300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses

**MossyRocks** · 04-17-2020, 09:24 PM

Originally posted by bertwert

Thanks, but I don't know, your shot is pretty decent too

Yours has sharper ducks and there was a fair amount of processing to get the most out of mine. I probably would have upped everything had I been prepared for them in flight so I could have better stopped the blur on the wings and gotten more than one where the focus was good enough.

**Weevil** · 04-17-2020, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by MossyRocks

Now you tell me this exists. I'm gonna have a busy weekend reprocessing some things.

here: Show me your ......MOON ! - Page 56 - PentaxForums.com

**Weevil** · 04-17-2020, 11:38 PM - **19 Likes**

Pic maculé / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [Sphyrapicus varius]

another shot taken on a K-3ii + DA60-250 and the HDTC1.4x

Pic maculé / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [Sphyrapicus varius]

zzeitg · 04-17-2020, 11:49 PM - **10 Likes**

DFA 150-450

Pentaxians · 04-18-2020, 12:16 AM - **17 Likes**

Greater Painted Snipe, taken on last month with my Kp, DA300mm and TC1.4

normhead · 04-18-2020, 11:23 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Weevil

Pic maculé / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [Sphyrapicus varius]

another shot taken on a K-3ii + DA60-250 and the HDTC1.4x

Pic maculé / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [Sphyrapicus varius]

That's a great "walk in the bush" combination. I even use it in my blind sometimes.

jcdoss · 04-18-2020, 02:06 PM - **8 Likes**

=====

Ugliest Birds Alive?

I think probably.
Guinea fowl poking around at Bradley Park, Jasper, AR
Pentax K-1 mII, M*300f4

bertwert · 04-18-2020, 02:38 PM

Nothing to write home about, but experimenting some more using CiF with the A 400... if you squint you might be able to see the swallows in these 100% crops... though to be fair they're pretty small while moving quickly and arbitrarily...

**jacamar** · 04-18-2020, 02:45 PM - **5 Likes**

Originally posted by jcdoss

Ugliest Birds Alive?

Now you've started something. I like the mottling on Guinea Fowl and they are good eating as I recall.

Snowy Sheathbill. Scavenger around seabird and seal colonies in the Subantarctic and Antarctic (seen here on the Falkland Islands).

**WPRESTO** · 04-18-2020, 03:30 PM

Originally posted by bertwert

Nothing to write home about, but experimenting some more using CiF with the A 400... if you squint you might be able to see the swallows in these 100% crops... though to be fair they're pretty small while moving quickly and arbitrarily...

Let me tell you how many frames of chrome film I squandered trying to get a decent image of a tree swallow on the wing.

bertwert · 04-18-2020, 03:33 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Let me tell you how many frames of chrome film I squandered trying to get a decent image of a tree swallow on the wing.

I wouldn't even think of attempting swallows in flight on film... that's a decent amount of wastage...

bertwert · 04-18-2020, 05:59 PM - **9 Likes**

Seemed to be a lack of action this evening by the birds, so I guess mountains will do instead - a bit easier to get a good focus on...

A 400/5.6 on K-50; f/11, 1/1000s, ISO 200

**luftfluss** · 04-18-2020, 08:24 PM

Originally posted by bertwert

Seemed to be a lack of action this evening by the birds, so I guess mountains will do instead - a bit easier to get a good focus on...

A 400/5.6 on K-50; f/11, 1/1000s, ISO 200

I like this photo a bunch, but you've got a dust spot near the top edge, right of center.

bertwert · 04-18-2020, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by luftfluss

I like this photo a bunch, but you've got a dust spot near the top edge, right of center.

Ah thanks - I'll fix that

**caliscouser** · 04-18-2020, 10:03 PM - **10 Likes**

California Quail

KP + DA*300 + DA 1.4x
1/500s f/7.1 ISO640

04-18-2020, 05:59 PM - 9 Likes	#33267
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Seemed to be a lack of action this evening by the birds, so I guess mountains will do instead - a bit easier to get a good focus on... A 400/5.6 on K-50; f/11, 1/1000s, ISO 200 Last edited by bertwert; 04-18-2020 at 09:32 PM.

