Xposted from K1 thread:
Had some fun seeing how well my K1 did shooting through all the small branches... you definitely find yourself depressing the shutter partially a lot of extra times, even with the focus limiter on, but it's not as bad as you would think, even in very low light under the tree canopy.
Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/5.6 450.0 mm 1/500 iso1600
There are a lot of blurred out branches in between the subject and I, they just get lost in the bokeh and soften some areas of the photos.
I've been doing this for years and still find it amazing that they come out as good as they do.
Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/5.6 450.0 mm 1/500 iso1000
Some branches unfortunately do not cooperate, and just stand out, but I guess they add authenticity to the shot, heh. (that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it, LOL!)
Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/5.6 450.0 mm 1/500 iso1000