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**Bluestem** · 07-13-2021, 09:14 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Snapppy

Very nice! Good location. I am missing taking pictures of the stars so far this year. Every night I get out somewhere remote enough, it is cloudy

Despite trying to plan with weather apps...

Anyway. Here's some crabs on a beach. Pentax KP + DA* 300mm f4

Thanks! I know what you mean. I purchased the gps unit over year ago, every time we were staying someplace away from light pollution clouds or the moon phase would enter in. So much so I was debating selling the unused unit. This time the conditions were perfect, I put together my sega genesis expansion equivalent setup. KP + Grip + gps unit + tripod and the wait was so worth it!

**rjbrett** · 07-15-2021, 01:53 PM - **5 Likes**

Bush Cockroach, Pentax KP & Voigtlander 90mm F3.5 APO Lanthar SL with Kenko AC +5 close up filter. I took these last summer here, over xmas, and posted most of them on the Show me your insects thread at the time;

Originally posted by AgentL

shift a little more towards blue than yellow

I was fond of Agfa Vista, and sorry when it started disappearing from the shelves here twenty years ago or so. Looking at the light around me, and photos shared here and elsewhere, I am also starting to come round to the warmer tones of some of the Kodak films. I am quite happy with the rendering I am getting from the KP

. All other things given it seems true to life, and well balanced.

GreenRich · 07-16-2021, 11:07 AM - **6 Likes**

KP+55-300PLM

3by2 · 07-17-2021, 07:11 AM - **2 Likes**

So not so much a best shot but a little bit of photographic history. Don McCullin's Nikon F which stopped a bullet, hole just visible on the right of the pentaprism. There's a current exhibition of some of his best known work at the Tate Liverpool. Well worth going to see, especially if you've never seen masterfully printed silver halide prints.

northcoastgreg · 07-17-2021, 09:20 AM - **7 Likes**

With the DA 16-85;

**Mbaez** · 07-17-2021, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by northcoastgreg

With the DA 16-85;

Excellent colors

**Shedking** · 07-17-2021, 03:04 PM - **6 Likes**

The Big Butterfly Count is a UK-wide "citizen science" survey aimed at helping Butterfly Conservation assess the health of our environment. It was launched in 2010 and has rapidly become the world's biggest survey of butterflies.

Big Butterfly Count 2021 runs from Friday 16 July to Sunday 8 August. Conditions today were perfect.

KP with Sigma 180mm f/5.6, handheld, natural light:

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simsburyphoto · 07-17-2021, 03:26 PM

Great butterfly photos

**rjbrett** · 07-17-2021, 07:15 PM

Hope we see more

**AgentL** · 07-17-2021, 08:39 PM

Originally posted by Shedking

The Big Butterfly Count is a UK-wide "citizen science" survey aimed at helping Butterfly Conservation assess the health of our environment. It was launched in 2010 and has rapidly become the world's biggest survey of butterflies.

Big Butterfly Count 2021 runs from Friday 16 July to Sunday 8 August. Conditions today were perfect.

KP with Sigma 180mm f/5.6, handheld, natural light:

Crisp as can be!

**Shedking** · 07-17-2021, 11:28 PM - **6 Likes**

Originally posted by AgentL

Crisp as can be!

The keeper rate is not high with such a slow lens. I miss the focus on more than half.

Focus confirmation is all you have to go on. Everything is moving - grass, insect and you. But when it comes together....

**Des** · 07-18-2021, 12:18 AM - **7 Likes**

Swamp Wallabies

KP + DA 55-300 PLM at 300mm

KP + FA*300 f4.5

th1952 · 07-18-2021, 08:07 AM - **5 Likes**

A couple from the garden. KP and Tampon 90mm macro

northcoastgreg · 07-18-2021, 01:42 PM - **5 Likes**

Originally posted by Mbaez

Excellent colors

Thanks. Again with the DA 16-85:

th1952 · 07-18-2021, 03:07 PM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by northcoastgreg

With the DA 16-85;

Very nice. You're making me think about picking up the 16-85.