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04-17-2020, 09:24 PM	#33256
MossyRocks Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Minnesota Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,982	Originally posted by bertwert Thanks, but I don't know, your shot is pretty decent too Yours has sharper ducks and there was a fair amount of processing to get the most out of mine. I probably would have upped everything had I been prepared for them in flight so I could have better stopped the blur on the wings and gotten more than one where the focus was good enough.

04-17-2020, 11:12 PM	#33257
Weevil Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Near Montréal, Québec Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,439	Originally posted by MossyRocks Now you tell me this exists. I'm gonna have a busy weekend reprocessing some things. here: Show me your ......MOON ! - Page 56 - PentaxForums.com

04-17-2020, 11:38 PM - 19 Likes	#33258
Weevil Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Near Montréal, Québec Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,439	Pic maculé / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [Sphyrapicus varius] another shot taken on a K-3ii + DA60-250 and the HDTC1.4x Pic maculé / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [Sphyrapicus varius]

04-17-2020, 11:49 PM - 10 Likes	#33259
zzeitg Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: South Bohemia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,017	DFA 150-450

04-18-2020, 12:16 AM - 17 Likes	#33260
Pentaxians Pentaxian Join Date: May 2011 Location: Singapore Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 733	Greater Painted Snipe, taken on last month with my Kp, DA300mm and TC1.4

04-18-2020, 11:23 AM - 1 Like	#33261
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Originally posted by Weevil Pic maculé / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [Sphyrapicus varius] another shot taken on a K-3ii + DA60-250 and the HDTC1.4x Pic maculé / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [Sphyrapicus varius] That's a great "walk in the bush" combination. I even use it in my blind sometimes.

04-18-2020, 02:06 PM - 8 Likes	#33262
jcdoss Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,768	===== Ugliest Birds Alive? I think probably. Guinea fowl poking around at Bradley Park, Jasper, AR Pentax K-1 mII, M*300f4

04-18-2020, 02:38 PM	#33263
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Nothing to write home about, but experimenting some more using CiF with the A 400... if you squint you might be able to see the swallows in these 100% crops... though to be fair they're pretty small while moving quickly and arbitrarily...

04-18-2020, 02:45 PM - 5 Likes	#33264
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	Originally posted by jcdoss Ugliest Birds Alive? Now you've started something. I like the mottling on Guinea Fowl and they are good eating as I recall. Snowy Sheathbill. Scavenger around seabird and seal colonies in the Subantarctic and Antarctic (seen here on the Falkland Islands).

04-18-2020, 03:30 PM	#33265
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Originally posted by bertwert Nothing to write home about, but experimenting some more using CiF with the A 400... if you squint you might be able to see the swallows in these 100% crops... though to be fair they're pretty small while moving quickly and arbitrarily... Let me tell you how many frames of chrome film I squandered trying to get a decent image of a tree swallow on the wing.

04-18-2020, 03:33 PM	#33266
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by WPRESTO Let me tell you how many frames of chrome film I squandered trying to get a decent image of a tree swallow on the wing. I wouldn't even think of attempting swallows in flight on film... that's a decent amount of wastage...

04-18-2020, 08:24 PM	#33268
luftfluss Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,619	Originally posted by bertwert Seemed to be a lack of action this evening by the birds, so I guess mountains will do instead - a bit easier to get a good focus on... A 400/5.6 on K-50; f/11, 1/1000s, ISO 200 I like this photo a bunch, but you've got a dust spot near the top edge, right of center.

04-18-2020, 08:33 PM	#33269
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by luftfluss I like this photo a bunch, but you've got a dust spot near the top edge, right of center. Ah thanks - I'll fix that

04-18-2020, 10:03 PM - 10 Likes	#33270
caliscouser Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,037	California Quail KP + DA300 + DA 1.4x 1/500s f/7.1 ISO640*

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