[jacamar]

Never got near getting a shot of a warbler - hear, them, glimpses of them off in the brambles and flitting from tree to shrub but nada - until last Sunday one obliged!



The best of the hand held shots ... and I mean that was with the 31A!! A cussed lens to handhold, weight of course, long focus throw great for accuracy but not for manipulation with one hand. And I didn't realise in my haste that the zoom had crept from near 500mm to around 350mm while carrying it. So this was cropped more than it should have been. f8, 1/800th at 800asa on my K5 by the way.

Excellent - have to say that most of your titmice are more colourful than ours, but our warblers are more colourful than yours!

[Mike.P®]

Few taken with the 150-450mm on a K-5IIs







One with the 1.4x @ 630mm

[rkappleby]

Few taken with the 150-450mm on a K-5IIs

Those results are pretty impressive, it's looking like that lens is going to be a winner.

[tim60]

I think the K5II and sigma do tend to saturate greens a little. It's been a rather damp start to the season and the pitches haven't dried out and this ground has very poor drainage.

I was thinking the pitch was a Dennis Lillee delight, so green, imagine the fast bowlers' moving about. I live in Adelaide, so most pitches here are a mix of brown grass and black clay/soil.

[mohb]

I was thinking the pitch was a Dennis Lillee delight, so green, imagine the fast bowlers' moving about. I live in Adelaide, so most pitches here are a mix of brown grass and black clay/soil.

A few weeks of dry weather and they will be a fast bowlers delight, many of the world's best have turned there arm over on these pitches playing as professionals in the Lancashire League but sadly those days have gone.

[Weevil]

For those of you who have Canon gear or friends that has, I have a Sigma 500mm f4.5 in excellent condition for sale that I am going to advertise on ebay soon. Contact me via PM if interested. Thanks

[lukulele]

When clouds and manual focus don't cooperate, one can always try B/W and hope for something. K-5, A/400

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[derekkite]

Went up to see the Clark's Nutcrackers again today. They will move on at one point I suspect.

[Weevil]

More from the Gull's family... DA300+k-3


Goéland argenté / European Herring Gull [Larus argentatus] by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr

[normhead]

I haven't been shooting 300 plus much, so, I made sure I took a few with the A-400 ƒ5.6. Hand held. The lightest 400mm you'll ever find.

[Weevil]

Northern Loon, during my last fishing trip last w-e
light was pretty bad, cloudy and Windy, Took from a small boat on the lake with K-3 + HDTC+ DA300



Plongeon huard / Great Northern Loon [Gavia immer] by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr



Plongeon huard / Great Northern Loon [Gavia immer] by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr

[boriscleto]

Took the lil'Bigma to the zoo today just to do something and get used to post processing in Lightroom. One thing I'm mad about already, Lightroom CC doesn't recognize the Pentax code for the Sigma...





























Star of the show is the new baby elephant Batu. Another is due in the fall.









Three baby Markhor too.

[Canada_Rockies]

I haven't been shooting 300 plus much, so, I made sure I took a few with the A-400 ƒ5.6. Hand held. The lightest 400mm you'll ever find.

I think my M 400 is lighter, not by much, but I would still love to upgrade to the A for the metering upgrade.

[Driline]

K-3 and F*300....I'm just not sure if this lens is really sharp enough. Maybe the kits lens would be better

[Canada_Rockies]

I think I could shave with that F* 300. Well done with good equipment. Thanks for posting.