[Scorpio71GR]

I took a little hike last weekend with Bigma on the K3.
500mm 1/800s ISO320 F10 Handheld No crop actual size

[xanis]

I took a little hike last weekend with Bigma on the K3.
500mm 1/800s ISO320 F10 Handheld No crop actual size

Great shot there Michael.

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Been awhile since I had the chance to take some shots with 150-500. Here's a recent one of a red tailed taking off.

[Scorpio71GR]

Great shot there Michael.

---------- Post added 04-23-16 at 08:34 PM ----------

Been awhile since I had the chance to take some shots with 150-500. Here's a recent one of a red tailed taking off.

Thanks xanis, someday I'm going to get a hawk, someday. Great shot by the way.

I was out for a morning walk and spotted this Eastern Bluebird. 500mm on the Bigma, ISO was 1000 so I ran them through Denoise 6. I had my monopod with me this time. That darn lens gets heavy.

[xanis]

Thanks xanis, someday I'm going to get a hawk, someday. Great shot by the way.

I was out for a morning walk and spotted this Eastern Bluebird. 500mm on the Bigma, ISO was 1000 so I ran them through Denoise 6. I had my monopod with me this time. That darn lens gets heavy.

Thank you. Got to say you don't always get these bluebirds to sit still long. Great series. I just read yesterday that somewhere near you Big Rapids has some ospreys nesting there by Ferris State. I would love to go there sometime to get soe shots of them.

[Scorpio71GR]

I've seen a few here in town but I never get close enough to them. They get spooked real easy it seems. I may have to take a drive up there. It's about 70 miles from here.

[xanis]

Caught this red-breasted Grosbeak earlier. An uncommon find in my area.

[marquis1955]

Shots taken with K5IIS 150-500 all handheld. Tight crop on the Dove checking noise & resolution which I'm very pleased with. I am still learning the proper settings for my K3, I'm not sure if the 16MP sensor handles noise at 1600 ISO better than the K3 or not (using LR 5 for noise control) ? Does any have suggestions for a better software or suggestions ?

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[Scorpio71GR]

Does any have suggestions for a better software or suggestions ?

I use Lightroom too. I have the Topaz Denoise Plug-in. It works well and can recover more than Lightroom alone. I bought mine when Topaz had a big sale. DXO Optics Pro 10 has its Prime Noise Reduction module which works very well too. I have found the best thing is to keep the shadows from clipping and be careful trying to recover too much detail at higher ISOs. On the K3 I have setting where I lock in the aperture, keep the shutter speed up, let the ISO goto 3200 and I keep the exposure at the higher end.

K3 + 50-500 at ISO 2000

ISO 1600

[marquis1955]

Thanks for the advice ! Your shots look great I have been thinking about buying the Topaz software.

[Scorpio71GR]

Thanks for the advice ! Your shots look great I have been thinking about buying the Topaz software.

Thanks, I do not use it too often but when I need Denoise it is very handy to have. A hard lesson I have had to learn is to let the highlights in the sky blow out to prevent shadow clipping. Your 150-500 should control purple fringing very well. You can always use Slit Toning to remove the rest.

[wtlwdwgn]

K-3 and Sigma 150-500 Bigmos @ 500mm.

[Weevil]

Hi to everyone!
Long time did not posted here!
while looking for a spot to do astrophotography... we ended at this valley, and did a couple shots today with a Sigma 70-200 (OS)

This is a panorama made with 12 portrait shots handheld, @ 93mm 1/320s f5 (various ISO 800-1600 since it was on Tav mode)

We were a 10 feet of the USA-Canada Border, looking south... On the left, this is Jay Peak Mountain


IMGP8455-Pano.jpg by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr


One single frame in landscape orientation @ 138mm, 1/320s



Au sud de la frontière / South of the border by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr


I am very happy with the IQ of this lens ! Especially with this Overcast day...

[rod_grant]

I was going to say well done to Bob & Michael, but by the time I got to the bottom of the page, there were Steve's and Sylvain's efforts!!!
Isn't this an inspirational thread?!
Bob, Michael, Steve, Sylvain; you all got likes, coz I like them all.
Great work.

[gryhnd]

Chillama.

Unpublished from a commissioned calendar shoot for 2015.

[xanis]

Belted kingfisher with its lunch.