[daytona9]

A couple from today..

Great photos, dane.dawg, especially the second one.

Greg.

[robmtdew]

Great photos, dane.dawg, especially the second one.

Greg.

I agree. The second one is fantastic.

Rob

[Greyser]

A couple from today..

Every day it gets better and better! Do you use tripod /monopod or all your shots are handheld?

[dane.dawg]

Thanx you guys, these where handheld. Congrats greyser on your new purchase..

[kengoh]

Pretty bird there Kengoh, worth the effort.

Crew and Ken, great photos..

Yeah--nice light, too.



Yes to this, also.

Ken, the bird looks super.
There seems to be lots of bee eater and bee catchers in your area. There must be lots of bees too, haha.

Yes the Bee-eater is super Ken - one of my favourite birds, all of the bee-eaters are gorgeous.

Sorry for late reply, finally shifted house.
Thank you all, glad you like this bee-eater.

[kengoh]

Thanx you guys, these where handheld. Congrats greyser on your new purchase..

dane.dawg, #2 is nice, great job!

[kengoh]

Behavioural shot of the common kingfisher.



2 in 1 posted earlier in the other sub-forum..
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/post-your-photos/208413-nature-lucky-shot-2-birds-1-a.html

[Greyser]

Behavioural shot of the common kingfisher.
2 in 1 posted earlier in the other sub-forum..

Wow! These are amazing shots! My local kingfishers drive me nuts! There are the only birds on my favorite lake that I unable to get close enough to for a decent shot

[daytona9]

Behavioural shot of the common kingfisher.



2 in 1 posted earlier in the other sub-forum..
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/post-your-photos/208413-nature-lucky-shot-2-birds-1-a.html

I agree with Greyser. Absolutely brilliant, kengoh - especially the "2 birds meet", I really like that one!

[dane.dawg]

Great photography, Ken..

[Skymist]

Nice sandpipers, Skymist. Took about 30 or 40 frames of the Fairy Wrens before culling, this was probably the best of the bunch. Greg.

Thanks. That's about my rate too, thank goodness for digital media. I find at least half of the throwaways are bad focus. I often wonder if this would be better if I were using a Canon or Nikon camera. Any opinion on that?

Thanks stormtech. Yes I wish everyone posted as much detailed exposure, lens, and conditions info as possible. That's why I do it.
Thanks 8540Tomg and Dane.Dawg.

Here's a mystery Sandpiper. Despite my online searching I can't pin down its species. It's larger than the Least Sandpiper (about 6 inches). Perhaps it's a juvenile.
K-5 with handheld Bigma, AF & ME, F/6 at 1/750th, ISO 800, heavy overcast afternoon. In-camera jpeg conversion from raw.

[derekkite]

Juvenile semi palpitated?

[Skymist]

Behavioural shot of the common kingfisher.

Wow, I love that one with the fish. I've spent many hours trying to get shots like that. Colors are great too.

The only shot I've ever gotten of the instant when a bird actually pulls a fish out of the water is this one, of a Snowy Egret several weeks ago, after following it around for over an hour. It's semi-ruined by blurring and some purple fringing but I plan to make an enlargement of it anyway someday. I could have improved the shot by upping the ISO and shutter speed, as I've been doing recently.
K-5 with Tamron 70-300mm at 300mm, handheld, F/9, 1/320th, ISO200. Cloudy-bright afternoon. Pentax Green Mode Jpeg straight from camera. (a different crop of this was crossposted a few weeks ago.)

[Canada_Rockies]

Blurry or not, it's a great capture.

[Skymist]

Blurry or not, it's a great capture.

Thanks. But you can see what I mean. It's a mistake to set your lens for F/9 for sharpest picture, then shoot at 1/320th here. You can see some of the water droplets in motion, and their shape implies that 1/1000 or faster is mandatory for this kind of shot. Which the K-5 could easily have handled by going to ISO 800. I learned a lot from this one error. Next time I get a chance for a shot like this, I'll be ready.