[Ducatigaz]

More shots from the car. K-5/FA*600mmF4ED[IF]/Eckla window mount.
The first 3 shots are from a small puddle that I fill up from a jerry can [on a ridgeway track]

[Nicolas06]

DA55-300 @ 300mm, K3

[lukulele]

Hovering on a thermal and just passing through……...

[normhead]

I don't know how you guys get the hawks. Get never come near. Even with chipmunks and squirrels running around the yard, I still never see them.

[lukulele]

I don't know how you guys get the hawks. Get never come near. Even with chipmunks and squirrels running around the yard, I still never see them.

I rarely see them as well. Big wingspan and white underbody usually means turkey vulture but today this single red tail rode the up draft from the valley below and circled, then hovered, and then headed back over to the Blue Ridge Parkway and better hunting although many are still migrating south down the Blue Ridge Escarpment.

[Ian Stuart Forsyth]

Redwing


and a GBH out of the shadows

[Nicolas06]

To be honest Ian Stuart Forsyth, your watermark ruin the image for me. I see only that... I get you want to protect your photos, but if it too aggressive, it make the photo far less pleasant (for me) to look at.

I also think that basically, with a bit of processing, a thief could likely entirely remove it, because it is transparent: the original image is still there anyway.




I am far from being an expect on the subject, but maybe it make more sense to limit the downloadable resolution.

[Pentaxians]

Tiger Shrike, another migratory species from the north. Taken from my KS1 + Sigma HSM 150-500mm.

[dcerrati]

These were both taken with my K3, and DA* 300. I've said it before, I'm gonna be a broken record. The clarity of this lens is amazing. I only wish my photo of the real wood duck, came out as great as the photo of the decoy! Oh well, I'll just keep trying, and having a blast doing it!

[kengoh]

Terrific Ken. You're an artist and a man with great patience.

Great shot as usual, kengoh,

Thanks RockvilleBob and onlineflyer for the kind comments.

Got a nice perch for 2 different birds.
I brought 2 bodies + 2 lens during that trip, K3 + Sigma 500 F4.5 (on tripod) and K5-IIs + DA*300 (handheld anytime)

#1 Asian Paradise Flycatcher shot with K3 + Sigma 500 F4.5


#2 A pair of Silver Breasted Broadbill (male + female) shot with K5-IIs + DA*300

[normhead]

The bottom 2 are just so cute....

[derekkite]

Thanks RockvilleBob and onlineflyer for the kind comments.

Got a nice perch for 2 different birds.
I brought 2 bodies + 2 lens during that trip, K3 + Sigma 500 F4.5 (on tripod) and K5-IIs + DA*300 (handheld anytime)

#1 Asian Paradise Flycatcher shot with K3 + Sigma 500 F4.5


#2 A pair of Silver Breasted Broadbill (male + female) shot with K5-IIs + DA*300

Those are lovely Ken. Thanks.

[Racer X 69]

Hovering on a thermal and just passing through……...

Looks like that one is used for falconry. Notice the leather lace on one of its feet.

[Racer X 69]

Mrs. Racer likes sun, moon and stars themed stuff. When I was working as a truck driver anytime I saw wind chimes that followed that theme I would pick one up for her.


Shot this one with a Sigma 300 2.8 APO EX DG, handheld.

[normhead]

I did some testing today... tripods set up maybe 2 feet apart both in the blind, taken at approximately the same time.....

One taken with the K-3 and DA*200 ƒ2.8
One taken with the K-1 and Tamron SP AF 300 f2.8

To normalize DoF, the K-3 was shot at ƒ5.6 and 400 ISO
The K-1 was shot at ƒ8 and 800 ISO

The surprise from that was the K-3 had better noise and contrast.





But enough of the web sized comparisons what about the pixel peeper you all say.





The K-3 produced more subject magnification and a cleaner image and more vibrant colour. Not what I expected.

OK, so it's only one test... but, so far in my testing.... 1 for the K-3 as a birding camera, 0 for the K-1.

Then back to our normal programming... K-3 and Tamron SP AF 300. 400 ISO, ƒ6.