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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
10-26-2016, 08:46 PM
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As always, great shots, everyone! Some fine portraits, landscapes and macros here!
A few images taken Monday on a trip down Skyline Drive in Virginia. All taken with the D FA 28-105 lens. I was impressed with the detail this combo can capture under the right conditions. It was a really windy day. But when I got home and reviewed my photos at full size, some of them had an amazing amount of detail and I wasn't able to use pixel shift at all.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-05-2016, 01:05 PM
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Thank you, Frederic and WPRESTO!
I agree, the blacksmith photo is fantastic. But all of your shots have a really nice quality about them. You have a unique style that is instantly recognizable, Frederic!
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-05-2016, 11:44 AM
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Great shots, everyone! Always inspiring! Rondec, the lightning image is amazing! I have yet to capture lightning. Fantastic!
I know of this cool gothic church building nearby and noticed using the PhotoPills app that the Milky Way appears right behind it. So, I decided to head over last night and try to get a shot of it. Unfortunately, they light the building up like a Christmas tree, so there was no way I could get a decent shot of the MW on site. This is a composite of the church and a Milky Way shot I took with the Astrotracer about 20 minutes later at a darker location.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-14-2016, 07:04 AM
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Thanks Matt! That's good to know!
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-13-2016, 08:09 PM
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Thank you! At web size you would not notice it, but I have tried the K-1 with the 14mm at several exposures and some small amount of trailing is evident at 20s, especially at the edges of the frame. And you are right, the Astrotracer might not have worked. I hadn't thought it through.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-13-2016, 03:30 PM
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Amazing eagle shots, cleaverx!
Fantastic work from fs999 as always! :)
This was taken with the Rokinon 14mm. I set the camera to interval shooting, 15s exposure every 20s. This was the best shot, by far. Wish the fireball had positioned itself better, but what are you gonna do? :lol:
I wish I'd tried the Astrotracer and maybe tried a 3 min exposure to see if I could get more than one, but they really seemed few and far between. Of 600 images, about 10 of them had meteors in them. You can also see the Milky Way, Pleiades, and M31 Andromeda galaxy in this shot.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-10-2016, 08:48 AM
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Thank you, gda13! The Samyang is really good, if you don't mind manual focus. It is super sharp even wide open.
Love those shots of yours, too! The dragonfly shot is fantastic! Well done!
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-10-2016, 06:50 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-09-2016, 03:47 PM
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Checking in to post a few hummingbird photos. Really enjoyed zhuxyg's shot!
These were taken with the Samyang 135mm lens. It's challenging shooting hummies in flight with manual focus, but catch in focus makes it surprisingly doable. The white background is not photoshopped - the siding under the eave where the feeders are hanging is white and since it was blurred out, it made the background look nice and clean. I did turn up the highlights a tad to get more separation.
Really really loving the K-1 and this Samyang lens is an absolute gem!
On a separate note, I tried shooting hummingbirds with the K-1 and DA*300 with the HD DA 1.4x rear converter. I also tried with the K-3, same setup. The AF on the K-1 was infinitely better about locking on to the birds in flight. The K-3 had a terrible time even finding them and would just rack back and forth most of the time. With the K-1, it immediately saw the birds and then tried to lock focus. Now, it was a bit slow and not always accurate, but I attribute that to the little devils moving around so fast and the tiny DoF I was working with. Just my unscientific findings, FWIW. :)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-20-2016, 05:59 AM
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Aww, what a sweet baby. I'm sorry to hear this.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-11-2016, 04:07 PM
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Here's another shot from the lake the other evening. Taken with the Samyang 135 at f/2. Just got this lens and I'm really enjoying it. I'm finding it pretty easy to focus, especially with focus peaking, although the K-1 viewfinder is so good that I can do pretty well with it as well. Of course, it's not a lens I'd use for action photography, but for instances where time is not a factor, it's a pleasure to use. The only con is it's pretty heavy.
The thing is razor sharp wide open. Amazing. I have not had a lens this sharp from wide open. Not so obvious in this photo, just a general observation. :)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-08-2016, 07:25 AM
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Beautiful work, everyone! I check this thread every day for inspiration and to just "wow" at the photos you are posting!!
Here are a couple I got of last night's sunset at Mountain Run Lake in Culpeper, Virginia.
First one taken with the Rokinon 14/2.8. Second one with the D FA 28-105, a few minutes later after it had started sprinkling.
