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Forum: Ricoh GR
2 Days Ago
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Forum: Lens Clubs
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
4 Days Ago
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A scan of a slide taken around 1974 near the Malawi/Mozambique border with my old Mamiya Ranger, processed in Silver Efex.
 Land Rover by Steven, on Flickr
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
6 Days Ago
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From a slide taken in about 1974 with my old Mamiya Ranger. This was near the Malawi/Mozambique border, a long way from the nearest road. The front wheel of the Land Rover had dropped into a gully that had eaten into the trail. Fortunately we had some equipment and we built a little retaining wall, filled the space, jacked the wheel back onto the trail and we were on our way a few hours later. The sort of place where you might expect to find a Land Rover!
Land Rover by Steven, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
6 Days Ago
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I'm used to having the fixed length and the TC gives a bit of flexibility. I generally crop quite a bit anyway and that lens combination gives you a bit of flexibility to do that. Monkeys and snakes and lizards as well as birds but no really big game on our trip except for a crocodile and you wouldn't want to get too close to one of those!
If you are interested in the natural history and don't have it already I strongly recommend "The New Neotropical Companion" by John Kricher, though the print version might be a bit heavy to take with you.
We would like to visit again but COVID is holding us back from travelling for now.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
6 Days Ago
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The DA*300mm goes well with the K-3, and the 1.4x DA TC is a useful addition as well (takes it to f5.6). I was in Costa Rica a year ago with this outfit. It was easy to take it as a carry - on in a Lowepro backpack with a few other lenses, including my old DA 55-300 that I took as a backup. I used the outfit mostly handheld. My only concern with the DA*300mm is the thin foil electical contacts which can bend and break (happened twice to me over 6 years, hence the backup). In Costa Rica while you get bright sun in open areas during the day light levels can often be low in the early mornings (such as in the valleys in the hilly areas) and in the forests, so I often had to juggle a bit to get the best settings
This was in a low light situation, f6.3, 1/400, ISO 3200 (Emerald Toucanet).
 Emerald Toucanet by Steven, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-27-2021, 07:23 PM
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Ahah! someone else who has to dig a trench through the snow to get to the barbecue from time to time. Nice Carolina Wren - great that they can get through your winter.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-26-2021, 01:38 PM
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Elsewhere in Toronto - another building that won't be around for much longer
 R0001296 by Steven, on Flickr
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Forum: Ricoh GR
02-26-2021, 01:36 PM
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A jpeg incorporating a preset can always be modified further - not as much as a RAW file, but often only minor changes are required. I often do that.
From today (starting from the RAW file, though the paintwork looks like it could have come from the retro setting).
R0001296 by Steven, on Flickr
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Forum: General Photography
02-25-2021, 04:43 PM
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My last issue of Photolife arrived today - this excellent Canadian magazine has, unfortunately, gone out of business. The yellow cover shows two Pentax film cameras discussing the magazine's demise. One of them is a K-1000 (my first Pentax), the other I'm not sure but someone will be able to figure it out quickly.
Here's link to the Photolife website, though it doesn't show a full-size image of the cover.
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
02-25-2021, 01:10 PM
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Thanks noelcmn for conductiong the challenge and for the kind comments - a lot of excellent shots here.
The secret to the DOF is the 18mm lens on the Ricoh GRIII camera. As long as the camera's shadow doesn't get in the way it's quite handy for macro shots.
You asked to see the colour version - I like it but I prefer the B&W (I used one of the GRIII presets).
 R0000102C by Steven, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-24-2021, 04:12 PM
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White-winged Scoter (Velvet Scoter in UK) - a group of about 6 (spending most of their time under water) came in just close enough for a shot today.
 White-winged Scoter by Steven, on Flickr
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
02-24-2021, 07:17 AM
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I agree with most of biz-engineer's points, but while I print very few of my wildlife shots, my aspirations often exceed the reach of my gear using the full APS - C frame and I do want the ability to do deep crops while still retaining good image quality. I'm often surprised by the ability of my K3 / DA*300mm / 1.4x TC in that regard, and I'm looking to the anticipated improvements in the K-3 III (if I can afford it!).
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
02-23-2021, 07:40 AM
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Forum: Ricoh GR
02-22-2021, 05:45 PM
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If the setting for storing images on the GR III is set at RAW+, and you are in a B&W image setting you get two files - a B&W image (which will incorporate the hi-contrast or hard B&W etc. settings) in jpeg and a RAW image that opens in colour (or at least it does in my Photoshop Elements). I can work with the B&W image with Ricoh's settings in Elements or or go to the RAW file and work with the colour image, then open that image in Elements and further develop the colour image or convert to black and white. (I have the Nik Collection/ Siver Efex which was free at the time I downloaded it but isn't now, but it does give you more options than Elements).
I'm not a super-expert, I'm just letting you know what has worked for me so far. Hope this helps - any other questions are welcome.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-22-2021, 01:06 PM
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Weevil - I checked our Ontario bird reports and there are 3 Double-crested Cormorant reports around the west end of lake Ontario at the moment - so they don't all disappear! If that was an Ontario shot I would have put it down to our Government's announcement of a cormorant hunting season this year - there's no science behind it as far as I know but the anglers and hunters are all in favour.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-22-2021, 07:00 AM
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I find owls especially hard to locate - especially a Boreal in with such a great pose and background (I heard one at night in Newfoundland years ago!). Well done!
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Forum: Ricoh GR
02-21-2021, 06:56 PM
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Hi Smolk and Agent L. It was one shot - in RAW+ so I converted the RAW shot to jpeg in colour and provided the jpeg file separately (I know the cropping is slightly different). I have noticed some abberations in the jpeg files like fringing on some of the other shots posted here if you enlarge them (e.g. tree branches against the sky), and the "grain" would be another example. I posted another comparison a few months ago. Still, I'm pleased overall with the hard B&W setting - I do minor adjustments in Photoshop Elements.
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Forum: Ricoh GR
02-21-2021, 11:11 AM
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Forum: Ricoh GR
02-15-2021, 02:25 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-15-2021, 01:28 PM
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All of these are pretty uncommon birds here at this time of year.
The third time I have seen this Hermit Thrush, always in the same tangle of shrubs (with a noisy hockey game going on on a pond a few feet away). Some say this is a Swainson's Thrush but unless there's another thrush around this one has the reddish tail that points to a Hermit.
 Hermit Thrush by Steven, on Flickr
 Hermit Thrush by Steven, on Flickr
Juvenile Black - crowned Night - Heron. Most of the shallow water is frozen up now so it must be hard for this bird to find food.
 _IMG0044 by Steven, on Flickr
Harlequin Duck (with Buffleheads). Saw this same species (maybe the same bird) in the same location last winter. It likely came from Newfoundland. A major crop - just ten percent of the original image area.
 Harlequin Duck and Buffleheads by Steven, on Flickr
K-3, DA*300mm, DA 1.4xTC
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