Post Your Best KP Shots

BigNasty0213 · 06-07-2020, 04:00 PM - **5 Likes**

**kwb** · 06-07-2020, 05:09 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by BruceBanner

"Why is it called a butcher bird?
Butcherbirds are insect eaters for the most part, but will also feed on small lizards and other vertebrates. They get their name from their habit of impaling captured prey on a thorn, tree fork, or crevice."

oof...

Haha, I start wondering and in no time it's demystified!

northcoastgreg · 06-07-2020, 06:31 PM - **7 Likes**

Panorama of abandoned railroad bridge over Eel River, with the DA 55-300 PLM + PS:

**BruceBanner** · 06-07-2020, 10:07 PM - **6 Likes**

Dingo

Spotted on our street. We have had mail from National Parks alerting us to their increasing presence from within Glenbrook National Park.

KP+55-300PLM

**kwb** · 06-07-2020, 11:15 PM - **4 Likes**

Red shouldered blackbird, just before taking off. With 55-300 PLM.

Taking off! by k kwb, on Flickr

Also attached is something I rescued from my non-keeper bin of the day, and 1:1 crop around the kestrel.
It's much tinier than I'd have liked

but I was glad that the KP+PLM AF didn't fail me and it was usable for ID purpose.

**Crooski** · 06-08-2020, 10:44 AM

Originally posted by mtngal

I think I would be packing up and leaving with skies that look like that. Nice photo, but those skies are downright scary.

It ended with a little rain

scotty707 · 06-08-2020, 02:34 PM - **10 Likes**

Train spotting in Southern California. Taken with DA 18-135.

**Minimonster** · 06-08-2020, 11:33 PM - **4 Likes**

Burbage Valley in the Peak District. KP with F 28-80

**mtngal** · 06-09-2020, 12:04 PM - **8 Likes**

A couple of photos from 2 different days, at the Painted Desert/Petrified Forest National Park. The first day, less than a week after it re-opened, I was almost alone.

Yesterday it was far more crowded, and I didn't bother stopping at the second place I was going to check out. It still amazes me to see what appears to be wood on the outside, then realize it is actually stone.

**Digitalis** · 06-10-2020, 03:06 AM - **7 Likes**

I had an occasion to use the HDR ADV mode on the KP. I ran it through Affinity photo as LR doesn't seem the handle KP HDR DNG files well.

Pentax KP - Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 @ f/11 ISO 100 HDR Mode

**mtngal** · 06-10-2020, 07:36 AM

Originally posted by Digitalis

I had an occasion to use the HDR ADV mode on the KP. I ran it through Affinity photo as LR doesn't seem the handle KP HDR DNG files well.

Pentax KP - Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 @ f/11 ISO 100 HDR Mode

That’s cool - I haven’t tried to use any of the in-camera HDR modes yet (I didn’t like the results on a previous camera, and haven’t tried since). I like this result. Might have to give it a try.

**pbancr** · 06-10-2020, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Digitalis

I had an occasion to use the HDR ADV mode on the KP. I ran it through Affinity photo as LR doesn't seem the handle KP HDR DNG files well.

Pentax KP - Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 @ f/11 ISO 100 HDR Mode

What a cool shot. Nicely framed and processed. A wall hanger!

**MiguelATF** · 06-11-2020, 03:15 PM - **2 Likes**

An impromptu rural landscape, taken with the DA 10-17 fisheye zoom, zoomed out to 17mm where it has the classic FOV of an old-fashioned analog 24mm lens.

**BruceBanner** · 06-11-2020, 07:45 PM - **8 Likes**

Bela Lugosi's Dead

A Kookaburra doing its best impression of Dracula.

Happy Feathery Friday!

Basie · 06-12-2020, 07:51 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by BruceBanner

"Why is it called a butcher bird?

In Afrikaans they are called a 'laksman', executioner and some species even have a black hood and the do impale their prey on thorns and barbed wire

06-07-2020, 04:00 PM - 5 Likes	#2266
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06-07-2020, 05:09 PM - 1 Like	#2267
kwb Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Pacific North West Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,223	Originally posted by BruceBanner "Why is it called a butcher bird? Butcherbirds are insect eaters for the most part, but will also feed on small lizards and other vertebrates. They get their name from their habit of impaling captured prey on a thorn, tree fork, or crevice." oof... Haha, I start wondering and in no time it's demystified!

06-07-2020, 06:31 PM - 7 Likes	#2268
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,173	Panorama of abandoned railroad bridge over Eel River, with the DA 55-300 PLM + PS:

06-07-2020, 10:07 PM - 6 Likes	#2269
BruceBanner Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 5,404	Dingo Spotted on our street. We have had mail from National Parks alerting us to their increasing presence from within Glenbrook National Park. KP+55-300PLM

06-08-2020, 10:44 AM	#2271
Crooski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Rozenburg , Zuid-Holland Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,681	Originally posted by mtngal I think I would be packing up and leaving with skies that look like that. Nice photo, but those skies are downright scary. It ended with a little rain

06-08-2020, 02:34 PM - 10 Likes	#2272
scotty707 Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Southern California/IE Posts: 306	Train spotting in Southern California. Taken with DA 18-135.

06-08-2020, 11:33 PM - 4 Likes	#2273
Minimonster Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2018 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,065	Burbage Valley in the Peak District. KP with F 28-80

06-09-2020, 12:04 PM - 8 Likes	#2274
mtngal Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wherever I’m Parked Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,003	A couple of photos from 2 different days, at the Painted Desert/Petrified Forest National Park. The first day, less than a week after it re-opened, I was almost alone. Yesterday it was far more crowded, and I didn't bother stopping at the second place I was going to check out. It still amazes me to see what appears to be wood on the outside, then realize it is actually stone.

06-10-2020, 03:06 AM - 7 Likes	#2275
Digitalis Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,694	I had an occasion to use the HDR ADV mode on the KP. I ran it through Affinity photo as LR doesn't seem the handle KP HDR DNG files well. Pentax KP - Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 @ f/11 ISO 100 HDR Mode

06-10-2020, 07:36 AM	#2276
mtngal Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wherever I’m Parked Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,003	Originally posted by Digitalis I had an occasion to use the HDR ADV mode on the KP. I ran it through Affinity photo as LR doesn't seem the handle KP HDR DNG files well. Pentax KP - Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 @ f/11 ISO 100 HDR Mode That’s cool - I haven’t tried to use any of the in-camera HDR modes yet (I didn’t like the results on a previous camera, and haven’t tried since). I like this result. Might have to give it a try.

06-10-2020, 01:24 PM	#2277
pbancr Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southeast Connecticut Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,575	Originally posted by Digitalis I had an occasion to use the HDR ADV mode on the KP. I ran it through Affinity photo as LR doesn't seem the handle KP HDR DNG files well. Pentax KP - Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 @ f/11 ISO 100 HDR Mode What a cool shot. Nicely framed and processed. A wall hanger!

06-11-2020, 07:45 PM - 8 Likes	#2279
BruceBanner Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 5,404	Bela Lugosi's Dead A Kookaburra doing its best impression of Dracula. Happy Feathery Friday!

06-12-2020, 07:51 AM - 1 Like	#2280
Basie Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Windhoek, Namibia Photos: Gallery Posts: 989	Originally posted by BruceBanner "Why is it called a butcher bird? In Afrikaans they are called a 'laksman', executioner and some species even have a black hood and the do impale their prey on thorns and barbed wire