Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-29-2024, 03:19 PM
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Thank you! I really appreciate it! :) :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-28-2024, 02:27 PM
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Thank you! I went for the walk hoping to photograph sunset, but I liked the way that the afternoon light caught the grass. :)
Thanks Jer! It really was a relaxing walk and a peaceful scene. I'm happy to live only five minutes' drive from this scenery. :)
Thanks Todd! Normally I carry the 16-85, which ironically I hardly use at anything other than 16mm. :lol: In this case, the 55mm focal length compressed the scene a bit, highlighting the layers, where the wide angle would have lost them a bit. :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-27-2024, 05:52 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-27-2024, 05:00 PM
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Great shots! Love the humour. :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-26-2024, 05:07 PM
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Absolutely! I decided to go for a walk at a nearby hilltop instead of in the valley. :)
I hoped that there might be a nice sunset and there was. :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-26-2024, 05:02 PM
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Thanks Loris! They like dense bushes such as this one as a defence against small raptors like falcons. I'm impressed with the ability of the K3iii to focus despite the branches. :)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-26-2024, 04:56 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-3 III
02-26-2024, 02:36 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-26-2024, 02:28 PM
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Fantastic shots as always, Gary! I've only seen one in daylight once.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-26-2024, 02:25 PM
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Thank you! :)
Thanks Angky! He still has a glint in his eye! :lol:
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-26-2024, 02:23 PM
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Thanks Tony! :) It's also much lighter than the older lens, which makes it easier to carry around. :)
Thanks Jer! :)
Wow, thank you Angky! Yes, so much of what we capture is about how the light paints the scene, even from the invisible sun. :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-25-2024, 03:10 PM
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Thanks Todd! Normally I'd expect to use a wide angle lens for a sunset, but in this case the rainbow cloud was only visible with the long lens. There was a long cloud which looked like a Chinese dragon that I missed without the wide lens, but took a photo with my phone.
Thanks Mike! It's been a while since I saw a really nice sunset. :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-25-2024, 02:55 PM
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Thanks Jer! Yes, most (not all) of the male Superb Fairy-wrens change to "eclipse" plumage in winter, where they look very similar to the females except for a blue tail. :)
Thanks Mike! Yes, he still does. :) I was impressed that the camera AF could pick this subject out of the maze of branches.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-25-2024, 06:07 AM
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:lol::lol::lol: Maybe so! He should be at the Olympics in a long distance event!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-25-2024, 06:05 AM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-25-2024, 06:04 AM
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-25-2024, 06:02 AM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-22-2024, 02:44 PM
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I agree with Dennis; the third shot is great! I wonder how an Emu ended up in Florida? It's a long and wet walk from Australia!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-21-2024, 02:57 PM
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That makes sense. Most of North America gets very cold weather in winter and (at least until recently) short summers. Australia is almost the same land area as the "lower" states, but only has small sections which ever get snow. Surprisingly though, I've seen Bluetongue species in areas near where I live that are over 1200m in altitude and get occasional snow in winter. There's freshwater turtles living in ponds which often freeze over at night in winter (though generally not in daytime). There's large snakes in the same areas. All those reptiles hibernate in winter. The only native terrestrial animals which are typically found in the highest areas are Mountain Pygmy Possums, Echidnas and Wombats. As far as I've seen, the Kangaroos and Wallabies all move below the snow-line. Most of the birds move below the snow-line too, though the distances are mostly short enough that some birds can fly up during the day then back down at night (like Ravens and Parrots).
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-20-2024, 07:21 PM
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No worries! I just thought of Frilled-neck Lizards, which grow to about the same length but aren't quite as robust. Some of the Skink species are large as well; Bluetongues up to 60cm and the biggest being the Land Mullet which is a bit bigger (Wikipedia says the same, but that's not true. I've definitely seen bigger Land Mullets than any Bluetongue, and lots of books state that the Land Mullet is the biggest Australian Skink). There's lots of big Monitors; the very common Lace Monitor can grow to two metres (I'd say longer) and 16kg. We saw a really pretty Lace Monitor in WA at Christmas, but sadly it ran off and under a log before I could get a photo. On the east coast, the Lace Monitors usually run up a tree, which is always a surprise! :lol:
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-20-2024, 07:10 PM
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I've been told that the image size rule applies to externally linked images. I think the reason is that it mucks up the layout of the forum web page if the linked image is too large. They want people to be able to get to the interface elements without scrolling the browser content across on an average resolution display. A lot of people still use HD resolution screens. It may also be for the benefit of people using a mobile device. I use displays which are much higher than HD resolution. It shouldn't be so much of an issue for a "Post Your Photos" list, because you're only seeing the photos in the post, as opposed to threads on single posts in other areas where lots of people are replying to the thread with their own photos. You're also quite correct that the rule is probably related to the size of files being posted in people's profiles on the PF website instead of linking them from elsewhere. Keeping the file size down will minimise the impact on the server and bandwidth. The linked files from Flickr would come directly from Flickr, not PF. :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-20-2024, 03:56 PM
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Thanks Angky! It looks much better at HD resolution, but forum rules say that the maximum width is 1024 pixels. :(
There was more detail in the clouds in the original raw, but it was hard to leave all that detail in without making the ground too dark in editing. When I was using film, I used to use a polarising filter all the time, but these days I never do. I'm not sure if I actually own one to suit the wide angle lenses that I currently own. A polariser is great to improve colour saturation and remove reflections, as well as acting as an ND filter for longer exposure times. But as you say, it can also remove the interest fro reflections off water.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-20-2024, 03:48 PM
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The Water Dragon grows to about 90cm (almost 3 feet) according to the Australian Museum. This one was more like 60cm (around 2 feet) long. FWIW, the largest Australian Monitor lizard is the Perentie, which grows to at least 2.5m (about 8 feet). The largest fossil Monitor was about 5m (16 feet) long. As a child I read about a lizard like this which was claimed to have lived as recently as 25,000 years ago, so it would have been seen by Aborigines. The Komodo Dragon is more closely related to Monitor lizards (Goannas in Australia) than Australian Dragons.
Thank you! :)
Thanks! I think it could be a male. In Spring, they have a lot of colour under the throat, which they seem to use in threat displays to other males, raising their heads and bobbing them.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-20-2024, 03:34 PM
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Great! The combination wasn't worthwhile on my copy of the 1.4x TC. :( The biggest problem though, was that the DA*300 hunted so much that the number of shots I missed drove me crazy. :(
At the moment, the DFA 150-450 isn't an option because of an injury. Anyway, thanks for posting! Maybe I should send me TC to be tested. I feel like it's softer than it should be, judging by the results compared to others.
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