[dadipentak]

think I've never seen that much details in the feathers than on this photo...

Me neither--that's insane!

[Ducatigaz]

Gear porn like that should be banned! Now I'm gonna have to go rob a bank.

[Shakes Head] Awesome.

I agree, and no one will give me a mortgage; I'll be 81 in June. I'm too slow to get away after robbing the bank. I have to go cry into my pillow now ...

You two crack me up.

Wow ! NIce ! That Sigma 800mm must be pretty rare! First time I see it in P-K mount...

which mount do you prefer? and what's the head on the Eckla window mount ?
doesn't look like a RRS...

The ballhead on the Eckla mount is an old Kood ballhead. I think I prefer the Kirk mount as it's a lot more rigid.

[swip]

Cardinal rouge / Northern Cardinal [Cardinalis cardinalis]
Technoparc Montréal, 2021.03.14

I think I've never seen that much details in the feathers than on this photo... Should be looked at with max zoom level!

Cardinal rouge / Northern Cardinal [Cardinalis cardinalis]? | Flickr


Pentax K-1 + Sigma 500mm ƒ/4.5 EX DG APO
1/640, ƒ/5.0, ISO 320
#pentax #k1 #teampentax


[url=https://flic.kr/p/2kLTeGv]Cardinal rouge / Northern Cardinal [Cardinalis cardinalis] ♀ (Femelle)

The Sigma is definitely very capable and it is wide open too.

[Weevil]

The Sigma is definitely very capable and it is wide open too.

Yeah! Now I am wanting that Sigma 800mm f5.6 lol (Like the one Gary has)
It is really like porn, one would always want more... (is there an antidote for that disease? lol)

[Canada_Rockies]

(is there an antidote for that disease? lol)

Only death, I'm afraid.

[ramseybuckeye]

I went on a little walkabout today in a park down the road, ended up with a few shots of mostly small birds with the KP, DA*300 and DA 1.4 converter. All cropped. Without the converter I may not have even tried some of these. They are not that detailed, but without the converter I definitely would not have got the details that I did because of the distance.

Edit: This morning I realized that I did not have the converter on my lens, so these photos were taken without it. We recently took a trip to Ohio and Tennessee and I took the other camera and put the converter on the 55-300PLM. We brought my mother in law back with us, and my wife's brother and his wife came a few days later and took the mother in law home when they left. In the meantime the camera gear was stowed in a different spot and I forgot I had done that. Those photos turned out OK, but I kick myself because they could have been closer. Live and learn.

95% sure this is an immature pine warbler


killdeer


male eastern bluebird


female eastern bluebird


chipping sparrow


carolina chickadee

[dadipentak]

Nice set, Tom! As far as cropping is concerned, I just keep reminding myself that my first Pentax was a 6.1 MP K100D so anything above that is bonafide legit.

[rod_grant]

yep, very nice set, Tom.

[Pentaxians]

Golden-bellied Gerygone, my lifer in 2021.

[ramseybuckeye]

Golden-bellied Gerygone, my lifer in 2021.

Congrats, great photos, pretty bird.

[Pentaxians]

Congrats, great photos, pretty bird.

Thank you Tom.

[swip]

I went on a little walkabout today in a park down the road, ended up with a few shots of mostly small birds with the KP, DA*300 and DA 1.4 converter. All cropped. Without the converter I may not have even tried some of these. They are not that detailed, but without the converter I definitely would not have got the details that I did because of the distance.



male eastern bluebird

That male bluebird really pops.

[K2 to K50]

Golden-bellied Gerygone, my lifer in 2021.

Both great images, but the first in particular is superb!

[Weevil]

Aigle royal / Golden Eagle [Aquila chrysaetos]
Dundee, Québec, CANADA
2021.03.19

It made a crowd of geese start flying away suddently... it was flying over the top of my head, quite high in the sky. photo heavily (50%) cropped.


Aigle royal / Golden Eagle [Aquila chrysaetos]

Shot handheld with SR on
Pentax K-1 + Sigma 500mm ƒ/4.5 EX DG APO
1/800, ƒ/5.6, ISO 250
#pentax #k1 #teampentax

[noelpolar]

Back up the Flinders Ranges for a few weeks..... was checking out a grave at the Nuccaleena Mine ruins with a friend..... (12 or so graves but only one head stone).... knowing that Red Capped Robyns frequent the area.... I said to him that the head stone needs a Robyn on it to look special..... he laughed.... so I did my secret Robyn call..... Robyn landed for about 1/2 second.... I'd pre focussed on the headstone... friend missed it...



K1 and DFA 150-450 @ 450