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10-08-2018, 10:29 AM - 9 Likes   #1606
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Another series...it was a good day.


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Great set Eric!
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Another Xpost from the K-1 thread:

Last of the Egret shrimping series.

If you have never witnessed this before, it is kinda cool. The Egret shuffle their feet very rapidly as they walk, in order to spook the fish or shrimp into moving out of the grass, then when something moves, boom, they nail it.

Can you see the shrimp in the grass? He can!

All shot with HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW @ ƒ/8.0 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320



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10-09-2018, 11:38 AM - 1 Like   #1609
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QuoteOriginally posted by Erictator Quote
Another Xpost from the K-1 thread:

Last of the Egret shrimping series.

If you have never witnessed this before, it is kinda cool. The Egret shuffle their feet very rapidly as they walk, in order to spook the fish or shrimp into moving out of the grass, then when something moves, boom, they nail it.

Can you see the shrimp in the grass? He can!

All shot with HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW @ ƒ/8.0 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320



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Great series! Wonderful images, congratulations Eric! For me this sequence is the best of the batch!

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Beautifully captured Eric!
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QuoteOriginally posted by redpit Quote
Great series! Wonderful images, congratulations Eric! For me this sequence is the best of the batch!
Thanks redpit! It was fun to watch... sometimes you have to step away from the viewfinder and enjoy the show.


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Beautifully captured Eric!
Thanks wtlwdwgn! This combo is working out well for me, and I'm finally getting the hang of it. If I lived in the land of constant gray skies, I might feel differently, but here in the sunny tropics (well, not so sunny today ) this is really a great camera/lens combo.
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XPosted from the K-1 thread:

Got a chance to practice some panning with the big DFA while watching the little R/C sails run the course.


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XPosted from the K-1 thread:

Got a chance to practice some panning with the big DFA while watching the little R/C sails run the course.


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Great job! You were lucky that those birds weren’t riding their bicycles
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The start of the Melbourne Marathon last Sunday (7am start). Won by Liam Adams (front left in yellow) and Sinead Diver (black and green Nike shirt, headband and sunglasses, right of centre, a couple of rows back).

250mm, f/5.6, 1/200, iso 1600.


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Great job! You were lucky that those birds weren’t riding their bicycles
Thanks! Yeah, no can do, my camera has a bike polarizing filter... doesn't even see them.
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XPosted from K-1 thread:

More panning opportunities at the lake

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Same scenes, far focus on them racing around the turn vs/ near focus playing catch up

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Hello from Greece. I use k3 + pentax telephoto 150-450. I am very pleased with this combination and use it mainly for birding. Attached some photos. I would like to ask if you experience lose of sharpness when you use the x1,4 pentax converter with the 150-450 lens. At the extreme end (630mm) I have problems with sharpness (so my cropped photos without the 1,4 x teleconverter usually are better!). Any trick to overcome this? (PS the attached photos were made WITHOUT the teleconverter)
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What a difference perspective makes...

This guy was so calm (and probably overheated, judging from his beak and tongue gaping. FYI, this is the same heron from the previous post panning shot as he flew by.) that I was able to walk around and shoot him from both sides of the sunlight.

HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/8.0 230.0 mm 1/640 iso160

I like the background bokeh balls in the first shot, from shooting more into the sun, but I had to work the shadows in PP to make it work. This shot on the other hand, I like the subject clarity better and just had to be careful not to blow the highlights of the white feathers etc. It's always some compromise, isn't it?

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QuoteOriginally posted by zissisant Quote
Hello from Greece. I use k3 + pentax telephoto 150-450. I am very pleased with this combination and use it mainly for birding. Attached some photos. I would like to ask if you experience lose of sharpness when you use the x1,4 pentax converter with the 150-450 lens. At the extreme end (630mm) I have problems with sharpness (so my cropped photos without the 1,4 x teleconverter usually are better!). Any trick to overcome this? (PS the attached photos were made WITHOUT the teleconverter)
Can't tell how much sharpness is lost using the DA TC1.4x. But I can say sharpness is good enough for me. An example ...


KP • (DFA150-450 + DA TC1.4x)@630 • ISO100 • f/11 • 1/13s • ES
tripod use • manual focusing, controlled via LiveView • cable release


and a 100% crop ...


There are many parameters that can influence the sharpness. At APS-C/630mm you get a field of view of around 2.1 x 1.4°. The slightest vibrations can yield some smoothness. Hard to say if this was a perfect in focus shot.

And one at f/8 ... a bit nearer ...


KP • (DFA150-450 + DA TC1.4x)@630 • ISO100 • f/8 • 1/125s

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QuoteOriginally posted by acoufap Quote
Can't tell how much sharpness is lost using the DA TC1.4x. But I can say sharpness is good enough for me. An example ...


KP • (DFA150-450 + DA TC1.4x)@630 • ISO100 • f/11 • 1/13s • ES
tripod use • manual focusing, controlled via LiveView • cable release


and a 100% crop ...


There are many parameters that can influence the sharpness. At APS-C/630mm you get a field of view of around 2.1 x 1.4°. The slightest vibrations can yield some smoothness. Hard to say if this was a perfect in focus shot.

And one at f/8 ... a bit nearer ...


KP • (DFA150-450 + DA TC1.4x)@630 • ISO100 • f/8 • 1/125s
Thank you
That's very helping. Just wanted to know if it is a general problem but it seems that I have to improve my technique. I believe that the 150-450 plus the teleconverter need steady hands or tripod
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