[Des]

Spotted this Painted Lady warming itself in the early-morning sun, perched in a tree about 5m from the bedroom window. Out came the K-1 + DA*300, plus Moman mini tripod and IR remote...
Here's the SOOC jpeg:
And here's the crop, after a bit of colour adjustment and sharpening in RawTherapee. What a lens!

Fine shot, well done. And a perfect illustration of what a skilled photographer can do with a premium tele lens that couldn't be done with an xx-300 consumer zoom. Your crop would be say 8-10% of the original image - can't hide any lack of resolution there.

[WPRESTO]

Yeah, I've done some experiments with ultra-long arrangements. Lighting and atmospheric conditions have to be optimal and technique has to be perfect. Luck helps as well. Still, I have to give it a try--right?

Nothing ventured - - - It only takes time to experiment. Unlike the film era, only time is lost.

[ChipB]

Spotted this Painted Lady warming itself in the early-morning sun, perched in a tree about 5m from the bedroom window. Out came the K-1 + DA*300, plus Moman mini tripod and IR remote...

Here's the SOOC jpeg:


And here's the crop, after a bit of colour adjustment and sharpening in RawTherapee. What a lens!

All I can do is echo what everyone else is saying - well done!!

[h4yn0nnym0u5e]

Thank you all for your kind words! Forgot to say that I also used magnified Live View and manual focus. I should also have taken a test shot with AF, but didn't think to. I'm fairly sure that wouldn't have been a keeper...

Wouldn't say I'm particularly skilled, compared to many here. But it's nice to share the results when I do get lucky!

Cheers

Jonathan

[mohb]

Little and large - the wicket keeper is a member of a youth touring team from India



Sigma 150 500

[WPRESTO]

300mm f4 Oly on an Oly OM10 mkII, equivalent to 600mm on FF. Just testing a little to see what it can do. If you'll excuse, and even if you don't, looks sharp (get the point?). Modestly cropped.

[siva.ss.kumar]

Little and large - the wicket keeper is a member of a youth touring team from India



Sigma 150 500

Excellent shot. Both the cricket and the photo

---------- Post added 26-07-18 at 10:42 PM ----------

Agreed. When I opened my files during a trip last winter I found some pictures of crossbills were in bleach bypass mode. Not what I was looking for.

---------- Post added 07-25-18 at 01:21 PM ----------

We pulled over for one fox by the side of the road - then there two, then three.







I had to remove the TC as they were so close (and the light wasn't great), so this is just with the K-3 and the DA*300mm.

Wow. Great shots. Loved the 2nd one.

[ChipB]

Little and large - the wicket keeper is a member of a youth touring team from India

Sigma 150 500

A good photo of a game I'll NEVER understand!!

[pete-tarmigan]

They are usually quite shy. I have yet to get any keeper of them.
Were these taken in TO?

A few years ago, in Moore Park Ravine (Rosedale) a pair of foxes had a den and kits within 10 feet of the trail. The kits frolicked around outside the den with no fear of the numerous small groups of people passing by. It's a matter of habituation. If the people don't molest the foxes, the latter will ignore the former. However, as soon as the adult smelled or heard a dog on a leash coming up the path about 100 yards away, the adult vocalized and the kits instantly disappeared into the den. Dogs never leave fail to attempt to catch and kill the foxes, so the foxes act accordingly.

---------- Post added 26th Jul 2018 at 15:38 ----------

A good photo of a game I'll NEVER understand!!

Baseball is derived from a version of cricket called "rounders", so it's not that different. The object is to to avoid striking out (when the ball hits the wicket), hit the ball where they ain't, make as many runs as you can before they can pick up the ball to tag you out. Sound familiar?

[fotomarc]

I posted a question about tripod collar recommendations for FA* 300mm f/4.5 over in the Pentax SLR Lens Discussion forum. I thought it would be better to give it its own thread, but I'm posting this link here since there are probably a lot of folks knowledgeable about the topic who read this thread.

[Racer X 69]

Little and large - the wicket keeper is a member of a youth touring team from India



Sigma 150 500

A good photo of a game I'll NEVER understand!!

Baseball is derived from a version of cricket called "rounders", so it's not that different. The object is to to avoid striking out (when the ball hits the wicket), hit the ball where they ain't, make as many runs as you can before they can pick up the ball to tag you out. Sound familiar?

Looks to me like the batsman in the shot mohb posted has just hit a grounder.

Maybe he can make it to second base before the wicket keeper can scoop it up and throw it to the second baseman.

[dbs]

Looks to me like the batsman in the shot mohb posted has just hit a grounder.

Maybe he can make it to second base before the wicket keeper can scoop it up and throw it to the second baseman.

Hi Racer

Nah that balls headed for the rope.

Dave

[Racer X 69]

Hi Racer

Nah that balls headed for the rope.

Dave

The rope?

[microlight]

The one that goes around the pitch, and you get four when the ball bumps over it.

[dbs]

The rope?

Hi Racer

What Microlight said

Dave