[tduell]

The Robins should be arriving very soon, so looking forward to some good shots with the new K-3 III.
Here's one from 2017, a female Red-capped Robin.
K-3 II, DFA 150-450 + 1.4x TC, handheld. See exif for shot details.

Cheers,
Terry

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[DonV]

Proud mother.
First two pictures from :K1 II and 60-300 Tamron Adaptall MF, at 300mm - I forgot to enter the lens FL data.
First is a significant crop from second photo.

Third is from my KP with Sigma 50-500 at 500mm. Same robin.

[noelpolar]

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F*300/4.5 on KP

[bertwert]

Getting close to wildlife unnoticed is pretty key for some good photos, I thought I was doing pretty darn well sneaking up to this deer in an open field... until I sneezed that is!



K-50 and A400/5.6 - just cropped some off the two sides to make it portrait orientation from landscape.

[K2 to K50]

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Ho Ho. That is a great shot, Noel! Both birds nicely in focus - but what a great pose you have caught them in together! Love it!

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Getting close to wildlife unnoticed is pretty key for some good photos, I thought I was doing pretty darn well sneaking up to this deer in an open field... until I sneezed that is!



K-50 and A400/5.6 - just cropped some off the two sides to make it portrait orientation from landscape.

Well this shot is nothing to be sneezed at, Bert - you appear to have caught it in the moment of its awareness of you. The tail is beautifully displayed. The crop to portrait has produced an image worth keeping - will definitely make for good shooting memories down the track.

[mattt]

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Thats an amazing - What variety of bird is it Noel?

[brewmaster15]

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Absolutely love this shot Noel. it would be hard enough catching one bird with that look.. but two? Wow!
AL

[K2 to K50]

Thats an amazing - What variety of bird is it Noel?

Looks like New Holland Honeyeaters - they are very striking looking birds, for sure!

[bertwert]

Well this shot is nothing to be sneezed at, Bert - you appear to have caught it in the moment of its awareness of you. The tail is beautifully displayed. The crop to portrait has produced an image worth keeping - will definitely make for good shooting memories down the track.

Thanks!

I went out again in the evening light, got a more environmental shot of some whitetail dear. Being roughly 300m away, sneaking up skills were not required



K-50 and A 400/5.6, right on f/9.5 where it seems to perform its best.

[noelpolar]

Thats an amazing - What variety of bird is it Noel?

Thank you..... they are Newholland honeyeaters.... they are reasonably common down here..... full off attitude....

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Absolutely love this shot Noel. it would be hard enough catching one bird with that look.. but two? Wow!
AL

Thank you..... they seem to be naturals at giving me the evil eye!

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Looks like New Holland Honeyeaters - they are very striking looking birds, for sure!

beat me to it!

[Des]

A good day, everyone!I've dipped my toes into the DSLR world only recently, but birds have quickly become one of my favourite subjects, and I found myself longing for longer and faster lenses

Welcome to the club. If you can get good shots like this with a K10D and a MF lens, you will have well-developed skills when you come to get a good AF lens and a more modern body.

[rod_grant]

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Beauty Noel.
I have taken a few New Holland Honeyeaters, but never got to see the logos on their foreheads.

[Pentikonian]

Been quite a while since posting in the thread, but I have been following along what you all have been posting.

Thought I had lost my 200 and 300 early December when they stopped autofocusing. Took them out to clean them as I was thinking about sending them in for repair, and thought I'd try them again. The 200 woke right up. The 300 took a little coaxing. Both working again. Only thing I can think of is the cold stiffened the internals up a bit (grease?), and now that it's getting warm... Anywhos.

My Pentax tele lenses are working, starting to get bird photos. Happy days.

K-1 + DA*300, heavy crop (6mp) and resize for web, Rufous-winged Sparrow (I think) a couple days ago.

[HoutHans]

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F*300/4.5 on KP

Brilliant capture to go with a brilliant image! Thanks for sharing.

[Pentaxians]

Been quite a while since posting in the thread, but I have been following along what you all have been posting.

Thought I had lost my 200 and 300 early December when they stopped autofocusing. Took them out to clean them as I was thinking about sending them in for repair, and thought I'd try them again. The 200 woke right up. The 300 took a little coaxing. Both working again. Only thing I can think of is the cold stiffened the internals up a bit (grease?), and now that it's getting warm... Anywhos.

My Pentax tele lenses are working, starting to get bird photos. Happy days.

K-1 + DA*300, heavy crop (6mp) and resize for web, Rufous-winged Sparrow (I think) a couple days ago.

Welcome back! Nicely captured!