Sedge Warbler

K3 and DA 300


Sedge Warbler in flight by Alan Wennington, on Flickr

Not one of my best but thought I'd share given it was a sizeable crop from the below


Sedge Warbler in flight before the crop by Alan Wennington, on Flickr

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Alan


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Sorry Alan, never noticed this thread when you posted it. The crop is pretty impressive, not just for the camera but for the lens too. I don't think this would have been usable with a K-5, what do you think?

Regards
David

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Nicola's Apartments, Kassiopi, Corfu

Some cameras, some lenses, some bits 'n' bobs

Yes it might have slightly less resolution, but would that have rendered it "unusable"?

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[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283

But Smeggy, although I'm of the mind that more and more pixels and over-populated sensors are largely unnecessary and can even be detrimental in some circumstances, surely you must admit that, in this instance at least, the opportunity to crop so heavily means at least the subject is recognisable and some feather detail is observable.

Below is a crop of a 6mp image, I know the 18-55 kit lens is not as good as Alan's DA 300. I don't have the original any more but from memory the crop is far less severe than that of the sedge warbler. It's maybe an acceptable image of a wheatear, but it's not good enough for an ornithologist.

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Best wishes,

Andrew

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