All excellent! The red-bellied woodpecker is my favorite, for the reasons I stated on FB. I dislike Bluejays, because they are so noisy and mess up the feeders, driving away other birds, but that is one fine jay portrait as well.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 3:31 PM Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Still recovering from my second full knee replacement surgery, so I’m not > ready to carry my gear out into the yard, but I can sit in a chair on the > deck. That location is more distant from the places where bird perch and > feed, so I’ve swapped out my usual K-1 rig for a K-3 with D FA 150-450 and > DA 1.4X converter. That gives me the reach a 945mm 35mm lens. So far, I > like it. The k-3 is a wee bit noisier than the K-1 and the dimmer > viewfinder can make it harder to find the birds, but otherwise it performs > very well. A few from yesterday and today. Note, the shot called mom and > pop. It’s at the feeder (horrors!), but it’s the most interesting of the > bunch in that mom appears to be with child and dad appears to be standing > guard while she dines. Birds are magnificent creatures! > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18651733/Female-Redwing-Blackbird > https://www.photo.net/photo/18651735/Female-Red-Bellied-Woodpecker > https://www.photo.net/photo/18651732/Mom-and-Pop > https://www.photo.net/photo/18651731/Bluejay > https://www.photo.net/photo/18651730/Redwing-Blackbird > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
