[dragon132312]

Hello All,

A shy migrant to Malaysia, still around but should be leaving soon for home.
3rd test of SR shooting @ 1/60th second shutter speed. Now I am impressed.

Black-capped Kingfisher. (Size: 12 ins.)
Shooting handheld from car. Shot with Pentax K-5 Ltd & DA 560mm.

Thanks for Sharing what you have done so far ,love the monkey and the king fisher, the scope shots are interesting combo as well

[dragon132312]

Too bad with the shallow dof, but I did not see the otters before it was too late. Nice surprise, but I would like to have the opportunity to shoot this again with a smaller aperture

Managed to get close to this one after a while.

Nice ones Skog that DOF gets me every time as well

[Skog]

Love #1 Skog - I'd really like to hear the story there, if you know it.

I drove by and spotted a couple eagles out on the ice, so I crawled as close as I could and began shooting. I never saw the otters, just some black bits behind the eagle. I figured it was a carcass or something, so I payed it no attention (hence the open aperture). I only saw the otters after I zoomed in on a picture. I guess both eagle and otters were after the same thing; fish! Maybe the eagles was trying to steal an easy meal? Or maybe just resting from their own fishing, I don't know. I was surprised the otters dared to stay this close, but they did not seem to mind the eagle at all. Quick little buggers

[Skog]

Hock: Nice to see real life tests of the 560mm, very nice.

[normhead]

I was out with the SMC A-400mm again today...

A few more bird shots, all the usual suspects...





It sort of turned into a cheese tasting party.

[Greyser]

I was out with the SMC A-400mm again today...

A few more bird shots, all the usual suspects...
It sort of turned into a cheese tasting party.

Are you also promoting jewelry? There are so many rings on the 2nd bird

Nice shooting, BTW.

[normhead]

Are you also promoting jewelry? There are so many rings on the 2nd bird

Nice shooting, BTW.

Thanks for commenting...

the decline of Gray jays in Algonquin Park is being very closely studied. Thus the birdie bling.

Gray Jays' Winter Survival Depends On Food Storage, Study Shows | University of Guelph

[derekkite]

Hock, thanks for posting your shots. You seem to be getting good results out of the 560.

[dragon132312]

I was out with the SMC A-400mm again today...

A few more bird shots, all the usual suspects...

It sort of turned into a cheese tasting party.

Nice shots Norm I did not think they would like cheese

[derekkite]

A yellow bellied marmot. These guys are very photogenic.

[normhead]

Marmots look like ground hogs only cuter.... who knew?
Thanks for posting.

Nice shots Norm I did not think they would like cheese

Everyone tasted the cheese, Gray Jays wolf it down, the Nuthatches took some and even one Chickadee took off with a very large piece. That Gray Jay's cheeks are puffed like a chipmunks... full of cheese. I left the black oil sunflower seeds at home, what's a guy to do?

[VisualDarkness]

Sorry more birds from me
These were taken using a K-5/Sigma 500mm f4.5 EX DG/Sigma EF-610 DG Super

I love that set!

Some sharp shots with the DA* 300mm F4

[Frogfish]

Are you also promoting jewelry? There are so many rings on the 2nd bird

Nice shooting, BTW.

I saw these on many of the endangered birds in NZ too. The more birds of that species the more 'rings' so each individual can be identified purely by the colour of the rings. Some species only have 2 rings, some 3 up to 4 max.

[Frogfish]

Hello All,

A shy migrant to Malaysia, still around but should be leaving soon for home.
3rd test of SR shooting @ 1/60th second shutter speed. Now I am impressed.

Black-capped Kingfisher. (Size: 12 ins.)
Shooting handheld from car. Shot with Pentax K-5 Ltd & DA 560mm.

Hi Hock,

I've thought about this some more and have a couple of questions :
1. You said hand-held from a car - but if you are anything like me (or most guys) you don't hand hold in the car per se (as in unsupported) but actually you rest it on something (even just your arm on the doorframe) - with the engine off of course. Is that what you meant ?
2. How far were you from the KF ? I know many birds don't see cars as a threat and so we can get really close. So I'm guessing this was under 10M ?

Thanks !

[RockvilleBob]

Hawk food - lots of mourning doves n my backyard. When a hawk hits them - it is like an explosion. Taken with SMC 500 and 1.7X AF converter. I just bought the 1.4x L rear converter and will post some comparison pictures.