[mroeder75]

The other use for a long lens. K3II + Sigma 100-300/4 from rear of theater. Crop for format. Blog link here Stage Light #60

Wow! Great photo. Tripod?

[r0ckstarr]

Panasonic GH5 with DA*300

[luftfluss]

Panasonic GH5 with DA*300

You'd been away for a while, then I saw your Penta-sonic post. Welcome back!

Adorable photo of the little mouse.

[aslyfox]

yesterday I broke out the big guy, the D FA 150-450mm, for the first time this year

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[taks]

common mergansers

[WPRESTO]

The hen in the last image is especially pleasing.

[Racer X 69]

. . . . . . good light (sun behind you) . . . . . . . .

I would think that having the sun off to the right or left would make for better modeling of the subject and create a better sense of depth.

Having the sun (or any light source) directly behind the camera creates a very flat scene, with no depth or modeling of the subject.

[luftfluss]

I would think that having the sun off to the right or left would make for better modeling of the subject and create a better sense of depth.

Having the sun (or any light source) directly behind the camera creates a very flat scene, with no depth or modeling of the subject.

I think for many of us shooting local wildlife, we're happy just to get decent light at all.

In this case, the sun was directly behind me, but there was enough textures in the scene for definition. (A 400/5.6 + A 1.4x-L)




And here's one where the sun is to the right (same lens combo)



And here's one where the sun is to the left (Tamron 360B + A 1.4x-S + AFA 1.7x)



And finally here's one where the sun is low over my left shoulder, touching the treeline, and slightly diffused by clouds - which is not great for detail but I love the warm softness of it. Tamron 65B + A 1.4x-L

[normhead]

I think for many of us shooting local wildlife, we're happy just to get decent light at all.

In this case, the sun was directly behind me, but there was enough textures in the scene for definition. (A 400/5.6 + A 1.4x-L)




And here's one where the sun is to the right (same lens combo)



And here's one where the sun is to the left (Tamron 360B + A 1.4x-S + AFA 1.7x)



And finally here's one where the sun is low over my left shoulder, touching the treeline, and slightly diffused by clouds - which is not great for detail but I love the warm softness of it. Tamron 65B + A 1.4x-L

Some great looking images there. Keep it up.

[WPRESTO]

Some great looking images there. Keep it up.

+1, that's a set worthy of pride.

[luftfluss]

Thank you, fellas. @Racer X 69's comment about the sun's relationship to the subject spurred me to consider my own photos and the overall "look" of the subject, rather than just illumination.

So, with insurance, it cost me about three hundred bucks to send the defective lens back to Ricoh (w/preauthorized RMA) via USPS priority mail. No question it was delivered. Their "customer service" kept putting me off, telling me that they would get back to me with a status update that same day, but never followed up as promised.

The uncompensated return of merchandise is one of the statutory bases for a "notice of billing error" to the credit card issuer. You get sixty days in which to file a written claim (following the statutory requirements, of course, good thing I'm a lawyer), so I did so about a week before the expiration of that window of opportunity. (With all sorts of documentation, order confirmation, delivery confirmation, emails etc.) That doesn't mean the bank screwed up, by the way, simply that an error had occurred such that we'd been billed for something that was never, as it were, received.

Still haven't heard anything from Ricoh, but the nice people at the bank sent us a letter today telling us not to worry about it because they've backed out the charge.

I'm never going to order anything from Ricoh ever again (and, by the way, I am also a consumer of copiers and such office machinery). They don't do what they said they'd do, and their customer service is unreliable to say the best.

I've seen some great shots with that same lens, and I'd have liked it if the one I'd gotten had worked. Oh, well, I got a 150-450 instead, for a small fraction of the thousands I'd been willing to pay for the 560, and that's much more useful anyway, I think.

[normhead]

More sparrows,,,, not as good as yesterday.
K-3 and DA 55-300 PLM
ƒ6.3 ISO 800, 300mm

New today
American tree Sparrow




Previously spotted this year
White Throated Sparrow




Dark eyed Junco

[northcoastgreg]

Egret, with the DA* 300 + DA 1.4x converter:

[tduell]

The first Red-capped Robin I've spotted this season.
This is the only half decent view I got of the little blighter.
K-1, DFA 150-450 + 1.4x TC, handheld. Uncropped. See exif for shot details.

Cheers,
Terry