[savoche]

Great stuff, guys, all of 'em ... & super savoche ... TFS, J

My response is ... awe.

Hey, thanks guys! But I wasn't the light master here. I did manage to run over the bridge out to the reef in time to catch the scene, but the stage was set by mother nature.

[fs999]

Click on the photos for details...

[Jean Poitiers]

Super, Frédéric, for this series and the preceding series, too ... You are a superlative image making machine J

[savoche]

Super, Frédéric, for this series and the preceding series, too ... You are a superlative image making machine J

Agreed! Churning out splendid images at an amazing pace

[fs999]

Thank you Sirs !

[vmantas]

You are all in top league!
A modest contribution....




Smoking kills!

[Rupert]

FS....Something about that 2nd one draws my eye....excellent. Maye it is the deep blues melting into the paler shades......or the scene itself...or the sun at the right spot.....all of it I guess!

Regards!

BTW- I'm done with the damn squirrels...they are impossible to negotiate with. I do however have a couple of raccoons willing to pose for table scraps......any interest in raccoons, anyone?

[fs999]

Excellent shot vmantas ! Bravo !

Thank you Rupert ! I would be willing it, if that lowers the price asked by the squirrels

[vmantas]

Thank you Frédéric, its very encouraging a bravo from you!

[Erictator]

Just wasn't Kermit's day... but I did get to practice my panning technique.
I followed the Red Shouldered Hawk to the nest, where I heard the squawking fledglings get real quiet while making short work of their snack.
Too bad I could only see the underside of the nest... or maybe for those with queasy stomachs, it was a good thing?

Comments welcome on how to make shots like this better... I was under the shade of the moss covered oaks, so there wasn't a lot of light. I could have cranked up the ISO for a faster shutter, but I don't know how much sense of motion I would have had left. There is a little grain from pushing the slightly under exposed shot. I kinda like the way it came out, more like a painting. I just would have maybe liked the subject a hair sharper and more detailed? I dunno.

Shot with original K5 classic, Tamron 70-200 F2.8 @ 200mm, 125th, f5.6, ISO 100

[JimmyDranox]

Good catch. Like it very much.

[jva59]

Beautiful, beautiful shots, Frederic and Erictator

[jegr]

Just some examples of what my K-5 is used for 90% of the time

[Jean Poitiers]

Just wasn't Kermit's day... but I did get to practice my panning technique. ...

A very nice BIF capture with a lens that's on my "short list" ... a lot better done than me any day ...bravo, J

[Rupert]

Erictator...You done good! Nice capture! The motion works for me!

jegr...Nice shots! Really like the frogs...snakes too, since those are non-venomous!

FS- I'm going to try and set up my K5 and some strobes outside to capture some of my nightly visiting raccoons. They are well acquainted with me and I can usually get some decent shots. It's just hard to focus with the K5 in the darkness. Most of my shots of them are with the Fuji X10/X20, which focus well in total darkness.

They don't do topless posing like the squirrels, but they will pose for free ( or a few table scraps!) Damn squirrels have gotten so "uppity" and lazy after years of living like spoiled kids that I can barely deal with them anymore.

Keeping this a K5 thread...I had to cheat a little.....you don't mind if old Rupert cheats just a little.....do you?
Here is a genuine K5 shot...shot with the K5 and Bigma 50-500 while sitting at my desk and posting this Fuji X20 shot on my 27" Asus monitor...then shooting it! EXIF reads K5...which it is!



Maybe next week I can get some "Genuine" K5 shots of the raccoons.....Last night would have been a good night, two of them got in a big fight over a T-bone and rolled around in the dirt for ten minutes fighting...while a third one stole the bone and took off for the woods!

Regards!