---------- Post added 07-18-21 at 06:09 PM ----------

'Vette at a local car show. 586 HP! KP and 16-45

07-15-2021, 01:53 PM - 5 Likes	#3317
rjbrett Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Brisbane Posts: 895	Bush Cockroach, Pentax KP & Voigtlander 90mm F3.5 APO Lanthar SL with Kenko AC +5 close up filter. I took these last summer here, over xmas, and posted most of them on the Show me your insects thread at the time; Originally posted by AgentL shift a little more towards blue than yellow I was fond of Agfa Vista, and sorry when it started disappearing from the shelves here twenty years ago or so. Looking at the light around me, and photos shared here and elsewhere, I am also starting to come round to the warmer tones of some of the Kodak films. I am quite happy with the rendering I am getting from the KP . All other things given it seems true to life, and well balanced. Last edited by rjbrett; 07-15-2021 at 02:22 PM.

07-17-2021, 03:26 PM	#3323
simsburyphoto Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 244	butterflies Great butterfly photos

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07-13-2021, 09:14 PM - 1 Like	#3316
Bluestem Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 564	Originally posted by Snapppy Very nice! Good location. I am missing taking pictures of the stars so far this year. Every night I get out somewhere remote enough, it is cloudy Despite trying to plan with weather apps... Anyway. Here's some crabs on a beach. Pentax KP + DA* 300mm f4 Thanks! I know what you mean. I purchased the gps unit over year ago, every time we were staying someplace away from light pollution clouds or the moon phase would enter in. So much so I was debating selling the unused unit. This time the conditions were perfect, I put together my sega genesis expansion equivalent setup. KP + Grip + gps unit + tripod and the wait was so worth it!

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3by2 Closed Account Join Date: Feb 2019 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 819	So not so much a best shot but a little bit of photographic history. Don McCullin's Nikon F which stopped a bullet, hole just visible on the right of the pentaprism. There's a current exhibition of some of his best known work at the Tate Liverpool. Well worth going to see, especially if you've never seen masterfully printed silver halide prints.

07-17-2021, 09:20 AM - 7 Likes	#3320
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,176	With the DA 16-85;

07-17-2021, 10:59 AM	#3321
Mbaez Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: NY Photos: Albums Posts: 3,774	Originally posted by northcoastgreg With the DA 16-85; Excellent colors

07-17-2021, 07:15 PM	#3324
rjbrett Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Brisbane Posts: 895	Hope we see more

07-17-2021, 08:39 PM	#3325
AgentL Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Seattle Photos: Albums Posts: 1,759	Originally posted by Shedking The Big Butterfly Count is a UK-wide "citizen science" survey aimed at helping Butterfly Conservation assess the health of our environment. It was launched in 2010 and has rapidly become the world's biggest survey of butterflies. Big Butterfly Count 2021 runs from Friday 16 July to Sunday 8 August. Conditions today were perfect. KP with Sigma 180mm f/5.6, handheld, natural light: Crisp as can be!

07-18-2021, 12:18 AM - 7 Likes	#3327
Des Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Victoria Australia Photos: Albums Posts: 6,424	Swamp Wallabies KP + DA 55-300 PLM at 300mm KP + FA*300 f4.5

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07-18-2021, 01:42 PM - 5 Likes	#3329
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,176	Originally posted by Mbaez Excellent colors Thanks. Again with the DA 16-85:

07-18-2021, 03:07 PM - 3 Likes	#3330
th1952 Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Berea, Ohio Posts: 446	Originally posted by northcoastgreg With the DA 16-85; Very nice. You're making me think about picking up the 16-85. ---------- Post added 07-18-21 at 06:09 PM ---------- 'Vette at a local car show. 586 HP! KP and 16-45

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