300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses

**Des** · 10-08-2022, 03:47 PM - **13 Likes**

This one visits our place from time to time. With no dogs to worry about, she seems quite content. KP + FA*300mm f4.5.

**Lowell Goudge** · 10-08-2022, 06:07 PM

Originally posted by bspn

Enjoying the photos of leucistic birds. Posting cropped shots of two of three leucistic redtail hawks taken a few years ago with my K3 seen overhead on the same day! The second and third shots are the same hawk bottom and top views. Note more brown on the underside wing feathers and darker belly band than on the first one. Photographed at the Mackinaw City MI hawkwatch site, spring of 2017.

Nice shots all. For the smaller birds I often wonder how survivable they are in the wild, but the red tailed you got is the top of the food chain. Thanks for sharing

**skolkmeier** · 10-08-2022, 07:20 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Des

This one visits our place from time to time. With no dogs to worry about, she seems quite content. KP + FA*300mm f4.5.

Nothing like it. Awsome!!! Love it.

**Des** · 10-08-2022, 07:44 PM

Originally posted by skolkmeier

Nothing like it. Awsome!!! Love it.

Thanks very much Stan. I still find it pretty amazing too.

**tduell** · 10-08-2022, 10:25 PM

Originally posted by Basie

Lovely! Well caught

Thanks.

Cheers,
Terry

**WPRESTO** · 10-09-2022, 09:54 AM

Originally posted by Lowell Goudge

Finally, after several days of looking, I got my shot of the Leucistic sparrow

Fascinating. Way back in the Film Era I managed a few images of a leucistic blue jay that made a few visits to one of my feeders. Alas within the tens of thousands of chromes it would be hard to track down the right ones for digitizing.

**Lowell Goudge** · 10-09-2022, 12:09 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Fascinating. Way back in the Film Era I managed a few images of a leucistic blue jay that made a few visits to one of my feeders. Alas within the tens of thousands of chromes it would be hard to track down the right ones for digitizing.

When I went digital, part of the idea was to go all in. I bought a Minolta Dimage II scanner and started down the path of digitizing ALL my slides and negatives. 5 years and 20,000 shots later I was done. It would be easier but require more personal involvement to use a dslr, but the Minolta could scan 4 slides or I think 5 or 6 negatives at a time. So I would just “feed the monster” and press start

**WPRESTO** · 10-09-2022, 12:49 PM

Originally posted by Lowell Goudge

When I went digital, part of the idea was to go all in. I bought a Minolta Dimage II scanner and started down the path of digitizing ALL my slides and negatives. 5 years and 20,000 shots later I was done. It would be easier but require more personal involvement to use a dslr, but the Minolta could scan 4 slides or I think 5 or 6 negatives at a time. So I would just “feed the monster” and press start

I've had about 3,000 chromes digitized by a professional source, but they need additional PP work before I can post them here as they are covered with dust spots. I could pay to have the dust spots removed, but at $0.60 or more for that level of individual treatment, with maybe 50~60,000 chromes to be scanned, you figure the cost. And then there are thousands of color negatives, primarily of family (in the Film Era - prints for family, chromes for other photography). I have a small desktop scanner that does a decent job, but it's one chrome or negative at a time, good enough for a particular image I want in digital form, but vastly too slow for the tens of thousands of chromes I might want to have in digital form. I'm preoccupied with two external hard drive failures since Sept 1 and I'm still working on reconnecting the recovered files to the LR catalog so I don't lose PP work that took more hours than I know to apply. Then to prevent a similar disaster in the future, must select all the images that were processed in LR and export them to new image folders separate from the original, OOC image files. I will not live long enough to complete the work.

**jacamar** · 10-10-2022, 01:08 PM - **7 Likes**

Originally posted by Lowell Goudge

Finally, after several days of looking, I got my shot of the Leucistic sparrow

Well done Lowell - I saw it again this morning, as did a few other excited birders.

I was pleased to see two (maybe three) Rusty Blackbirds on the mud at the pond. The Cornell website says it's one of North America's fastest declining species. The first shot (male) is a different bird to the others (female) - and further away.

CarbonR · 10-10-2022, 01:08 PM - **5 Likes**

Tele-Takumar 1000/8

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Saint-Nicolas_de_Nonette

Ian Stuart Forsyth · 10-10-2022, 06:45 PM - **14 Likes**

Some older White-breasted nuthatch captures from 2019

**tduell** · 10-10-2022, 10:14 PM - **27 Likes**

Dusky Woodswallow.
K-3 Mark III, DA* 300 + 1.4x TC, handheld.

Cheers,
Terry

**K2 to K50** · 10-10-2022, 10:59 PM

Originally posted by tduell

Dusky Woodswallow.
K-3 Mark III, DA* 300 + 1.4x TC, handheld.

Cheers,
Terry

A simply gorgeous bird image, Terry!

**tduell** · 10-11-2022, 02:53 PM

Originally posted by K2 to K50

A simply gorgeous bird image, Terry!

Thanks. They are good subjects, usually sit still and pose nicely.

Cheers,
Terry

Ducatigaz · 10-12-2022, 05:34 AM - **14 Likes**

A few Kingfisher pictures that were taken yesterday morning. K3iii/FA*600mm F4 ED[IF]/Gitzo 5532LS.

