[rgknief60]

A little hummer from this evening. Right at minimum focus distance, cropped to 21.5MP. Low light, so cleaned up after processing with Denoise AI. K-3III: 1/250, f5.6, ISO 6400


Ruby Throated Hummingbird

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Last edited by rgknief60; 08-28-2022 at 09:57 PM. Reason: Added shooting info.

[K2 to K50]

A little hummer from this evening. Right at minimum focus distance. Low light, so cleaned up after processing with Denoise AI. K-3III: 1/250, f5.6, ISO 6400


Ruby Throated Hummingbird

Superb image!

[rgknief60]

I always get a kick out of how these Osprey hover right before they dive, go headfirst, then rotate to feet first. The next set will show the aftermath, and the hard slog getting back out of the water, heh.

Osprey dive picks up from yesterday's sequence...

Tough act to follow an amazing sequence like that. Thanks for sharing!

[GeeEmm]

Xposted from K-1 thread:

Hovering seems to ruffle their feathers...

Great sequence!

It is an aerodynamic phenomenon - the bird is flying close to stalling speed, and the airflow is becoming turbulent and unstable, as a result there is movement of the feathers that won't occur in 'normal' flight.

[Erictator]

Great sequence!

It is an aerodynamic phenomenon - the bird is flying close to stalling speed, and the airflow is becoming turbulent and unstable, as a result there is movement of the feathers that won't occur in 'normal' flight.

Yeah, I figured the boundry layer is gone once it almost stalls and any air moving the other way is going to lift those feathers, heh. Fun stuff.

Tough act to follow an amazing sequence like that. Thanks for sharing!

Nah, just right place right time... if you want to see loads better work, go look at Mark Smith's channel... the guy has done some amazing Osprey work... but I'm trying, so thanks for the encouragement!
Eric

[steamloco76]

Red tail hawk KP DFA 150-450

[Erictator]

Xp;osted from K-1 thread:

I missed the dive on this set, but that's ok, he missed the fish too, so we're even, heh.

Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320


Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320


Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320


Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320


Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320 (There is something familiar about this Exif...)

[rgknief60]

Superb image!

Thank you very much!

[rgknief60]

In February '21 I saw this hawk sitting on the clematis trellis' base. I carefully opened the mini-blinds between the double-pane glass (hence the "blinds bokeh") and shot this hawk (please help with ID) for about a half hour. Image quality is what you would expect for shooting through blinds and double-pane glass.

I expected to get a couple of shots, and then it would be gone. It evidently caught a bird from the feeder (I wondered earlier why they weren't coming) and brained itself against the siding of the house in the process. Other images show blood on the beak and pin feathers that do not belong to the hawk. Shooting through the windows gave a greenish tint to the images which were difficult to correct.. My mom drove the car up beside it and it stayed in place until I went outside via another door and opened the car door on the opposite side. It labored to fly to the first story roof. A day later it was seen on the ground a couple of blocks away. I hope it made it.

i did not know until I took the images that the birds have an outer eyelid that goes up vertically, and an inner semi-transparent eyelid that travels sideways. Thought someone might like to see that feature. All images are K-1 crops.



Hawk After Meal at Feeder


Here's Looking at You


Zombie Hawk (Outer Eyelid)


Windshield Wiper (Inner Eyelid)

[aki]

Osprey dive picks up from yesterday's sequence...

Osprey? What Osprey, just a big splash...

Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160

Oh, that Osprey! The American judge gave him only 4.0 because of the giant splash.

Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160

He's not happy, bad score and no fish.

Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160


Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160


Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160

I've got another sequence almost ready to post from later in that day, a little closer and not cropped to death quite as bad as these which are nearly 100% crops... I really need a 600mm or to get a K3-III...
Eric


Thanks very much!
Eric


Too kind, thanks!
Eric

So pretty , very good job . Congrats

---------- Post added 08-30-22 at 01:56 PM ----------

Xp;osted from K-1 thread:

I missed the dive on this set, but that's ok, he missed the fish too, so we're even, heh.

Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320


Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320


Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320


Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320


Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso320 (There is something familiar about this Exif...)

So pretty , very good job . Congrats

[Erictator]

Xposted from K-1 thread:

Some more random Osprey shots…

Dunno why, but this pic pulls a few of my strings. I guess it's the pose, it reminds me of a few things, several things really… like rower crewing down the river I used to live on… like an angel bowing before God with his wings out front… like an Olympic swimmer doing a breast stroke… I dunno, there is some connection there on the tip of my brain. Something that humanizes this Osprey and his struggle to get airborne and the extreme reach out of his wings, head bowed down, all wet after his dive, yet still showing a certain grace, dignity and power. Oh well, you’d probably have figured it out sooner or later, but yeah, now you know... I’m not normal, LOL.

Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso640

I don’t know who he’s calling, but it sure was loud. Funny how sometimes the larger birds make the higher pitched call's you might expect from a smaller bird.

Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso250

I thought this was an almost majestic pause while he slowed and spotted some new prey.

Pentax K-1 HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso400

So pretty , very good job . Congrats

---------- Post added 08-30-22 at 01:56 PM ----------


So pretty , very good job . Congrats

Thank you VERY MUCH!
Eric

[rgknief60]

Not sure if this post belongs here... If this is not helpful, let me know, and I'll delete. This is to show what computational photography (Topaz Labs) can do with OOF areas due to limited DOF.

The first panel is the original JPG. The second is from the image posted here a few days ago. I used Denoise AI after some processing in camera raw. The last panel is further processing with Sharpen AI version 3.3.6.

It took four to five minutes to for my older i7 quad core, 32GB ram, 2GB video laptop to process and save the image with Sharpen AI. I posted the original size screen capture so you could compare actual pixels.

[marcusBMG]

This is to show what computational photography (Topaz Labs) can do with OOF areas due to limited DOF.

That's a pretty clear difference. It's going to become more and more about what you can do with the image processing ...
There is a section for post processing but I think you are perfectly justified in X-posting in relevant lens threads.

[Erictator]

Xposted from the K-1 thread:

A few more random Osprey shots...


HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso320


HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso400

A blade of grass for his troubles...

HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso400

[Erictator]

Xposted from the K-1 thread:

Couple more random bird shots.


HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 270.0 mm 1/2500 iso250

Flying in Enterprise NCC1701 mode... if you squint just right and use your imagination, heh.

HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 270.0 mm 1/2500 iso200

Finally, someone grabs a fish, and I missed the dive! This guy was way out, the opposite side of the inlet and this is cropped to smithereens.
Times like this I really envy the people who can just go order something like the GMaster 200-600mm and go play... but I'm not even sure the extra 150mm would have helped all that much at this distance.

HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2500 iso500