Wildlife Photography

[BrandonsBirbs]

New lens came today, excited to give it a go this weekend! Both secondhand, the teleconverter has been used twice and doesn't even have dust on it and the lens is Excellent condition, other than the tripod collar having a small amount of wear looks brand new.

SMC Pentax-DA* 300mm F4 ED [IF] SDM​

This is the new lens, to replace my Sigma 50-500mm and maybe replace my 55-300mm at the same time. Both great lenses but I'm not using the zooming and got a great deal on the combo.​

HD Pentax-DA 1.4x AW AF Rear Converter
Got this teleconverter to go with it to help achieve longer range when needed, from what I managed to try this evening it has almost no IQ drop compared to not using it!

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

That's actually disappointing. They've been trying to get me to move from luminar4 to neo and I've been considering it, but maybe I will just stick with the old stuff. I only really use it for landscape and astro stuff anyway and version 4 works a treat.

It's not worth the price IMO after giving lightroom a good go, both are the same price or similar and lightroom's mask AI saves me a lot of time.

The support are great and all that but the fact they couldn't solve my problems is super disappointing. At the same time, many I know who use Neo don't have the same issues as myself. I liked Luminar4, got it for only £7 too!

 

[Quacking ducks]

This week I was walking through the yard and accidentally stepped on this baby robin. Thankfully it was ok. I did get divebombed by about 6-7 Adult robins. They were not happy with me.

 

[Bkaye]

Here’s a couple pics of a broad headed skink from the yard the other day.

 

[Nero70002]

Here’s a couple pics of a broad headed skink from the yard the other day.View attachment 3509327View attachment 3509328

He should be called strawberry lol I just want to take a little nibble of his head

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

First shot I've edited from new lens combo. Looks pretty good compared to the bigma..

 

[Yard Farmer]

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First shot I've edited from new lens combo. Looks pretty good compared to the bigma..

Looks fantastic!

 

[mdees88]

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First shot I've edited from new lens combo. Looks pretty good compared to the bigma..

That looks very promising...

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Both these were taken in kind of dark conditions, wide open. Pretty happy with the results! Technically 630mm with the APS-C sensor, handheld at 1/640s.

Not sure what happened to that robin!!! Maybe mites? Or attacked?

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Looks fantastic!

Thank you very much!

That looks very promising...

I think so too.. excited!!