10-10-2022, 01:08 PM - 7 Likes	#38814
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	Originally posted by Lowell Goudge Finally, after several days of looking, I got my shot of the Leucistic sparrow Well done Lowell - I saw it again this morning, as did a few other excited birders. I was pleased to see two (maybe three) Rusty Blackbirds on the mud at the pond. The Cornell website says it's one of North America's fastest declining species. The first shot (male) is a different bird to the others (female) - and further away. Last edited by jacamar; 10-10-2022 at 06:54 PM.

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10-08-2022, 03:47 PM - 13 Likes	#38806
Des Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Victoria Australia Photos: Albums Posts: 6,423	This one visits our place from time to time. With no dogs to worry about, she seems quite content. KP + FA*300mm f4.5.

10-08-2022, 06:07 PM	#38807
Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,891	Originally posted by bspn Enjoying the photos of leucistic birds. Posting cropped shots of two of three leucistic redtail hawks taken a few years ago with my K3 seen overhead on the same day! The second and third shots are the same hawk bottom and top views. Note more brown on the underside wing feathers and darker belly band than on the first one. Photographed at the Mackinaw City MI hawkwatch site, spring of 2017. Nice shots all. For the smaller birds I often wonder how survivable they are in the wild, but the red tailed you got is the top of the food chain. Thanks for sharing

10-08-2022, 07:20 PM - 1 Like	#38808
skolkmeier Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Granbury, TX Photos: Gallery Posts: 941	Originally posted by Des This one visits our place from time to time. With no dogs to worry about, she seems quite content. KP + FA*300mm f4.5. Nothing like it. Awsome!!! Love it.

10-08-2022, 07:44 PM	#38809
Des Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Victoria Australia Photos: Albums Posts: 6,423	Originally posted by skolkmeier Nothing like it. Awsome!!! Love it. Thanks very much Stan. I still find it pretty amazing too.

10-08-2022, 10:25 PM	#38810
tduell Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,514	Originally posted by Basie Lovely! Well caught Thanks. Cheers, Terry

10-09-2022, 09:54 AM	#38811
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by Lowell Goudge Finally, after several days of looking, I got my shot of the Leucistic sparrow Fascinating. Way back in the Film Era I managed a few images of a leucistic blue jay that made a few visits to one of my feeders. Alas within the tens of thousands of chromes it would be hard to track down the right ones for digitizing.

10-09-2022, 12:09 PM	#38812
Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,891	Originally posted by WPRESTO Fascinating. Way back in the Film Era I managed a few images of a leucistic blue jay that made a few visits to one of my feeders. Alas within the tens of thousands of chromes it would be hard to track down the right ones for digitizing. When I went digital, part of the idea was to go all in. I bought a Minolta Dimage II scanner and started down the path of digitizing ALL my slides and negatives. 5 years and 20,000 shots later I was done. It would be easier but require more personal involvement to use a dslr, but the Minolta could scan 4 slides or I think 5 or 6 negatives at a time. So I would just “feed the monster” and press start

10-09-2022, 12:49 PM	#38813
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by Lowell Goudge When I went digital, part of the idea was to go all in. I bought a Minolta Dimage II scanner and started down the path of digitizing ALL my slides and negatives. 5 years and 20,000 shots later I was done. It would be easier but require more personal involvement to use a dslr, but the Minolta could scan 4 slides or I think 5 or 6 negatives at a time. So I would just “feed the monster” and press start I've had about 3,000 chromes digitized by a professional source, but they need additional PP work before I can post them here as they are covered with dust spots. I could pay to have the dust spots removed, but at $0.60 or more for that level of individual treatment, with maybe 50~60,000 chromes to be scanned, you figure the cost. And then there are thousands of color negatives, primarily of family (in the Film Era - prints for family, chromes for other photography). I have a small desktop scanner that does a decent job, but it's one chrome or negative at a time, good enough for a particular image I want in digital form, but vastly too slow for the tens of thousands of chromes I might want to have in digital form. I'm preoccupied with two external hard drive failures since Sept 1 and I'm still working on reconnecting the recovered files to the LR catalog so I don't lose PP work that took more hours than I know to apply. Then to prevent a similar disaster in the future, must select all the images that were processed in LR and export them to new image folders separate from the original, OOC image files. I will not live long enough to complete the work.

10-10-2022, 01:08 PM - 5 Likes	#38815
CarbonR Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Clermont-Ferrand, France Posts: 363	Tele-Takumar 1000/8 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Saint-Nicolas_de_Nonette

10-10-2022, 06:45 PM - 14 Likes	#38816
Ian Stuart Forsyth Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,531	Some older White-breasted nuthatch captures from 2019

10-10-2022, 10:59 PM	#38818
K2 to K50 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Ipswich QLD Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,819	Originally posted by tduell Dusky Woodswallow. K-3 Mark III, DA* 300 + 1.4x TC, handheld. Cheers, Terry A simply gorgeous bird image, Terry!

10-11-2022, 02:53 PM	#38819
tduell Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,514	Originally posted by K2 to K50 A simply gorgeous bird image, Terry! Thanks. They are good subjects, usually sit still and pose nicely. Cheers, Terry

10-12-2022, 05:34 AM - 14 Likes	#38820
Ducatigaz Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Blunsdon,Wiltshire, UK Posts: 1,504	A few Kingfisher pictures that were taken yesterday morning. K3iii/FA*600mm F4 ED[IF]/Gitzo 5532LS.