POTW 8/28/2016

<p>Hi Folks.</p>

<p>We've had quite a week here in Indiana. Several tornadoes, flooding, power outages, etc. I got to play lumberjack on our two Silver Maples, but we came out fine. Before that I had a wonderful time down at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge. The butterflies were sensational! <br>

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Monarch, K5iis 150-450.<br>

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, male and Black Female<br>

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Common Egrets 150-450.</p>

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Storm damage.K5iis, 15mm f4</p>

 

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<p>Great kick off Doug - the Egrets photo is a superb capture. That 150-450 renders extremely well. Love the golden sunset Yury. How fast is the AF on the DA* 300? I have been on the fence about buying that lens for some time.<br>

This week I'll stick to black & white to mix it up. Here are three shots...</p>

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<p>A second...</p><div></div>

<p>Last but not least...</p><div></div>

<p>From Saturday's boating expedition up the Cedar River.</p><div></div>

<p>Nice contributions everyone!</p>

<p>I got my K-1 back from Precision so it's back in action. I also purchased the 15-30/2.8 to fill out the wide end of my FF lenses. That's a big fat lens! It seems to render very nicely and that's most important to me. I stopped by our local National Park yesterday en route to the airport and had my first planned landscape shoot with that lens. The handling is good with quiet and accurate AF from a landscape perspective. This is a quick edit on my Surface while I waited for a plane. I'll do a more thorough edit back at my main PC at home next week. <br /> K-1 & D FA 15-30/2.8<br /> <a title="IMGP2348-Edit.jpg" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8894/28673321783_b9c1cc728f_z.jpg" alt="IMGP2348-Edit.jpg" width="640" height="427" /></a><br /> .<br /> I also took it out a couple of evenings ago for the first quick shoot at the river park. <br /> K-1 & D FA 15-30/2.8<br /> <a title="IMGP1306-Edit" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8531/28633763094_4a5dc637a1_z.jpg" alt="IMGP1306-Edit" width="640" height="427" /></a><br /> .<br /> Lastly, a nice concert earlier this week from a great local band, Free the Honey who are sadly losing a member soon. The woman on the left is also my son's music teacher (and an excellent multi-instrumentalist and singer). <br /> K-1 & Leitz Elmarit 135/2.8<br /> <a title="IMGP1198" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8423/28593205114_590e59240d_z.jpg" alt="IMGP1198" width="640" height="427" /></a></p>

<p>Duane,that only one star Pentax produce </p>

<p>Duane and Douglas those are some dramatic pictures ! I had some issues lately and had to put the camera down for a while. Will be back soon.... </p>