[Tsuken]

I should really mow the grass but the birds like the dandelions. KP, DFA 100 WR, 1/90 at f9.5 and most definitely liveview and the flippy screen deployed for a shot from below to get the backlight from the sky.

That’s amazing!

[Biff]

I should really mow the grass but the birds like the dandelions. KP, DFA 100 WR, 1/90 at f9.5 and most definitely liveview and the flippy screen deployed for a shot from below to get the backlight from the sky.

Beautiful shot. Creative. Like it in B&W.

[kwb]

KP+55-300mm PLM at 300mm, cropped.


Side-blotched lizard (orange throated morph, probably ultra-dominant male) by k kwb, on Flickr
Until recently I had no idea that these lizards have three distinct male morphs and two female morphs. Common side-blotched lizard - Wikipedia

This orange-throated one is probably ultra-dominant male with a big territory and many females to defend. Blue-throated ones are smaller in size and have smaller, one-female territory to defend. Yellow-throated ones are the smallest, don't have any territory and look similar to mature females.

Due to their appearance, yellows don't have much difficulty sneaking into orange's territory to "steal" unattended females. Oranges can steal mates from blues by physical strength. Since each blue has only one mate to defend, yellows stand no chance against blues. It's like rock paper and scissors.

As a result, when the orange population is the largest, yellows tend to leave the largest number of offspring. When the yellows become the dominant population, due to smaller number of aggressive oranges, blues tend to rise in the next year. But when blues are the largest in number, due to smaller number of sneak-in attempts by yellows, oranges will flourish.

[dirwood]

First time out without the kids with us. These are some of the better ones with the overcast weather and limited sun. Using my Sigma 70-300. The Scarlet Tanager was a good distance away so I am glad it came out as good as it did. No post processing done as I'm not very good with it and tried Lightroom and Luminar 3 free verisons. I am considering one of the Topaz programs from the marketplace link but I haven't checked any reviews from here yet.

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[NoobOnTour]

KP+55-300mm PLM at 300mm, cropped.


Side-blotched lizard (orange throated morph, probably ultra-dominant male) by k kwb, on Flickr
Until recently I had no idea that these lizards have three distinct male morphs and two female morphs. Common side-blotched lizard - Wikipedia

This orange-throated one is probably ultra-dominant male with a big territory and many females to defend. Blue-throated ones are smaller in size and have smaller, one-female territory to defend. Yellow-throated ones are the smallest, don't have any territory and look similar to mature females.

Due to their appearance, yellows don't have much difficulty sneaking into orange's territory to "steal" unattended females. Oranges can steal mates from blues by physical strength. Since each blue has only one mate to defend, yellows stand no chance against blues. It's like rock paper and scissors.

As a result, when the orange population is the largest, yellows tend to leave the largest number of offspring. When the yellows become the dominant population, due to smaller number of aggressive oranges, blues tend to rise in the next year. But when blues are the largest in number, due to smaller number of sneak-in attempts by yellows, oranges will flourish.

great capture

[DonV]

Blue Heron fishing from the neighbors pier; I believe he "missed" this time.
Sigma 50-500.

[timb64]

DA16-85WR

[Des]

Common Brushtail Possums. KP + DA 55-300 PLM

[Digitalis]

Pentax KP - Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG 1/30th F/11 @ ISO 100

[NoobOnTour]

DA16-85WR

beautiful capture

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Pentax KP - Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG 1/30th F/11 @ ISO 100

awesome shot

[Mbaez]

Cormorant

KP + 1.4TC + DA300

[csa]

Pentax KP - Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG 1/30th F/11 @ ISO 100

What an awesome shot! Stunning!

[Digitalis]

I rarely get the opportunity to work on location as most of my commercial portraiture is bound to the studio, so I jumped at the chance to work with a group of musicians from Adelaide University over the weekend.


Pentax KP- SMCP-FA31mm f/1.8 Limited ISO 100 F/5.6 1/180th Godox BM 600 with 60X90cm strip light.



Pentax KP- SMCP-FA31mm f/1.8 Limited ISO 100 F/8 1/180th Godox BM 600 with 60X90cm strip light.

While I wouldn't call this my best portrait work, but It was a lot of fun. As a musician myself I do enjoy discussing music with seasoned professionals.

It was quite a contrast working like this. I'm more accustomed to working in a controlled studio with a squad of assistants, makeup artists, hair stylists and art directors, and working with models who are confident and know how to pose.

[Mbaez]

Spring flower

Pentax KP + Sigma 50mm Macro

[Basie]

Late in the day in the Namib with the KP laughing at ISO 800