Pentax K-3 III Monochrome Review: Now live!

**aslyfox** · 08-12-2022, 04:35 AM - **1 Like**

Brown Pelican overflying Monterey Bay

crop but otherwise SOOC

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**noelcmn** · 08-14-2022, 01:43 PM - **2 Likes**

**aslyfox** · 08-17-2022, 04:00 PM - **1 Like**

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

above them all

**Des** · 09-02-2022, 05:38 PM - **5 Likes**

Pacific gull landing. K-S2 + DA 55-300mm PLM

**GvilleRick** · 10-04-2022, 08:19 AM - **6 Likes**

I spent about an hour at an observation deck watching a Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, and this Red-Shouldered Hawk. It was nearly lunch time for me and apparently also lunch time for this guy. I saw him swoop down into the marsh and then tracked him as he flew into a tree. He was a long way from me so these shots are cropped and then upscaled. Once I processed the photos I saw that he had caught a bullfrog for lunch in the last two photos here.

**noelcmn** · 10-20-2022, 10:41 AM

**GvilleRick** · 10-20-2022, 12:15 PM - **3 Likes**

A few shots of a Great Egret that came flying toward me and then made a couple of loops in front of me. K1ii with DA*300 and 1.4x Tamron TC.

And some geese.

**GvilleRick** · 11-08-2022, 11:39 AM - **4 Likes**

Another afternoon at Conestee Nature Preserve and some shots of birds in flight. All with K3iii and DA*300 with Tamron 1.4TC.

Great Egret

Canadian Geese

Male and Female Mallards

**GvilleRick** · 12-30-2022, 05:12 PM - **6 Likes**

It was a gray morning but the temps were comfortable so I made a trip to a local University to look for birds on their lake. All with K1ii and DA* 300 and some with either a 1.4x or 2.0x TC.

Mallards in flight (with 1.4x Tamron TC).

Great Blue Heron flying away from me. (No TC)

Belted Kingfisher (No TC and cropped quite a bit. Processed with Topaz Photo AI to upscale.)

**GvilleRick** · 01-05-2023, 06:49 PM - **6 Likes**

More shots of a kingfisher in flight.

**ramseybuckeye** · 01-05-2023, 07:16 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by GvilleRick

More shots of a kingfisher in flight.

Outstanding! Here's the only half decent shot of a Belted Kingfisher I have been able to get, with a lot of trying, I'm just showing this to show how outstanding your images are.

**ramseybuckeye** · 01-05-2023, 07:23 PM - **5 Likes**

Bigger and slower is much easier

**GvilleRick** · 01-05-2023, 08:45 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by ramseybuckeye

Outstanding! Here's the only half decent shot of a Belted Kingfisher I have been able to get, with a lot of trying, I'm just showing this to show how outstanding your images are.

Thank you. I had about given up getting a shot. I heard him as soon as I arrived and saw him several times swooping across the water but couldn't get a shot. I was having problems with my DA* 300 focusing with my 1.4x TC attached so I did remove that. When he landed on a branch and I had an unobstructed shot I didn't have my camera up and by the time I did he took off. I was using my K3iii and it did focus quickly as I tracked him and I was able to get these shots. I did have to crop a lot and used Topaz Photo AI to upscale. I've seen him at the same spot the past two trips there so hopefully I can get another chance to see him soon.

Aaron28 · 01-14-2023, 06:15 PM - **6 Likes**

festival of the cranes wheeler wildlife refuge, decatur, alabama......K-50....FA80-320

**ramseybuckeye** · 03-12-2023, 01:09 PM - **4 Likes**

Doubled-crested Cormorant:

Probably a Forster's Tern silhouetted, taken more for the background:

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GvilleRick Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2011 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,571	Another afternoon at Conestee Nature Preserve and some shots of birds in flight. All with K3iii and DA*300 with Tamron 1.4TC. Great Egret Canadian Geese Male and Female Mallards

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GvilleRick Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2011 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,571	It was a gray morning but the temps were comfortable so I made a trip to a local University to look for birds on their lake. All with K1ii and DA* 300 and some with either a 1.4x or 2.0x TC. Mallards in flight (with 1.4x Tamron TC). Great Blue Heron flying away from me. (No TC) Belted Kingfisher (No TC and cropped quite a bit. Processed with Topaz Photo AI to upscale.)

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ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,522	Doubled-crested Cormorant: Probably a Forster's Tern silhouetted, taken more for the background:

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