The Bokeh Club

D1N0 · 05-06-2019, 09:15 AM - **6 Likes**

The attachment lens for the 85-210 finally arrived so it can now focus to up to 1.9 meters instead of 3.5

**aslyfox** · 05-06-2019, 09:22 AM - **3 Likes**

spider web and moisture bokeh

taken on a foggy morning at Cheyenne Bottoms near Great Bend Kansas

**Crooski** · 05-06-2019, 11:07 AM - **13 Likes**

Tulips lens FA* 28-70mm

**aslyfox** · 05-06-2019, 01:00 PM - **1 Like**

Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido bokeh

Greater Prairie-Chicken Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

during the Wings and Wetlands festival in Great Bend, there was a side trip for a limited number ( first come, first serve ), a chance to see, hear and photograph Greater Prairie Chickens. one on Saturday and one on Sunday after the end of the festival. I got to go on Sunday. It was the first time I had ever seen or heard them.

[ this is on private land and access is carefully controlled to protect the birds, so access is limited by number and duration - two blinds with the birds being within 30 - 50 yards away. [ they neglected to tell us until we were leaving, otherwise, I would have turned off the GPS. ] They took the blinds out later that day. Please do not attempt to locate the area on by yourself for more info, you could attempt to contact the Kansas Wetlands Education Center: http://wetlandscenter.fhsu.edu/] ]

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D1N0 · 05-06-2019, 01:02 PM - **3 Likes**

Just bokeh SMC Pentax-m 35-70mm 1:2.8-3.5 @70mm 3.5+attachment lens (CFD reduced to 55cm).

**goatsNdonkey** · 05-06-2019, 02:29 PM

Originally posted by aslyfox

Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido bokeh

Greater Prairie-Chicken Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

during the Wings and Wetlands festival in Great Bend, there was a side trip for a limited number ( first come, first serve ), a chance to see, hear and photograph Greater Prairie Chickens. one on Saturday and one on Sunday after the end of the festival. I got to go on Sunday. It was the first time I had ever seen or heard them.

[ this is on private land and access is carefully controlled to protect the birds, so access is limited by number and duration - two blinds with the birds being within 30 - 50 yards away. [ they neglected to tell us until we were leaving, otherwise, I would have turned off the GPS. ] They took the blinds out later that day. Please do not attempt to locate the area on by yourself for more info, you could attempt to contact the Kansas Wetlands Education Center: http://wetlandscenter.fhsu.edu/] ]

Here in the "Prairie State," there were a lot of prairie chickens at one time, but they were severely endangered by 1960 or before. We have a couple of Prairie Chicken sanctuary preserves, but not anywhere near where I live. They haven't bounced back the way that wild turkeys have, which were reintroduced in many places around the state. They seem to have trouble competing with introduced pheasants in areas where they are also present. Pheasants probably do better in areas with a lot of row crop land too, whereas Prairie Chickens might do much better on the sort of prairie grasslands (or at least large permanent pasture areas) that hardly exist in the state now.

**aslyfox** · 05-06-2019, 02:43 PM - **1 Like**

it was an amazing experience, we has to walk into the blinds in the dark, wait as it got light, the birds flew in and could barely be seen and then began " booming " and would display

we were actually too late in the season, all hens ( the folks the day before saw one) had been " taken " and were on the nests and only two males appeared.

I took a ton of photos and slowly am working through them Used a K 3 II + DA 50mm F1.8 ( no luck really ) and a D FA 150-450mm (hand held and braced ) with some success

a few of the last photos of the event

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sa80078 · 05-06-2019, 02:54 PM - **5 Likes**

**WPRESTO** · 05-07-2019, 04:03 AM - **7 Likes**

It's a good thing there's bokeh in this image, otherwise the background would be too distracting and you would not concentrate on the main subject. BTW: Her hands are much too large - you did notice that, right?

schnitzer79 · 05-07-2019, 04:44 AM - **14 Likes**

Sigma Art 35mm f1.4

Helios 44-2 58mm f2

edom31 · 05-07-2019, 06:50 AM - **11 Likes**

Some Zuiko 50/1.8 bokeh

**WPRESTO** · 05-07-2019, 09:49 AM - **6 Likes**

Ambush bug almost engulfed by bokeh, but if you look closely the facets on his eye (= omatidia) are in focus.

**taks** · 05-07-2019, 11:45 AM - **11 Likes**

Originally posted by edom31

Some Zuiko 50/1.8 bokeh

beautiful set edom

I really like the tone on the second shot.

more flowers with K3 and DFA100

**Kerrowdown** · 05-07-2019, 12:15 PM - **2 Likes**

**paulh** · 05-07-2019, 12:50 PM - **10 Likes**

This (red) bud's for you

Taken in March with the F35-70 on K10D:

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D1N0 Pentaxian Join Date: May 2012 Location: --- Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,802	The attachment lens for the 85-210 finally arrived so it can now focus to up to 1.9 meters instead of 3.5

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goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,727	Originally posted by aslyfox Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido bokeh Greater Prairie-Chicken Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology during the Wings and Wetlands festival in Great Bend, there was a side trip for a limited number ( first come, first serve ), a chance to see, hear and photograph Greater Prairie Chickens. one on Saturday and one on Sunday after the end of the festival. I got to go on Sunday. It was the first time I had ever seen or heard them. [ this is on private land and access is carefully controlled to protect the birds, so access is limited by number and duration - two blinds with the birds being within 30 - 50 yards away. [ they neglected to tell us until we were leaving, otherwise, I would have turned off the GPS. ] They took the blinds out later that day. Please do not attempt to locate the area on by yourself for more info, you could attempt to contact the Kansas Wetlands Education Center: http://wetlandscenter.fhsu.edu/] ] Here in the "Prairie State," there were a lot of prairie chickens at one time, but they were severely endangered by 1960 or before. We have a couple of Prairie Chicken sanctuary preserves, but not anywhere near where I live. They haven't bounced back the way that wild turkeys have, which were reintroduced in many places around the state. They seem to have trouble competing with introduced pheasants in areas where they are also present. Pheasants probably do better in areas with a lot of row crop land too, whereas Prairie Chickens might do much better on the sort of prairie grasslands (or at least large permanent pasture areas) that hardly exist in the state now.

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