Spoonbills

Owling again last night. Some more high ISO photos, so I'll not bother sharing them. However, while out I also grabbed some photos of some summer visitors. They were a long way off, so these are decent crops.

All taken with the K3 and DA 560

Spoonbills by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Spoonbill by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Spoonnill 2 by Alan Wennington, on Flickr

Very nice Alan, second one in particular.

Are you hand holding the 560mm or using a monopod? ... also do you ever use it wide open?

Thanks Mike. The first was inspired by your Red Arrows The 3rd shot is at f5.6

I've generally got it on a Gitzo 5541 tripod, although I have took shots handheld. There are some in this thread. Some I took using Tom's body and card
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/test-shots-da-560-49489

Also used it on a beanbag for these bearded tits. Taken at f5.6
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/more-bearded-tit-49806

These were on the tripod, again taken at f5.6. Still got some learning to do for BIF with a tripod
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/barn-owl-49827

I'm still learning

Cracking, was lucky enough to get quite close wo one earlier in the year (too use my Da*300mm) but didnt get anything this good

Very nice

Impressive shots Alan given the circumstances.

Best regards