I have joined my local Audubon Society ( I recommend highly that others look into doing the same) and am planning a short trip to a location on private land [ we do not have permission to go into the private property ] to attempt to observe Prairie Chickens on Earth Day April 21 about an hour after sun rise
Greater Prairie-Chicken Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Since the birds are on private land in an open field, my observations and possible photography efforts will be from the public roadway. I believe the birds should be to my south if so, the sun would be on my left
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I plan on using binoculars and/or a rented Pentax 80 ED Spotting Scope mounted on a tripod to observe them , depending on how far away they might be
my photography equipment would allow me to choose from:
my K 3 or K 3 II tripod mounted
with various lens that I could choose ranging from focal lengths and maximum apertures:
the HD Pentax-D FA* 70-200mm F2.8 ED DC AW or
the SMC Pentax-DA* 300mm F4 ED [IF] SDM or
the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6 ED DC AW
and I could even add, at the cost of 1 F stop (? ), my HD Pentax-DA 1.4x AW AF Rear Converter
Pentax remote shutter trigger
any thoughts on equipment choice, settings, and anything else?
[ substitution of the photographer is not an option
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Last edited by aslyfox; 04-13-2018 at 04:31 AM.