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Gig photos
On the k-5 mkii I nearly always shot at ISO 2000 and between 1/125 and 1-200 Lightroom can pull back a couple of stops from k-5 raw files which helps enormously. At arena shows lighting is obviously a lot better so ISO can drop to 1250 and shutter speeds around 1/320 upwards are the norm.
Posted by cabstar on 19/03/2014 - 12:55
Sparkling Stream
Some images from a walk near here in Wiltshire, today. There's a small winterbourne that has gone down considerably since its peak during the recent floods. These all shot over a small bridge, where the water babbles over waterweed & stones, with dappled sunlight playing on the surface. Tri...
Posted by coker on 16/03/2014 - 19:21
Spring, Nonsuch Park, at 135mm
Much better, the colours are terrific. Thanks Steve, :wink: I went a bit easier on the saturation. Thanks Alastair also :) Philip, in No 4 I had lost the DOF on the right side there. I was pushing it with this lens really (non-macro), handheld at least - it was right on the close focus limit ...
Posted by McGregNi on 18/03/2014 - 06:05
K3 aqquired this morning
Made my mind up to purchase a K3 from SRS on Saturday afternoon. It turned up this morning so went to Donnington Park this afternoon where the touring cars were testing ... and where I could test the K3. These are a few that I got, along with a soaking, as the weather went back to its usual rainy se...
Posted by truckerathome on 18/03/2014 - 23:14
K3 aqquired this morning
I used a Pentax DA* 300mm f4 plus some with a 1.7x auto-focus converter attached (my favourite combo). Well pleased considering the camera only turned up 50 minutes before I left for Donnington , so I quickly set the camera as I have my K5II set which probably helped a bit.
Posted by truckerathome on 19/03/2014 - 09:57
Cute Doggy (?) with 50-135
Thanks all for the comments, first impressions of the DA*50-135 are that it is a wonderful lens, yes it's a little slow in the AF department, but it seems to focus accurately and the rendering is just fantastic, especially at wider apertures. Regards David
Posted by davidstorm on 22/03/2014 - 13:19
Staff photos FA77 ltd
Thanks, I can't remember what I took that with. Probably the 100. Sometimes I put a Raynox on the end, other times on extension tubes. I found the Sigma looked good at shoots, giving an air of authority, but was too heavy and large to carry for hobby shooting. It seemed to miss focus quite often....
Posted by Darkmunk on 27/03/2014 - 11:28
Daffodils at Alderholt Church
Funny one this. I looked at the edited version and thought "yes this is a lot better". I imagined it had been cropped a bit to make the church larger then realised that was a bit of an optical illusion from the contrast changes rather than a crop. After a while though I came to prefer the ori...
Posted by gwing on 23/03/2014 - 13:32
Pics. Q, K5, K3
Thanks guys #1 was the only almost sharp shot I managed with the Pentax Q, cheap chinese adaptor, and the DA300. Remember the Q has a FF Crop Factor of 5.5x (so the 300mm is a 1650mm FF equivalent). And this hasn't been cropped at all. It was shot at 1/100 sec, manual focus of course, resting on ...
Posted by Blythman on 22/03/2014 - 22:22
Cherry Tree - into the sun
Its a very striking effect with bold colours, deep contrasts and the glare of the sun coming straight at us! I feel that camera settings may have reduced its effectivness a bit - f22 has not done any favours to the image quality I feel - this aperture is likely to be beyond the threshold where 'd...
Posted by McGregNi on 23/03/2014 - 16:46
Cherry Tree - into the sun
Nigel - thanks. I went for f22 to maximise the "star burst" effect from the sun coming through the tree; frankly I forgot about the likely diffraction effects. Next time it might be better to use a star filter and get a bit further back from the tree. Phil
Posted by swarf on 23/03/2014 - 18:20
K3 and DA18-135WR at the Ice Hockey
The first 4 don't really do much for me. None of them transfer the dynamics of a fast moving game into a still. I appreciate it's not an easy task. #5 however is great and captures the juxtaposition of the players and the advert legs. I'd crop a bit off the right to remove the distracting edge ...
Posted by Smeggypants on 27/03/2014 - 07:51
All Jap Bike Show
It was good to look at your pics, those were the days had some good times back then, still use a bike now but only when the sun comes out lol Regards Dave
Posted by python118 on 24/03/2014 - 12:17
K3 & F*250-600mm, first test inc. RAW file!
Was a good weekend, the K-3 was dropped in price, there was a K-3 RAW update so I found my way over to Watford first thing Saturday morning to pick up a K-3! As it was straight back to work, I was out at first light Sunday morning to sit in a bird hide for a while and ending up spending the whole...
Posted by Unlocker on 24/03/2014 - 22:52
K3 & F*250-600mm, first test inc. RAW file!
Thanks Danny! That's an insane amount of detail and it really isn't going to help me - have been doing a fine job of resisting the K3 upgrade path until now :roll: :lol: Thanks Matt! Had resisted quite well myself having skipped the K-5 mk2 models as well, the main thing holding me back was ...
Posted by Unlocker on 25/03/2014 - 11:46
K3 & F*250-600mm, first test inc. RAW file!
Thanks for uploading the Raw Danny. That was interesting to have a play with. It does look like an extraordinary lens and body combination :) Here's my take on it. Adobe Camera Raw. Slight vignette to darken the edges, no noise reduction, vibrancy up, left warm (chearful :) ) Photoshop gentle USM...
Posted by Darkmunk on 25/03/2014 - 12:05
K3 & F*250-600mm, first test inc. RAW file!
Finally got back! Thanks everyone for taking the time to have a look and a play, have definitely learned a couple of things here so greatly appreciated and glad you liked the RAW file! Right, now off to sort through some shots of smaller birds!:D
Posted by Unlocker on 26/03/2014 - 21:52
Breathing New Life .... ?
Leaving out the sniping, which doesn't add to any debate, the consensus seems to be a dislike of effects just applied by touching a button. There's no skill in that in particular, so I don't think we can argue artistic merit for it. We'll have to have a competition again sometime for manipulation...
Posted by johnriley on 27/03/2014 - 10:37
Breathing New Life .... ?
I'm with paulyrichard 100% in what is quoted above and we all have our own personal disciplines. For me in my personal work as opposed to commercial work, I will never crop an image; I will discard it if it it isn't initially to my satisfaction. This goes back to my background in cinematography wher...
Posted by gartmore on 27/03/2014 - 23:48
K3 & F*250-600mm, little birdies!
Outstanding work. Thanks! Danny, the second and third images really hit the mark for me personally, they work really well. The images also seem to have more pop to them than the Blackbird image you uploaded the other day, have you processed these images any differently? Hi Fletcher, processing is...
Posted by Unlocker on 27/03/2014 - 17:45
