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02-16-2021, 11:52 PM   #35086
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Lovely shots Ken. The hornbills chatting up is very nice.

@pentaxians - great set. Nice natural drama.

02-17-2021, 11:42 AM   #35087
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QuoteOriginally posted by kengoh Quote
1. Spectacled Spiderhunter


2. Chestnut Capped Laughingthrush




3. 2 species of Hornbills chatting


4. Baya Weaver - one of the best bird nest builder
Great group of birds, Ken! I am so glad you are posting again.
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Icy Gully Cover Hole


KP | DA55-300PLM @ 300 | 4:3 crop | near minimal focusing distance
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Honey Bee.
K-3 II, Sigma 18-300 macro, handheld. See exif for shot details.

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Pentax K3 with DA* 300mm F4 + Tamron PZ-AF 1.4 Teleconverter

Started to get a bit dark on me and I didn't realize the ISO had jumped all the way up to 12800. Worked out ok though.

Deer Getting a Drink
02-18-2021, 11:52 PM   #35091
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QuoteOriginally posted by K2 to K50 Quote
Another set of great shots, Ken - beautiful.

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Very sad story, Luis - but some spectacular photography work here by you. Excellent images, really catching the story and the drama.
QuoteOriginally posted by siva.ss.kumar Quote
Lovely shots Ken. The hornbills chatting up is very nice.

@pentaxians - great set. Nice natural drama.
Thanks K2 to K50 and siva.ss.kumar for your great comments.



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Great group of birds, Ken! I am so glad you are posting again.
Thanks Canada_Rockies, all these shots are old pics and I have thousands of them, previously only process those that are nice creamy green background, now posting with mixture of these environmental habitat shots.
02-19-2021, 05:37 AM   #35092
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QuoteOriginally posted by vector Quote
Pentax K3 with DA* 300mm F4 + Tamron PZ-AF 1.4 Teleconverter

Started to get a bit dark on me and I didn't realize the ISO had jumped all the way up to 12800. Worked out ok though.

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I am surprised with this shot, I didn’t think the K3 was that good at high iso. What did you do for post processing

02-19-2021, 08:36 AM   #35093
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QuoteOriginally posted by vector Quote
Pentax K3 with DA* 300mm F4 + Tamron PZ-AF 1.4 Teleconverter

Started to get a bit dark on me and I didn't realize the ISO had jumped all the way up to 12800. Worked out ok though.

Deer Getting a Drink
I agree with Lowell, this is an excellent result at such high ISO.

Also, a cute pic!
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QuoteOriginally posted by Lowell Goudge Quote
I am surprised with this shot, I didn’t think the K3 was that good at high iso. What did you do for post processing
QuoteOriginally posted by luftfluss Quote
I agree with Lowell, this is an excellent result at such high ISO. Also, a cute pic!
Thanks! I have found that indoors high iso on the K3 often turns to mud but outdoors it can be ok. Playing around in Lightroom I came to the conclusion that the biggest problem with K3 sensor is that the noise pattern is just right to be super enhanced by sharpening algorithms so I aggressively apply a sharpening mask. Other than that I don't feel I did anything special in post. Here are the Lightroom settings I applied.

WB: As Shot Temp 6650 Tint +2
Exposure: -0.88
Contrast: +33
Shadows: +25
Whites: +5
Clarity: +14
Sharpening Amount: 65
Sharpening Radius: 1.0
Sharpening Detail: 25
Sharpening Masking: 80
Noise Reduction Luminance: 16
Noise Reduction Detail: 50
Noise Reduction Contrast: 0
Noise Reduction Color: 50
Remove Chromatic Aberration: On
Post-Crop Vignette: -33 (to take the emphasis away from the bright sky on the right)
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Very well done, @vector !
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I managed to get the Astrotracer calibration a little better and got this shot of the Orion Nebula. K1ii with a DA* 300. I stacked 17 shots in Sequator. Each was about 5 seconds at ISO 800.

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Not as critically sharp as I hoped but I am new to this. Couldn't get a clear shot with no branches in the way and this guy didn't wait around for me to get a better position.



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few weeks back at guntersville lake, alabama.....K-3ii...sigma 150-500os



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BIF. Bee In Flight
A Leafcutter Bee about to move off at the speed of light!
K-3II, DA* 300, handheld. See exif for shot details.

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Birds shot with K3 + Sigma 500/4.5

1. Spectacled Barwing



2. White-Gorgeted Flycatcher



3. Yellow Bellied Fantail

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