300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses

Ducatigaz · 05-19-2015, 02:47 PM - **6 Likes**

Another 2 recent shots, This one K-5/Sigma 300mm f2.8 EX DG/Kirk window mount.

This one K-5/Sigma 500mm f4.5 EX DG/Kirk window mount

**Weevil** · 05-19-2015, 03:34 PM - **7 Likes**

A nice Wood Duck from yesterday... FA*250-600 @ 250mm

Canard branchu / Wood Duck [Aix sponsa] by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr

derekkite · 05-19-2015, 05:20 PM

Originally posted by Weevil

A nice Wood Duck from yesterday... FA*250-600 @ 250mm

Canard branchu / Wood Duck [Aix sponsa] by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr

Lovely. I've never been able to get that close.

lukulele · 05-19-2015, 06:25 PM - **3 Likes**

I happened to be subbing for one of our elementary teachers today and raised the blinds to see this out on the tennis courts. Ironically, this played out while teaching the food chain. During class the male was nearby on another light tower and disappeared. About ten minutes later he returned to a parking lot light even closer to the classroom and proceeded to fling feathers off a victim as fast as its beak could pick them. The fifth graders went crazy photographing the "occasion" with their tablets. The male and plucked carcass went quickly to the chick above in the adjacent tower. These images are from after school today. Pretty amazing to have an entire class witness it.

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kengoh · 05-19-2015, 07:16 PM - **5 Likes**

Green Magpie shot with DA*300 + K3, 100% cropped

While shooting birds at the pond, this unexpected fella came...

**boriscleto** · 05-19-2015, 07:29 PM

Originally posted by kengoh

While shooting birds at the pond, this unexpected fella came...

Mouse-deer?

**dadipentak** · 05-19-2015, 08:03 PM

Originally posted by lukulele

ronically, this played out while teaching the food chain.

Sometimes (albeit rarely) things just happen like they should. ;~)

---------- Post added 05-19-15 at 11:05 PM ----------

Originally posted by boriscleto

Mouse-deer?

Whatever it is, it's sharp, sharp, sharp.

Ian Stuart Forsyth · 05-19-2015, 10:23 PM - **4 Likes**

I have a pair of kestrels nesting nearby and when I was looking for a place to setup for future photographs I had a visitor stop by

r0ckstarr · 05-20-2015, 01:00 AM - **3 Likes**

I think this is a Gray Catbird. Can anyone confirm? This was my first time actually seeing this one.

tim60 · 05-20-2015, 04:14 AM

Originally posted by kengoh

Green Magpie shot with DA*300 + K3, 100% cropped

While shooting birds at the pond, this unexpected fella came...

What is it. I never saw anything like it. How big?

**boriscleto** · 05-20-2015, 04:17 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by r0ckstarr

I think this is a Gray Catbird. Can anyone confirm? This was my first time actually seeing this one.

Yes. That's a Catbird.

r0ckstarr · 05-20-2015, 04:25 AM

Originally posted by boriscleto

Yes. That's a Catbird.

Thanks. In the new field guide that I have, as well as google images, the pictures they show aren't all fluffed up and the birds look smaller than the one in my picture.

stormtech · 05-20-2015, 05:10 AM

Originally posted by r0ckstarr

I think this is a Gray Catbird. Can anyone confirm? This was my first time actually seeing this one.

That's a beautiful shot with the lighting and all.

**dadipentak** · 05-20-2015, 05:22 AM

Originally posted by r0ckstarr

Thanks. In the new field guide that I have, as well as google images, the pictures they show aren't all fluffed up and the birds look smaller than the one in my picture.

Yeah, they are typically svelte: this one just had the urge to go all puffy when you shot. I kinda like when birds do that--gives me a lot of crunchy detail to work with.

wkraus · 05-20-2015, 11:31 AM - **8 Likes**

New birds in my garden: common/European starling feeding its young. K-5 II, DA* 300mm, f/4.5 or 5.6, ISO 400 to 560. No. 3 taken using catch-in focus.

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05-19-2015, 02:47 PM - 6 Likes	#16816
Ducatigaz Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Blunsdon,Wiltshire, UK Posts: 1,504	Another 2 recent shots, This one K-5/Sigma 300mm f2.8 EX DG/Kirk window mount. This one K-5/Sigma 500mm f4.5 EX DG/Kirk window mount

05-19-2015, 03:34 PM - 7 Likes	#16817
Weevil Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Near Montréal, Québec Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,445	A nice Wood Duck from yesterday... FA*250-600 @ 250mm Canard branchu / Wood Duck [Aix sponsa] by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr

05-19-2015, 05:20 PM	#16818
derekkite Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Nelson B.C. Posts: 3,782	Originally posted by Weevil A nice Wood Duck from yesterday... FA*250-600 @ 250mm Canard branchu / Wood Duck [Aix sponsa] by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr Lovely. I've never been able to get that close.

05-19-2015, 07:16 PM - 5 Likes	#16820
kengoh Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Singapore Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,787	Green Magpie shot with DA*300 + K3, 100% cropped While shooting birds at the pond, this unexpected fella came...

05-19-2015, 07:29 PM	#16821
boriscleto Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Syracuse, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,475	Originally posted by kengoh While shooting birds at the pond, this unexpected fella came... Mouse-deer?

05-19-2015, 08:03 PM	#16822
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by lukulele ronically, this played out while teaching the food chain. Sometimes (albeit rarely) things just happen like they should. ;~) ---------- Post added 05-19-15 at 11:05 PM ---------- Originally posted by boriscleto Mouse-deer? Whatever it is, it's sharp, sharp, sharp.

05-19-2015, 10:23 PM - 4 Likes	#16823
Ian Stuart Forsyth Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,531	I have a pair of kestrels nesting nearby and when I was looking for a place to setup for future photographs I had a visitor stop by

05-20-2015, 01:00 AM - 3 Likes	#16824
r0ckstarr Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,507	I think this is a Gray Catbird. Can anyone confirm? This was my first time actually seeing this one.

05-20-2015, 04:14 AM	#16825
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,745	Originally posted by kengoh Green Magpie shot with DA*300 + K3, 100% cropped While shooting birds at the pond, this unexpected fella came... What is it. I never saw anything like it. How big?

05-20-2015, 04:17 AM - 1 Like	#16826
boriscleto Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Syracuse, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,475	Originally posted by r0ckstarr I think this is a Gray Catbird. Can anyone confirm? This was my first time actually seeing this one. Yes. That's a Catbird.

05-20-2015, 04:25 AM	#16827
r0ckstarr Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,507	Originally posted by boriscleto Yes. That's a Catbird. Thanks. In the new field guide that I have, as well as google images, the pictures they show aren't all fluffed up and the birds look smaller than the one in my picture.

05-20-2015, 05:10 AM	#16828
stormtech Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: In the boonies (NW Penna) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,744	Originally posted by r0ckstarr I think this is a Gray Catbird. Can anyone confirm? This was my first time actually seeing this one. That's a beautiful shot with the lighting and all.

05-20-2015, 05:22 AM	#16829
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by r0ckstarr Thanks. In the new field guide that I have, as well as google images, the pictures they show aren't all fluffed up and the birds look smaller than the one in my picture. Yeah, they are typically svelte: this one just had the urge to go all puffy when you shot. I kinda like when birds do that--gives me a lot of crunchy detail to work with.

05-20-2015, 11:31 AM - 8 Likes	#16830
wkraus Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Near Vienna, Austria Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,060	New birds in my garden: common/European starling feeding its young. K-5 II, DA* 300mm, f/4.5 or 5.6, ISO 400 to 560. No. 3 taken using catch-in focus.