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Forum: Lens Clubs 09-18-2022, 10:06 AM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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The birds are headed south from Alaska.

fall creamers walk web-9 by David Dawson, on Flickr

fall creamers walk web-6 by David Dawson, on Flickr

fall creamers walk web-3 by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 09-25-2020, 11:23 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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A quick study of the same flower at vastly different focal lengths

10-17mm at 17mm
White Mountains-0085 by David Dawson, on Flickr

55-300 PLM at 300mm
White Mountains-0084 by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 09-23-2020, 11:18 AM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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Much less exotic, just a KP and 55-300 PLM at 300 and a very nosy camp robber

White Mountains-0037 by David Dawson, on Flickr

White Mountains-0041 by David Dawson, on Flickr

White Mountains-0046 by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 05-26-2020, 05:54 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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Possibly? Lots of geese, cranes, and other migratory birds this time of year.
Forum: Lens Clubs 05-24-2020, 10:25 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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I think this little guy has been eating at the feeder a bit too much...

little birds-5123 by David Dawson, on Flickr

little birds-5138 by David Dawson, on Flickr

little birds-5149 by David Dawson, on Flickr

---------- Post added 05-24-20 at 10:48 PM ----------

Some more, larger critters...


roadside moose web-5170
by David Dawson, on Flickr

And some dinosaurs too.

cranes return-4917
by David Dawson, on Flickr


Zoinks!
by David Dawson, on Flickr


cranes return-5004
by David Dawson, on Flickr


cranes return-4916
by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 05-24-2020, 10:32 AM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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55-300 PLM on a KP

Zoinks! by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 05-21-2020, 10:33 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
Replies: 40,825
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I’ve seen one in Fairbanks Alaska, last summer or two years ago I think. It was the first time I had ever seen one and I was, to put it mildly, alarmed and surprised to see a GIANT BEE looking thing in our roses. A quick google search calmed my fears and sent be scurrying for my camera but by then the thing was gone.
Forum: Lens Clubs 05-19-2020, 07:45 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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The National Park service in AK says stay 25yds from Moose and other big game, and 100 yards from bears.

There have been at least 5 fatal bear attacks in Alaska since I moved here in 2012, because I know of 5 in the last 3 years. Some were sows defending cubs, some were predatory; all were “wrong place, wrong time, wrong bear” situations. I know of several more close calls and maulings.

The rules in bear country as I understand it are pretty simple: Make noise so you don’t surprise them, don’t smell like food (or cologne, soap, shampoo, etc that could be confused by a bear as food), don’t go alone if you can help it (most bear attacks happen to people who are alone), and have some sort of deterrent (bear spray or a firearm) readily available on you (not in a pack or pocket) that you are proficient with.

Edit: Black bears are just as likely to view people as prey as brown bears and grizzlies, and it basically depends on what other food is around. Of the 5 death mentioned above, 3 were black bears and two were predatory. Polar bears see everything as food...

If you podcast, check this one out:

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2019/06/07/bear-awareness-and-safety/
Forum: Lens Clubs 05-17-2020, 12:05 AM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
Replies: 40,825
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A couple from March, before the mosquitoes emerged and the snow melted... KP and 55-300 PLM

snow day web-4758 by David Dawson, on Flickr

snow day web-4735 by David Dawson, on Flickr

snow day web-4741 by David Dawson, on Flickr

snow day web-4753 by David Dawson, on Flickr

snow day web-4731 by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 08-22-2019, 10:27 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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Poor gal was soaked... so was I but she has to live in it! Pentax KP, 55-300 PLM, fox on the Denali Park Road back in June.

Kantishna critterrs web-3769 by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 07-19-2019, 12:24 AM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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Caribou along the Park Road, Denali National Park June 2019. Pentax KP + 55-300 PLM

Kantishna-3624 by David Dawson, on Flickr

Kantishna-3646 by David Dawson, on Flickr

Kantishna-3648 by David Dawson, on Flickr

Kantishna-3657 by David Dawson, on Flickr

Kantishna-3658 by David Dawson, on Flickr

Kantishna-3661 by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 08-05-2018, 04:35 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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I was working a beer festival last night and since I had time after set up to walk around and enjoy myself, I pulled my KP out of the truck and got some shots of the Dry Cabin String Band's performance. First time shooting in Pentax's Hyper-Program mode, with the program line set to "MTF". I'm very happy with it!



Dry Cabin String Band web-0625
by David Dawson, on Flickr



Dry Cabin String Band web-0614
by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 07-27-2018, 09:47 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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I hiked to horseshoe lake last night. Are you still in Alaska?
Forum: Lens Clubs 07-19-2018, 10:58 AM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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Did I post these already? Not all of the wildlife in Denali National Park is big. If I hadn't been with my family I would have walked right by this little guy standing up and posing for the camera!


