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Yet more birds with the 55-300 plus an owl
You haven't done much wrong Alan - settings look spot on (ISO2,000, F9, 1/2000) and shot at 260mm which is probably the sharpest point on this lense's range. However it looks like the 55-300 didn't lock on focus 100% - it is a bit slow to focus. I'm sure in better light you'd have had a lock. Someti...
Posted by Frogfish on 22/03/2011 - 10:16
Old Lakeside Steps
Hello everyone. I haven't been out with my camera for a long while now due to losing inspiration and the point of it all... So now i'm hoping to get it back. I took this yesterday as I was rambling past a barbed wire, fenced private lake. I climbed the fence and took this. Old Lakes...
Posted by paulyrichard on 22/03/2011 - 14:53
Old Lakeside Steps
Welcome back. The inspiration will return, I'm sure. Well spotted and good composition, but what are those odd vertical (left & right side) and horizontal (near the top of the frame) lines?
Posted by Mannesty on 22/03/2011 - 16:46
Old Lakeside Steps
Welcome back. I like this, more than I feel I should, but I can't quite put my finger on why. Is this the 21mm again or a bit wider?
Posted by MarkD on 22/03/2011 - 21:44
Old Lakeside Steps
Welcome back Pauly! Nicely composed shot, with interesting antique effect. I wouldn't worry about people who pretend they don't know what it is and ask smartass questions. ;) The forum has missed you and your gritty London photographs. Sorry to hear about your lack of photo mojo, I think it's an eff...
Posted by thoughton on 23/03/2011 - 10:22
Old Lakeside Steps
Thanks Tim, thanks Gareth. I have to get back on the case with the Statues project for sure. l so wish l could be as good as Lee Friedlander, so much so it hurts. :)
Posted by paulyrichard on 23/03/2011 - 16:20
New Samyang 85mm f/1.4 - first shots
In a different thread I asked what 85mm lens would suit me, and the Samyang was recommended, so I ordered one. (£199 delivered from ebay trader lens.masters) I've just had a delivery :) Next up was a quick walk in the woods to see what I could expect from it. Since I got it specifically for n...
Posted by karma mechanic on 22/03/2011 - 17:00
New Samyang 85mm f/1.4 - first shots
Very nice - I wonder what that sharpness is like when stopped down to say 2.8 ? Good question. It gets sharper. The f/1.4 pictures look fairly sharp, but looking close there is the normal improvement as it is stopped down. Here are some 100% crops from some test shots in the kitchen, the focu...
Posted by karma mechanic on 22/03/2011 - 18:49
2 bees 1 spider
Here we go ..... macro shots means Spring has arrived. #1 - a touch over-exposed and the flash (doesn't look like a ring-flash) probably needs to be dialed back a touch for both #1 & #2. #3 - Wold be better if a) the spider wasn't centred and b) one leg hadn't been chopped off by the top of the ...
Posted by Frogfish on 23/03/2011 - 10:22
Swan from January
From all the way back in January, the fun few hours I spent over the local park/hills, and left my KX on exposure bracketing for half a day by accident :x Here's one of a swan that I liked.
Posted by paulcliff on 23/03/2011 - 11:04
Karting
I take advantage of being Chief Marshall at my local Karting track to take photos. Perks of the job. All taken with the DA55-300. Sometimes I wish it would focus faster though. From young And this lad is less than 8! This fella is over 50 An inbetweener Getting it...
Posted by SteveEveritt on 23/03/2011 - 20:36
Pentax Photo Gallery - Favourite Rejections
I was a bit surprised this one didn't get in: This didn't get in either This one I wasn't sure of, even though I liked it. I actually saw this and went back to the hotel to get my camera. To be fair though, it got only two comments in my portfolio. The one I was most surpris...
Posted by aliengrove on 24/03/2011 - 15:44
Bird portrait
You're right, Spider, straight from the camera. I'll see what I can do with them, but I was pretty impressed with how they came out. I've a few flight shots to come. I'm happy to read any constructive comments - I've a thick skin and am aware most of you know a heck of a lot more about photograph...
Posted by jvs on 25/03/2011 - 21:23
Bird portrait
Frogfish, any tips on the lens would be gratefully received! Impressions so far suggest fantastic in good light but struggles a bit to focus when the subject doesn't stand out clearly. Then again that could just be me not knowing how to use it properly yet! I'll post one or two shots to show what ...
Posted by Frogfish on 26/03/2011 - 04:18
k-r first shots
Got a k-r to back up my k5 , tiny in my big hands and auto-focus sounds like a bag of gravel compared to k5 but lovely little camera these all at iso 800 1 2 3 4
Posted by nipper on 24/03/2011 - 23:33
k-r first shots
Thankyou for the comments , been after a nuthatch for a while they are never still :D got this one which i like was gonna call it face off:lol: but unfortunately missed the focus on the nuthatch
Posted by nipper on 25/03/2011 - 12:45
k-r first shots
Yes, number 2 from the first set, and this final image are both fantastic! On this last one the in-focus bits of the wood are so interesting, and the robin so bitingly sharp, I would consider just cropping out the nuthatch altogether. Number 1 is a bit soft, and number 4 looks like too much of...
Posted by thoughton on 25/03/2011 - 14:34
k-r first shots
Got a little coal tit also he kept coming back must have chicks?
Posted by nipper on 25/03/2011 - 17:06
Hoopoe - at last !
Whilst for some these birds may be commonplace I haven't seen them for many years, and then I read on a bird blog that a pair had been spotted at Shanghai Zoo (this zoo is not your normal zoo - there are copses, ponds and huge tree lined fields and it's easy to walk around for an hour or so without ...
Posted by Frogfish on 25/03/2011 - 15:44
Hoopoe - at last !
Oops must have reached the limit of images per post - here is the last one : This is with the 300 so the bird must have been between 80 & 100 yds away by then, yet still in focus and tracking perfectly.
Posted by Frogfish on 25/03/2011 - 15:47
