Not of the lens of course... Not a lot of time to post, so here it goes... only the first image is cropped.

Previous post can be found here:https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/post-your-photos/39868-special-time-speci...er-images.html

First, for Gary (Damn Brit) - the portrait of the duck shaking it's head...

Drake Mallard:

I did a Smart Sharpen at 46%, radius of 4.2 pixels to define the feathers on it's head a little more.

EXIF:
Exposure Time 0.0005s (1/2000)
Aperture f/6.3
ISO 320
Focal Length 540mm (810mm 35mm)
Photo Dimensions 1878 x 1355
Exposure Program aperture priority
Exposure Bias -3/10 EV
Exposure Mode manual
White Balance auto

Female Mallard Duck:

EXIF:
Date Taken 2008-10-17 14:56:57
Camera PENTAX Corporation PENTAX K10D
Exposure Time 0.0015s (1/640)
Aperture f/6.3
ISO 320
Focal Length 600mm (900mm 35mm)
Photo Dimensions 3872 x 2592
Exposure Program aperture priority
Exposure Bias -3/10 EV
Exposure Mode manual
White Balance auto

Symmetry - Great Blue Heron:

EXIF:
Date Taken 2008-10-17 14:35:10
Camera PENTAX Corporation PENTAX K10D
Exposure Time 0.0006s (1/1600)
Aperture f/5.6
ISO 320
Focal Length 600mm (900mm 35mm)
Photo Dimensions 3872 x 2592
Exposure Program aperture priority
Exposure Bias -3/10 EV
Exposure Mode manual
White Balance auto

Female Wood Duck:

EXIF:
Date Taken 2008-10-17 00:00:00
Camera PENTAX Corporation PENTAX K10D
Exposure Time 0.001s (1/1000)
Aperture f/6.3
ISO 320
Focal Length 600mm (900mm 35mm)
Photo Dimensions 3872 x 2592
Exposure Bias -3/10 EV
Exposure Mode manual
White Balance auto

Sigh... what a great lens! The clarity of this lens at all focal lengths continues to impress me - no question. More images sometime soon!

EDIT: this was an afternoon I had the opportunity to take it for a spin, courtesy of Jay (aka sirfishalot) - thanks again Jay for ruining me...

Cheers,
Marc

[JMR]

Superb images! I like the concentric ripples around the duck in particular, as he wades through the water.

JMR

[dantuyhoa]

Very impressive series !

How the heck did you get your hands on that lens ?

[kent vinyard]

Marc,
Beautiful work. Now I know why you want that lens. Great lens - Great photog - great results!

[8540tomg]

You should be sorry Marc! Sorry you didn't post more of these great shots.

Tom G

Thanks for the crop Marc, even though it's different I think it's rather cool.

The second shot, I'm assuming the bird had just got out of the water, you can see droplets of water on it's underneath.

Third shot, I like that the water is not still and so therefore the reflection is somewhat abstract.
PS I have a laptop and so it is easy to look at pictures upside down, this one looks way cool inverted IMO. Mind you, my wife is always telling me I'm strange.

Last shot has a very painterly look about it.

Thanks for sharing them.

[Light_Horseman]

Wow. Great images there and obviously this lens is a stellar performer.

Any chance of pic of your setup with this lens on tripod etc.?

[jbrowning]

Wow Marc those are some great pictures. But I'm not sure which one I like the best they are all great.

jim

[scott-devon]

Wow, excellent shots. That lens is really something.

[Marc Langille]

Superb images! I like the concentric ripples around the duck in particular, as he wades through the water.

JMR

Thank you JMR! Yes, the ripples really add to the image of that duck.

Very impressive series !

How the heck did you get your hands on that lens ?

More to come and thank you! I met up with the owner, and he and I swapped "special time" using the lens for the birding photography.

Regards,
Marc

[SCGushue]

Hey Marc,

I thought about getting hold of this lens in the past. Had a great price on one two years ago but wondered whether or not the resolution would be capable of holding together on the larger megapixel cameras. My friends at Pentax told me that they didn't think it would resolve well on hirez digital cameras.

Well, I think that these small shots do indicate that resolution is probably not a problem in an image even at full rez.

BTW, I think that image #4 is strikingly beautiful in tone, lighting and composition. Contrast is quite exceptional too.

Stephen

[Marc Langille]

Marc,
Beautiful work. Now I know why you want that lens. Great lens - Great photog - great results!

Go easy on me - I blush readily... Seriously, thank you.

As Stephen (SCGushue) posted later on, I wasn't sure of it's resolving powers with higher resolution sensors too. I knew the FA* lenses I already own were NOT an issue, as proven when I put the K20D on them.

You should be sorry Marc! Sorry you didn't post more of these great shots.

Tom G

Thanks Tom! I hope you are well? I'll try to find a few more...

Regards,
Marc

[Marc Langille]

Thanks for the crop Marc, even though it's different I think it's rather cool.

My honor Gary. I like it too, since it's a bit more unique!

[quote=Damn Brit;377911]
The second shot, I'm assuming the bird had just got out of the water, you can see droplets of water on it's underneath.

That is correct - and the little "cloud" on it's bill...

Third shot, I like that the water is not still and so therefore the reflection is somewhat abstract.
PS I have a laptop and so it is easy to look at pictures upside down, this one looks way cool inverted IMO. Mind you, my wife is always telling me I'm strange.

Yikes... that's funny!

Last shot has a very painterly look about it.

Thanks for sharing them.

Thank you for looking and commenting Gary.

Regards,
Marc

[Jimbo]

Ok, I am calling Fowl....[hahha] Very nice Marc... You sure you can't share the lens your sharing? I can only hope one day to shot like that! Awesome... JIMBO

[Marc Langille]

Wow. Great images there and obviously this lens is a stellar performer.

Any chance of pic of your setup with this lens on tripod etc.?

I would oblige in a heartbeat... if it was mine... I forgot to take a shot of Jay using it...

I am glad you enjoyed the series!

Cheers,
Marc