Sitting on the fence
It seemed quite unperturbed by our presence and I got to within 4 to 5 yards to take this shot.
This reveals that she is a femail Kestrel !
K50 + Sigma 18-250 at full zoom, hand held
Regards John/Jumbo
It just goes to show that sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time to get lucky !
Thanks again
Peter
Cheers...Donna 😊
Regards
Tom
K-3iii's.
SMC PENTAX-DA FISH-EYE 1:3.5-4.5 10-17mm ED [IF], SMC PENTAX-DA* 1:2.8 16-50mm ED AL [IF] SDM,
SMC PENTAX-DA 1:4 15mm ED AL Limited, SMC PENTAX-DA 1:3.2 21mm AL Limited,
SMC PENTAX-F 1:2.8 28mm, SMC PENTAX-FA 1:2 35mm AL,
SMC PENTAX-FA 1:1.4 50mm, SMC PENTAX-DA 1:2.4 70mm Limited,
SMC PENTAX-D FA MACRO 1:2.8 100mm WR, SMC PENTAX-DA* 1:4 300mm ED [IF] SDM,
HD PENTAX-DA 1:5.6 560mm ED AW,
HD PENTAX -DA 1.4x AW AF REAR CONVERTER,
PENTAX AF160FC Auto Macro Ring Flash.
https://pentaxphotogallery.com/artist-gallery/?artist_id=20168301
Regards
David
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Nicola's Apartments, Kassiopi, Corfu
Some cameras, some lenses, some bits 'n' bobs
Thanks Donna for spotting the symbolism - that took a femail touch ! As a male engineer I just spotted the composition of the bird with the shapes and textures of the fence against the OoF green background ! Now that you pointed out the other significance the shot means even more to me - many thanks.
Thanks also David. The sharpness is really all down to this great lens as I keep it on AF because of my 'old' eyes !
I did take the precaution of setting the K50 on TAv to get a fast shutter speed (1/400) as it was windy and good DoF (f/

Thanks again to you all
Peter
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