank\">Canon 70-200 f2.8L II<\/a>\u00a0with image stabilization, pictured below-isn&#8217;t she pretty?!!?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pictureline.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/1\/image\/390x\/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95\/c\/a\/canon_2_24702.8_main_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pictureline.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/1\/image\/390x\/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95\/c\/a\/canon_2_24702.8_main_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This lens I probably use 80% of the time and I love it. \u00a0I love it for portraits, for candid shots at weddings, I love that I can shoot a full length and a head and shoulder shot it 2 seconds flat. \u00a0I love the dreamy and creamy blur it creates in the backgrounds. \u00a0I just love it! \u00a0The only draw back of this lens, at least for me, is it is pretty heavy; but who doesn&#8217;t want buff biceps, right?! \u00a0I don&#8217;t really notice the weight until about the 3rd hour of shooting usually-so I must have built up my muscles for it. \u00a0It&#8217;s like carrying around a baby, which is the name I use for it, &#8220;my baby&#8221;. \u00a0 I had the first version and loved it too. \u00a0In fact, I am probably going to sell it soon if anyone is interested \ud83d\ude00 \u00a0If you want a brand new one, head on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pictureline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pictureline<\/a> and pick one up. \u00a0That&#8217;s the only place I will buy my camera equipment. \u00a0Here is a shot I took with the Canon 70-200 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3883\" title=\"mt-1141esm\" src=\"https:\/\/terracooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/mt-1141esm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terracooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/mt-1141esm.jpg 900w, https:\/\/terracooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/mt-1141esm-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now head on over to my friend Tara&#8217;s blog to see what is new at <a href=\"http:\/\/winsorphotography.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Winsor Photography!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m going to tell you about my favorite lens of all time. \u00a0It is the Canon 70-200 f2.8L II\u00a0with image stabilization, pictured below-isn&#8217;t she pretty?!!? 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