[FreeSpirit9]

Nice shots everyone.

I took this one of a Galah this morning. 300mm f5.8 1/160" 100 ISO

Can anyone tell me if I'm getting some front focus issues as I'm having a hard time telling.

I get a feeling its not quite right and that I'm getting a bit of front focus that I need to correct. If it is ok I have to go and get new glasses or a better monitor.

Cheers everyone and thanks in advance.
Frank.

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[normhead]

Another moon, not as sharp, but A-400 with stacked TCs....1.7 and 1.4

[Sandy Hancock]

Hi Frank.

Without being able to pixel peep, it might be missed focus, or it might be motion. A galah's head can move pretty quickly.
What lens are you using? Is it the DA55-300 wide open? Auto or manual focus? It would not be unusual for the AF to lock onto the leaves, which is different from a front focus problem.

I took this one of a Galah this morning. 300mm f5.8 1/160" 100 ISO

Can anyone tell me if I'm getting some front focus issues as I'm having a hard time telling.

I get a feeling its not quite right and that I'm getting a bit of front focus that I need to correct. If it is ok I have to go and get new glasses or a better monitor.

[wildman]

Seeing as we are doing moon shots...

Taken with the 1000mm 2 element acromat.at prime focus

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[FreeSpirit9]

Hi Frank.

Without being able to pixel peep, it might be missed focus, or it might be motion. A galah's head can move pretty quickly.
What lens are you using? Is it the DA55-300 wide open? Auto or manual focus? It would not be unusual for the AF to lock onto the leaves, which is different from a front focus problem.

Hi Sandy,

You might be right about motion of the Galah, I hadn't considered that factor. And they do tend to move quickly and I was shooting slowly at 1/160".

I'm using the 55-300 wide open - auto focus with centre focusing. I focused on this little guys head. The photo is cropped as you would have gathered.

Thinking about it, I think that you're right. Subject motion issue (ever so slight, but enough....).

Cheers and thanks
Frank.

[FreeSpirit9]

The brother or sister of the earlier galah.

[Ducatigaz]

Lovely shots people.
Here are some more shots with my Sigma 300mm f2.8 EX DG handheld

[wtlwdwgn]

Nice shooting Gary. Don't often see a C5, the Red Arrows, and a U2 all at the same time.

[daytona9]

trying to get as close as I can with the Sigma 400mm

Great work Keegan.

Seeing as we are doing moon shots...

Taken with the 1000mm 2 element acromat.at prime focus

Wildman - outstanding!! That must be some lens your using if you can fill the frame with only half a moon.

Lovely shots people.
Here are some more shots with my Sigma 300mm f2.8 EX DG handheld

Terrific series Gary, I especially like the "birds" in flight.

[pearsaab]

Good shot on getting all the colors , i have taken them on the ground they look a lot duller

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Looks like you had fun Amy, What do you think about the converter ?

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Like the moon shot Alexander , It surprising how fast the moon move when your trying to focus on it , must have clean sky's to get a shot like that . Cheers Frank

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400mm Macro shot , i always for get to stop down and get a small depth of field , good one Keegan ,

frank I can't say I am blown away with the converter...It is ok but have lots of issues with purple fringing...want to try it with my 300 but its been in the shop...at this moment I would have to say it isn't work the $ but want to try it on my before lens before I say that for sure

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some cedar waxwings with the k3 and bigma

[daytona9]

frank I can't say I am blown away with the converter...It is ok but have lots of issues with purple fringing...want to try it with my 300 but its been in the shop...at this moment I would have to say it isn't work the $ but want to try it on my before lens before I say that for sure

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some cedar waxwings with the k3 and bigma

Very nice Waxwings Amy.


I just bought a K3, great camera ....... now I have to learn how to use it properly.
A few from today
1 & 2 - Australasian Grebe
3 - Dusky Moorhen
4 - Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

[Cold Iron]

Gary great shots, thanks for posting them! Amy those are better waxwings shots than I have ever taken, very nice. Greg I think your properly learning the new K3 pretty well already

I am still learning the K3 and also how to use flash. Yesterday went out in the driveway a little ways from the house at 5 AM and thought I'd see what young ones I could find. Flash was manual 1/4 power sometimes 1/2 with manual settings on the camera. DA*300 with DA 1.4tc. Not much cropping on any pictures and learning how to color the eyes back in, still a lot of learning for me yet.

Baby Robin finally poked its head out of the nest

Baby Robin Reaching

Think I breached protocol by not posting any squirrel pics yet. A young grey exploring

AM Flash morning grey

Reds outnumber grays 2 to 1 right now around my place. This was one of the first time out for these two

AM Flash pair baby reds

Cottontail, think he is imitating a roo for me until someone posts a real one

AM Flash joey bunny

This young whitetail buck in velvet crossed through the front yard until we both saw each other at the same time

AM Flash Front Yard Buck

I think most of us only post our better pictures here. I wish this one was a lot more in focus but is unique so wanted to share. This morning I was on the deck with the camera handheld waiting for a hummer to land on one of the feeders or flowers. One did and it looked like an insect went by and it turned and snapped its beak at it. Figured it would fly after it and it did so I held down the AF back button and swung the camera to follow it but it couldn't stay up. When I looked at the results was surprised to see it was another hummer and a territory fight. The whole thing happened extremely fast I didn't even realize it was another hummingbird at the time.

humer attack

[dane.dawg]

A couple from today.
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[wtlwdwgn]

Nice shooting guys!

[Greyser]

Very nice shooting guys!

I haven't posted for a while.
Thus, a few from today:

Grownups



Mom (or Dad?) is still around



Another family