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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-26-2017, 05:45 PM
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Here are some photos of one of my neighbors livestock.
goatsNdonkey, the black horse's name is Oscar, and he is very friendly. In the photo it looks like his ears are back, he must have been uncertain of me at first.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-23-2017, 06:15 PM
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Here are a couple photos of my neighbor's herd.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-31-2017, 06:33 PM
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Thank you Des. Here are some photos of local Highland cattle and their barn. They are a very interesting & hardy breed, and kinda handsome. The EXIF is attached for each photo.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-29-2017, 07:00 PM
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Wow, this is a thread I will enjoy. Looked at all the photos posted and love them. Des, grateful that you started this. I will start with some cross post shots from "post your K-1 pictures"
The goat belongs to one of my neighbors, I will find out what kind. It was a real joy to take the photos, goats are so cool and can be a lot of fun or a pain in the backside.
The shots were taken with the DFA 150-450 mounted on the K-1.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-26-2019, 06:41 PM
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On a walk about the other day I spotted a small flock of cedar waxwings at a nice distance of about 50 or 60 feet, roughly 20 meters or so. Had ideal conditions. These birds look like they have fur rather than feathers.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-26-2020, 08:51 PM
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All taken with the DFA 24-70/2.8 lens. When viewing or photographing flowers & blossoms I am so impressed with the amazing beauty. Especially with photos where the detail is seen up close. But at the same time I am also amazed at the vast variety of insects that most likely see the flowers as simply a life supporting substance. Actually I don't know if they see not the beauty, perhaps they do. It is said that the brain of a honey bee has the same components as the human brain, just quite a bit smaller. So who knows exactly how insects interpret the world. Just sharing my crazy thoughts...I know, stick with sharing just the photos:(
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-23-2020, 07:58 PM
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Most of my bird shots, especially the ones of warblers, are taken at about 10 meters. Sometimes a wee bit closer or farther. Here are examples of where distance, or proximity really makes a difference.
First shot is a Great Crested Flycatcher taken at roughly 80 meters.
Second shot is the Eastern Kingbird taken at about 20 meters. With the DA 1.4 TC mounted.
Third shot a house wren taken at 8 meters. All my bird photos are hand held with the DFA 150-450 lens. On days when the light is good I will add the 1.4 tele converter. Some day I hope to obtain the DA 55-300 to give my old arms a rest. For many shots I believe it would do as well as the beast.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-24-2020, 07:53 PM
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A couple shots taken with the A 645 120/4.0 macro lens, on a tripod.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-23-2020, 07:21 PM
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A few more shots taken with the DFA 150-450. Next post will be true macro shots.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-22-2020, 08:42 PM
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Couple of tele-macro shots taken with the DFA 150-450 beast, and as always hand held:)
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-24-2020, 08:12 PM
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Amazing to me how well they can hold on.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-24-2020, 08:15 PM
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Awesome wing action.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-18-2020, 09:15 PM
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Hello Eric, I favor the slow speed shot. It has been quite some time since I was on this thread, and thank you very much for your concern. The Luxembourg creature has returned so I reckon it is time for me to get with the program..:hmm:
Here are a few return start shots from me, as usual nothing special.
Best Regards, Bobby
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-26-2020, 07:57 PM
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During the winter I did some copying of old slides. Very disappointing, thought that I had stored them well but a great deal of quality is gone. Oh well, it is what it is.
The first photo of Pittsburgh was taken in June of 1968 with my good old Spotmatic. The 2 point bridges were still standing.
The second photo was taken in January of 1990 with my good old MX. The old bridges are gone, and also gone is the air pollution from the steel mills. Unfortunately that was because the still mills were gone.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-24-2020, 06:56 PM
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Had several male blackburnian warblers I was watching, here's shots of 2 of them. Last year I got some nice shots of the female but not the male. Strange how things change, this year so far I have not even seen a female.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-23-2020, 07:05 PM
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Here are some of the cape may male and female.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-30-2020, 06:51 PM
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Had a small flock of cedar waxwings stop by for a bit.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-27-2020, 06:51 AM
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Unless I should be lucky enough to catch shots of some of the resident ones. Here is a wilson; a tennessee; and a ruby crowned kinglet.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-30-2020, 07:05 PM
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Peter, that photo is absolutely stunning. I do not believe that I have ever seen a picture of a rose that is quite so beautiful.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-20-2020, 06:55 PM
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Here's some shots of the black-throated warbler female & male. And I certainly agree with all the advice Des has offered. One remark I will add is when I shoot quick moving birds like warblers I typically forsake aperture for a higher shutter speed and hope for good focus. Sometimes I succeed this way and sometimes not. The higher ISO is not as much an issue if you nail the focus, and if @ 2000 ISO or higher I will do a slight adjustment in LR.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-22-2020, 04:09 PM
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Here are a few of the American Redstart male. There were 5 different males jumping around for me to attempt to capture. These are shots of 2 of them and I noticed when watching them that the colors are slightly different, perhaps due to the age of the bird or the angle of the light or the brightness.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-22-2020, 03:57 PM
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Des, this yard bird photographer would do exactly as you stated. I would start with (a) and try other options. That fine warbler shot by Taks is shot @ 1/640, f7.1 with plenty of light obviously as the ISO is low, and produced great results.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-22-2020, 03:50 PM
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Lidy, you did real good with that fine focus adjustment, excellent results. For me this forum is not just about photos, the chatting is an important people part of it all. There is such a vast amount of knowledge shared on this forum and I can only begin to tell anyone how grateful I am for that. The photos are a great pleasure to view and certainly enjoyable to be able to present & share our shots with others, but the remarks connect & bond us as members and being a part of the wonderful world of photography.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-21-2020, 08:54 PM
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The last shots were of the black-throated blue warbler, now the black-throated green warbler female and male. Some of these shots are perfect examples of what Des was talking about, not quite nailing the focus where you want. Even though the second shot of the female is not great quality I love the composition...she can't eat lunch without a distracting buzzing thing. I did not see that honey bee until processing and I thought...cool.
Best Regards, Bob
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-21-2020, 08:17 PM
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Thank you very much Des for the kind words, and I certainly appreciate your inspiring advice. For many years I attempted wildlife shots with my old Spotmatic and MX cameras and was never successful. Wildlife tend to stay in shaded areas, and that was my reason to purchase the K-1, though the cost was for sure a challenge for me. I waited much too long to get back into photography but now having some really good results I am thrilled beyond words. You mention poor light, well one day last week we had dark clouds and I told myself I am not going out, it's not worth the effort. Then I saw the tiny birds jumping around on the birch in the front yard. Out the door I went, took about 30 shots in the rain and of course most were not worth the trouble. I'll post some when I finish the warbler series, you can see rain drops on the birds.
Best Regards, Bob
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