Wish I had taken this picture.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-57770547

Well , I like it.

I find now that a few hours shooting with the K1 and any lens hand-held leaves me with a sore neck and shoulder for a couple of days.

For landscape/architectural work I invariably use a tripod now, but for mad Cocker Spaniels I have no choice but to get down to their level. We do suffer for our art

...and I reckon the bees will be thankful too.

The second image is the stand out one for me.

Agree with all the above.

The best solution if you want to do serious birding is to go for a more modern camera paired with a faster focussing DFA lens like the 150-450. The combination will give you more keepers than simply upgrading to a more expensive lens.

Unfortunately, this is an expensive option.

No 1 has a real painterly feel to it, love it

I had a quick go at perspective editing the first image. I also warmed the white balance up. Let me know what you think ?

Sometimes the camera does need to be angled up or down to get the subject wholly in shot or to remove unwanted elements in the scene. With software today it is easy to correct in post but you inevitably lose parts of the frame especially at the top and bottom of the image. In these circumstances it is helpful to take a wider shot so you give yourself more "canvas" to work with.

Beautiful views. It is a long time since I was up there.