300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses

Mike L · 03-07-2018, 06:44 PM

Originally posted by riseform

Steller's Jay K3ii DA 560

Stunningly beautiful bird nicely captured

noelpolar · 03-07-2018, 07:10 PM - **8 Likes**

One of the reasons I like the DFA 150-450 over a fixed 300 is the flexibility it provides. I'm on holiday just taking "me shots" at the moment .... where I'm not looking for anything in particular... just walking and occasionally snapping.... was checking out the birds in this old dead gum tree when I appreciated the bigger picture... so a quick zoom out and snap. Nothing all that special.... but gives me a sense of a take away "place"shot".

**Canada_Rockies** · 03-07-2018, 10:11 PM

Originally posted by noelpolar

One of the reasons I like the DFA 150-450 over a fixed 300 is the flexibility it provides. I'm on holiday just taking "me shots" at the moment .... where I'm not looking for anything in particular... just walking and occasionally snapping.... was checking out the birds in this old dead gum tree when I appreciated the bigger picture... so a quick zoom out and snap. Nothing all that special.... but gives me a sense of a take away "place"shot".

And a fine place shot it is.

**pacerr** · 03-08-2018, 02:07 PM - **2 Likes**

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**stihlmania** · 03-09-2018, 02:02 AM - **2 Likes**

The cardinals are molting, red finch and cardinal at the water bowl...

**aslyfox** · 03-09-2018, 03:30 AM

" morning George

didn't sleep well ?

you look all twisted this morning "

noelpolar · 03-09-2018, 04:11 AM - **7 Likes**

This is the affect I normally have on women.....

Last edited by noelpolar; 03-09-2018 at 04:51 AM.

Pentaxians · 03-09-2018, 06:24 AM - **6 Likes**

Feeding time....

Hey!!! Where's my food??

sculptor666 · 03-09-2018, 08:30 AM - **4 Likes**

looks like a similar plant, so i had to post. from the bronx zoo. k1/da*300

zzeitg · 03-09-2018, 11:06 AM - **7 Likes**

DA*300 @ 420mm

**Canada_Rockies** · 03-09-2018, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by zzeitg

DA*300 @ 420mm

Good shooting.

zzeitg · 03-09-2018, 12:53 PM - **10 Likes**

Originally posted by Canada_Rockies

Good shooting.

Thanks!

**marcusBMG** · 03-09-2018, 03:51 PM - **3 Likes**

The difficult to find (esp in PKA mount) tokina ATX 100-300mm f4. Suffering from some (only light) fungus hence an advantageous price.

I have been taking a bunch of test pics, and today at the RSPB we had an obliging kingfisher. Big crop to 1100px, even using my sigma apo 1.4x tc. F8 on the lens, samsung NX20.

And this is a redshank, lens only at 300mm, f8.

Good lens...

**aslyfox** · 03-09-2018, 09:23 PM - **15 Likes**

experimenting

kengoh · 03-10-2018, 12:24 AM - **9 Likes**

Grey-rumped Treeswift (female) shot with K1 + Sigma 500 F4.5

03-09-2018, 06:24 AM - 6 Likes	#27803
Pentaxians Pentaxian Join Date: May 2011 Location: Singapore Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 733	*Pentax K-70 and DA 300mm F4.0** Feeding time.... Hey!!! Where's my food??

03-09-2018, 03:51 PM - 3 Likes	#27808
marcusBMG Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: North Wales Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,868	And another new toy ... The difficult to find (esp in PKA mount) tokina ATX 100-300mm f4. Suffering from some (only light) fungus hence an advantageous price. I have been taking a bunch of test pics, and today at the RSPB we had an obliging kingfisher. Big crop to 1100px, even using my sigma apo 1.4x tc. F8 on the lens, samsung NX20. And this is a redshank, lens only at 300mm, f8. Good lens... Last edited by marcusBMG; 03-09-2018 at 04:38 PM.

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03-07-2018, 06:44 PM	#27796
Mike L Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,472	Originally posted by riseform Steller's Jay K3ii DA 560 Stunningly beautiful bird nicely captured

03-07-2018, 07:10 PM - 8 Likes	#27797
noelpolar Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Goolwa, SA Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,310	One of the reasons I like the DFA 150-450 over a fixed 300 is the flexibility it provides. I'm on holiday just taking "me shots" at the moment .... where I'm not looking for anything in particular... just walking and occasionally snapping.... was checking out the birds in this old dead gum tree when I appreciated the bigger picture... so a quick zoom out and snap. Nothing all that special.... but gives me a sense of a take away "place"shot".

03-07-2018, 10:11 PM	#27798
Canada_Rockies Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sparwood, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,385	Originally posted by noelpolar One of the reasons I like the DFA 150-450 over a fixed 300 is the flexibility it provides. I'm on holiday just taking "me shots" at the moment .... where I'm not looking for anything in particular... just walking and occasionally snapping.... was checking out the birds in this old dead gum tree when I appreciated the bigger picture... so a quick zoom out and snap. Nothing all that special.... but gives me a sense of a take away "place"shot". And a fine place shot it is.

03-08-2018, 02:07 PM - 2 Likes	#27799
pacerr Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Paris, TN Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,349	An ID assist tool from the The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Birds Great Photos and Tons of Info in Our Redesigned Species Guide We've just launched a major redesign of our popular All About Birds species guide. It's designed to work flawlessly on smartphones and tablets as well as desktops, and it features more than 7,500 brand-new images and a cool new comparison tool for similar species. Read our post about all the new features or go straight to the new site.

03-09-2018, 04:11 AM - 7 Likes	#27802
noelpolar Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Goolwa, SA Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,310	This is the affect I normally have on women..... Last edited by noelpolar; 03-09-2018 at 04:51 AM.

03-09-2018, 08:30 AM - 4 Likes	#27804
sculptor666 Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: PA Photos: Gallery Posts: 675	looks like a similar plant, so i had to post. from the bronx zoo. k1/da*300

03-09-2018, 11:06 AM - 7 Likes	#27805
zzeitg Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: South Bohemia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,017	DA*300 @ 420mm

03-09-2018, 11:37 AM	#27806
Canada_Rockies Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sparwood, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,385	Originally posted by zzeitg DA*300 @ 420mm Good shooting.

03-09-2018, 12:53 PM - 10 Likes	#27807
zzeitg Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: South Bohemia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,017	Originally posted by Canada_Rockies Good shooting. Thanks!

03-10-2018, 12:24 AM - 9 Likes	#27810
kengoh Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Singapore Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,787	Grey-rumped Treeswift (female) shot with K1 + Sigma 500 F4.5