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Greater Spotted

by davidstorm

....Woodpecker

Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, K-5IIs, Sigma 150-500

Uploaded03/03/2013 - 17:45

CategoryWildlife / Nature

BodyPENTAX K-5 II s

Shutter Speed1/80

Aperturef/7.1

LensN/A

ISO1250

Focal Length440mm

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Tagsgreater spotted woodpecker potteric carr nature reserve pentax k-5 iis

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Date Taken	03/03/2013 - 16:03
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-5 II s
Program Mode	Aperture Priority
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/80
Aperture	f/7.1
ISO	1250
Focal Length	440mm
Lens	N/A

Cliff-P Cliff-P

1000 posts
17 years
United Kingdom

Posted 03/03/2013 - 19:08 Link

Well captured David, Did you notice the shutter speed when you took the shot?

Cliff.

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GIULIO57 GIULIO57

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Posted 03/03/2013 - 19:30 Link

Great colours

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davidstorm davidstorm

4934 posts
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Sheffield,
England

Posted 03/03/2013 - 20:16 Link

Cliff-P wrote:
Well captured David, Did you notice the shutter speed when you took the shot?

Hi Cliff, yes, there were quite a few at that speed because the light was fading. The bird was quite a distance away so I don't want to up the ISO any further and create more noise.

BTW, the IIs focusses very accurately - much better than the Mk1 K-5, but I don't think it's any faster.

Cheers
David

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Edited by davidstorm: 03/03/2013 - 20:17

Blaze Blaze

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France

Posted 03/03/2013 - 21:30 Link

Great shot, David !

Cliff-P Cliff-P

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United Kingdom

Posted 03/03/2013 - 21:37 Link

davidstorm wrote:

BTW, the IIs focusses very accurately - much better than the Mk1 K-5, but I don't think it's any faster.

Cheers
David

I believe not David which is a shame because a faster AF would have turned a good camera into a great one!.

Cliff.

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Nikon D750, D7000 , Nikkor 80-400, 70-300 and 18-200 lenses

davidstorm davidstorm

4934 posts
15 years
Sheffield,
England

Posted 04/03/2013 - 00:17 Link

Cliff-P wrote:

davidstorm wrote:

BTW, the IIs focusses very accurately - much better than the Mk1 K-5, but I don't think it's any faster.

Cheers
David

I believe not David which is a shame because a faster AF would have turned a good camera into a great one!.

Never mind Cliff, we'll just have to live with it or jump ship to Nikon

BTW, 1/80, not bad for the non OS 150-500 lens? It proves one of two things: either the Pentax in body SR is very good, or I got lucky!

Cheers
David

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tyronet2000 tyronet2000

4862 posts
15 years
Northumberland

Posted 04/03/2013 - 17:06 Link

Very nice capture. I usually manage to confound the SR or OS so use a tripod most of the time

Regards
Stan

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dcweather dcweather

1204 posts
16 years
Laindon,Essex

Posted 07/03/2013 - 13:59 Link

Nice natural looking shot. I am closely monitoring what i guess will probably be my next camera!