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K1 + DFA 24-70 + AF540 flash and Gary Fong lightsphere.

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[mattb123]

I just got back from a few days around Moab. Always fun and beautiful.
K-1 & 15-30
5 vertical frames stitched and corrected

[eaglem]

Soooooooooooo Tropical

[BorisKolo]

I just got back from a few days around Moab. Always fun and beautiful.
K-1 & 15-30
5 vertical frames stitched and corrected

It's a pity you are showing such small resolution for awesome views.

[WPRESTO]

Wonderful images matt. Three of my efforts at imaging Utah. No picture quite communicates what it's like to be at one of these places.

[teiki arii]

***A comment on shutter speed and sharpness... I am beginning to think a LOT of lenses get inconsistent end user reviews, especially on the long end of a zoom for example, that may have a lot more to do with motion blur, even with IBIS, that I had previously believed. Using what I used to think of as "silly" shutter speeds with the DA*300 has been a real eye opening experience when it comes to sharpness. Allowing to let the ISO roam up a bit is really not an issue. I know I have hinted at this a little before, but it really is hitting home for me and I felt it worth mentioning again with respects to sharpness and shake, not just grain.

Hi Eric,
these shots are pure miracle as focus tracking is so bad on K-1! Bravo.

31 lim

Hi Boris,
nice shots and nice rendering in your twilight vision...

[Rondec]

A couple with the DFA 24-70.

Tree and Snow.



And in black and white...

[Erictator]

More***

A tight crop...

smc PENTAX-DA* 300mm F4 ED [IF] SDM ƒ/5.6 300.0 mm 1/2000 ISO640

Time for some formation flying

smc PENTAX-DA* 300mm F4 ED [IF] SDM ƒ/8.0 300.0 mm 1/3200 ISO640

Or is it a dog fight?

smc PENTAX-DA* 300mm F4 ED [IF] SDM ƒ/8.0 300.0 mm 1/3200 ISO640

***It might be worth mentioning, that this flutterby session I have been posting the last several days, is all from only one morning outing, just in case anyone was wondering if these were cherry picked from many spray and pray sessions. There were only maybe a dozen flutterby's active in the garden, and it was more like waiting for them to come to me, not chasing them, chasing does NOT work in my experience. From a distance, watch and find a plant they like, then approach slowly to shooting distance and stay still near it, they will come back.

---------- Post added 03-23-18 at 10:31 AM ----------

Hi Eric,
these shots are pure miracle as focus tracking is so bad on K-1! Bravo.

Thankyou Teiki! Yes, K-1 seems to do just fine with a little practice and forethought. See my comments above.
Eric

[Mike.P®]

IMGP4289 by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

[AZGMDale]

I just got back from a few days around Moab. Always fun and beautiful.
K-1 & 15-30
5 vertical frames stitched and corrected

Very nice. I'll bet these look wonderful at full resolution. The Moab area is a photographers wonderland. Need to get back there soon.

---------- Post added 03-23-18 at 09:25 AM ----------

More***

A tight crop...

smc PENTAX-DA* 300mm F4 ED [IF] SDM ƒ/5.6 300.0 mm 1/2000 ISO640

Time for some formation flying

smc PENTAX-DA* 300mm F4 ED [IF] SDM ƒ/8.0 300.0 mm 1/3200 ISO640

Or is it a dog fight?

smc PENTAX-DA* 300mm F4 ED [IF] SDM ƒ/8.0 300.0 mm 1/3200 ISO640

***It might be worth mentioning, that this flutterby session I have been posting the last several days, is all from only one morning outing, just in case anyone was wondering if these were cherry picked from many spray and pray sessions. There were only maybe a dozen flutterby's active in the garden, and it was more like waiting for them to come to me, not chasing them, chasing does NOT work in my experience. From a distance, watch and find a plant they like, then approach slowly to shooting distance and stay still near it, they will come back.

---------- Post added 03-23-18 at 10:31 AM ----------



Thankyou Teiki! Yes, K-1 seems to do just fine with a little practice and forethought. See my comments above.
Eric

Nice job. Especially like the in flight shots. Nice lighting and very well processed.

[fs999]

***It might be worth mentioning, that this flutterby session I have been posting the last several days, is all from only one morning outing, just in case anyone was wondering if these were cherry picked from many spray and pray sessions. There were only maybe a dozen flutterby's active in the garden, and it was more like waiting for them to come to me, not chasing them, chasing does NOT work in my experience. From a distance, watch and find a plant they like, then approach slowly to shooting distance and stay still near it, they will come back.

That's so true !

FF Mode • 100 ISO • Tamron SP AF Di 90mm F2.8 Macro • Metz Flash 52 AF-1 Digital with Ray-Flash Universal L ring adapter


Crop Mode • 100 ISO • Sigma Art 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM


FF Mode • 100 ISO • Irix Blackstone 15mm F2.4
Not cropped this time...


FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax DA* 55mm F1.4 SDM • Topaz Labs Texture Effects 2

[ivanvernon]

That's so true !

FF Mode • 100 ISO • Tamron SP AF Di 90mm F2.8 Macro • Metz Flash 52 AF-1 Digital with Ray-Flash Universal L ring adapter


Crop Mode • 100 ISO • Sigma Art 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM


FF Mode • 100 ISO • Irix Blackstone 15mm F2.4
Not cropped this time...


FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax DA* 55mm F1.4 SDM • Topaz Labs Texture Effects 2

Love the little Model B Farmall which goes back to the 1940s. It was the first tractor to appear on Vernon land after Grandpa Vernon gave up farming with teams of mules right after WW II.

[Mike.P®]

Hmmm, don't think the dog liked having his fur brushed.


Finly by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

[fs999]

Love the little Model B Farmall which goes back to the 1940s. It was the first tractor to appear on Vernon land after Grandpa Vernon gave up farming with teams of mules right after WW II.

Thank you ! Interesting that it terminated it's life in France

Hmmm, don't think the dog liked having his fur brushed.

You could now brush his teeth

[TwoUptons]

Well thank you. Southern Utah is a place where a blind person wearing boxing gloves could take dazzling scenics with a shirt-pocket P&S

I want to see a picture of this 🙂

-Eric