Some lessons learned -- ALWAYS take your tripod! I didn't and my photos could have been so much better if I had. Also, and I can't believe I did this - I didn't turn my camera of when changing between the Samyang 135 and Rokinon 14. So, I wasn't prompted for focal length. The exif is wrong and more importantly the shake reduction was messed up because the K-1 thought I had a 135mm lens on instead of a 14. Lots of my photos turned out blurry because of this. I felt like an idiot when I realized this too late! :o
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-18-2016, 02:11 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-18-2016, 09:40 AM
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I enjoy looking through this thread and I do every day. The K-1 and the photographers here are very impressive!
I finally got a chance to get up and try out my K-1 on a sunrise. These are pixel shift shots, taken this morning. I am very impressed by the increased dynamic range you get with PS. Also, the D FA 28-105, my copy at least, isn't really super sharp at 105mm. Pixel shift takes care of that. I processed these first in DCU (white balance, Fine Sharpening) and then made a few adjustments in LR. I also ran them through Nik Color Efex just to boost saturation a little.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-11-2016, 07:54 AM
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Everything on this page is amazing!
Ken, I'm hungry now! LOL
The low light landscapes I'm seeing from the K-1 are so natural. It's really quite impressive. :)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-08-2016, 04:51 AM
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Photopills is great. Also, Stellarium is a free desktop app you can download if you just want to get an idea of where to look for the Milky Way and what time of night it will be visible. This time of year, it's visible very late - like after midnight.
K-amps, your shot is incredible! Great work!
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-05-2016, 07:10 PM
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Sure. It was shot in DNG and I opened it in the bundled Pentax Digital Camera Utility software. I didn't do much to it there other than turn on the low shadow correction setting and then change the sharpening to Fine Sharpening and move the slider to one past halfway, as has been suggested by this forum's pixel shift processing tutorial. I then saved it as a 16 bit TIF and imported into Lightroom. I didn't do anything there but crop it a bit, make a few small curves adjustments, and add a little bit of blue saturation. Then exported to JPG.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-05-2016, 04:25 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-05-2016, 01:40 PM
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Steve, I love the duck photo! The ripples ahead of the first duck are such a nice detail. Great light, too!
I'm a sucker for flower photos and am really enjoying seeing so many in this thread. :)
Beautiful work from everyone!
It's really windy today with the threat of storms about. Rather than just sit around inside, I decided to take advantage of the wind. The clouds are really whipping across the sky, so I got my old Hoya ND400 out. Luckily, the 62mm I got for the 18-135 also fits the D FA 28-105. By the way, I never was a proponent for tilty back monitors, but I've got to admit, this one is coming in handy. It's really great when working on a tripod.
This is a 13 second exposure at f/22. 28mm
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-04-2016, 08:24 AM
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Thanks Rupert! I do look forward to your photos from Oregon, a place I'd love to visit one day.
Ken, that is a fantastic use for Image Sync. I have not played with that app much yet. I am surprised the 3 sec delay isn't included. Maybe in an update... Very nice selfie!
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-04-2016, 06:51 AM
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Beautiful shots, everyone! You folks have some very cute pooches! :) And I always look forward to Vincent's lovely morning shots at the lake. And of course, Rupert's cute critters are a joy. :)
K-amps, I'm so impressed with your photos. The milky way one is spectacular!
Here are a few random shots I took yesterday. All in FF mode - I have not even tried crop mode yet. I've been sticking with FF lenses. The first two were taken with the D FA 50mm macro. I discovered you can use catch in focus with this lens by activating the focus clamp. This makes me very happy! :) The last two were taken with the Helios 44k-4 58mm lens at f/2.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-03-2016, 04:24 AM
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I'm really loving the colors I'm seeing out of this camera. The shots in this thread reflect that.
Here's another shot of the foxes. There were two that visited last night. Hope the other one was just being shy.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-01-2016, 06:08 PM
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Here are a couple shots of juvenile red foxes that live nearby. There are three of them that come in the yard and play every evening for the past week or so.
Taken with the DA*300.... ISO 4000 and 2500, respectively.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-30-2016, 10:21 AM
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As always, very impressive work in this thread! Tas, that Zeiss lens is amazing. And Rondec, your landscapes are gorgeous!
I've been trying my hand at macro with the K-1 the past couple days. These were taken with the Panagor 90mm/2.8 manual lens. I believe all were f/11 and all were handheld. One day I'd love the get the D FA 100 macro, just because I wouldn't have to use stop-down metering. But the Panagor is a fantastic bargain and quite sharp.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-24-2016, 11:49 AM
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Nice one, Frederic! The interesting bokeh gives this shot a bit of 3D pop, to my eyes.
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