Denali Park July 18 web-0503 by David Dawson, on Flickr


Denali Park July 18 web-0521 by David Dawson, on Flickr

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A young bull moose near the entrance to Denali National Park.

Denali Park moose July 18 web-0442 by David Dawson, on Flickr

Denali Park moose July 18 web-0431 by David Dawson, on Flickr

Denali Park moose July 18 web-0448 by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 06-14-2018, 10:54 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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Photos (finally) from my new HD DA55-300 WR.

Moose Family Riley Creek web-0334 by David Dawson, on Flickr

Moose Family Riley Creek web-0339 by David Dawson, on Flickr

Moose Family Riley Creek web-0350 by David Dawson, on Flickr

Maternal Instincts... glad I was in my truck...
Moose Family Riley Creek web-0342 by David Dawson, on Flickr

I'm not sure who was more surprised to see the other, but man am I glad Pentax DNG's are flexible. It's always good to check that you're set on the mode you expect to be in and not start underexposing your shots by 3-4 stops... Next camera has to have a locking mode dial.
Forum: Lens Clubs 08-22-2017, 02:26 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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RAD!

The geese and sandhill cranes are getting ready to fly south, so I took out my Takumar 200mm f4 m42 with a Pentax K-2X Teleconverter.


Geese, Creamer's Field by David Dawson, on Flickr


Creamer's field sandhill cranes by David Dawson, on Flickr

Without the TC
creamer's field migration 2017 by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 06-10-2017, 01:18 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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I was spitballing some ideas to help with bright midday sun. Polarized sunglasses help with glare in the midday sun, so I was guessing it would help with strong bright points (glare) on photographs too. We don't get a lot of that here, and I rarely am able to get out and shoot during that time of day.

As far as being too harsh on oneself... I often get my wife to go through a series as she's more concerned with the overall composition where I can get hung up on the little flaws. Most of the time we agree on whats good and whats not, but often enough she picks shots that I dislike because it was a little soft or missed focus that it helps me see my own work better.
Forum: Lens Clubs 06-09-2017, 09:15 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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Hey norm, do you use a polarizing filter or have you considered one? There's a harshness to the birds from the extremely bright highlights, at least on my screen(s), that one might help. They're also a bit over sharpened maybe? Could be jpeg web compression too. Dunno, just thinking out loud.
Forum: Lens Clubs 03-02-2017, 09:45 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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Not quite 300mm, but what's 35mm after a cropping a little?

K30, DA*50-135, Tamron 2x PZAF teleconverter. I wish there was a way to get it to AF without changing firmware permanently...

Calf...


alaska-4884 by David Dawson, on Flickr

...and Mama moose

alaska-4908 by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 02-12-2017, 09:28 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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Great shots! Be careful out there in case that big kitty mistakes you for a turkey next time.
Forum: Lens Clubs 09-22-2016, 09:03 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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I may not post here much as I do most of my work with a DA*50-135, but i also appreciate the 'current events' nature of this thread. On the other hand, I like seeing what people have done in the past especially if its a nice Kodachrome image.

I think the general idea should be 'don't spam the thread with dozens of images at once', old or new. Curate!
Forum: Lens Clubs 06-17-2016, 12:03 AM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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Better, the birds moved to a different pond overnight that was closer to the rail and the sun came out without any clouds hardly so there was a lot more light to work with.


Creamers Cranes web-2042 by David Dawson, on Flickr


Creamers Cranes web-2048 by David Dawson, on Flickr

It's pretty good without the TC at f/8 and focused at infinity (5 shot pano of Denali)


Denali June 2016 web- by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 06-15-2016, 12:12 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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CA is my main issue honestly, and yeah I expected it to get worse with the 2X. I'm spoiled by my Limiteds and DA* lenses I think! I've only used it a few times so far

Looking at your shots Luftfluss I think I may just need to get better at correcting CA in LR. More sunny days would help too.

Are there eyepieces to help with manual focusing? I don't want to necessarily change to a split prism screen, but a brighter viewfinder or magnification would certainly help I think. Not a fan of using live-view, I like using the OVF.
Forum: Lens Clubs 06-14-2016, 11:02 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
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Wow there's a lot of wiggled shooting at 600mm... Not really digging the results from the K300mm f/4 that I've gotten so far, with or without the converter.

300mm

cranes web-2031 by David Dawson, on Flickr

300mm + Pentax K 2x converter

cranes web-2019 by David Dawson, on Flickr

INCOMING!!!

cranes web-2024 by David Dawson, on Flickr
Forum: Lens Clubs 06-11-2016, 03:41 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By skierd
Replies: 40,825
Views: 4,315,684
Beautiful shots dawg!
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