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<blockquote> <p>I'm always shooting too hastily, and I can't get far beyond this snapshot stage. Next I am always in the act of trying to make peace with the level of photography that I'm at.</p> </blockquote> <p>Heh--familiar feelings ;~) I like that first one.</p> <p>Bird photography is on the back-burner because road work is kicking up too much dust for the health of my geriatric F*600 so here'sa a change of pace:<br> <img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/The-Fun-House/The-Fun-House/i-sGGF2Dc/0/L/IMGP7713fs%20usmx-L.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="600" /></p> <p><img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/The-Fun-House/The-Fun-House/i-5Fdd38N/0/L/_IGP7894cusm-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="571" /></p>

<p>I have a IIs and moire is rarely an issue--for my shooting. It really comes down to being somewhat more careful in pp (I've never had to <em>reduce</em> sharpness.) </p>

<blockquote> <p>It's pretty neat thing to be able to do.</p> </blockquote> <p>It surely is!</p>

<p>Clara made her first appearance as an alumna in her old school's Homecoming field hockey alumni game yesterday. A plus was that they dispensed with the "goggles" (with the Sigma 100-300/4)</p> <p><img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/photos/i-KBVVkSS/1/L/i-KBVVkSS-L.jpg" alt="" width="750" height="600" /> <br> This is a mother/daughter pair: they always show up for the game--and they're really good!<br> <img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/photos/i-XmrQWqp/0/L/i-XmrQWqp-L.jpg" alt="" width="750" height="600" /></p> <p><strong>And...</strong><br> (before we left for the game) a female scarlet tanager (F*600/4 & Tamron 1.4x)<br> <img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Nature/Fauna/i-7HQjjRm/1/L/IMGP7285CSM-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Doug, I think the bird is a vireo. Nice crab, btw--I'm a fan ;~) <br> I really like Yury's beach photo--it captures a certain feel of the beach experience. <br> Also Dorus's seed and Matt's first--looks like a rockin' party!<br> Thanks, Howard! I shot that caterpillar with the Sigma 70/2.8 Macro--very sharp lens. </p>

<p>From the porch with the K-3 & F* 600/4:<br> <img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Nature/Fauna/i-wcj8qh9/0/L/IMGP6282cu.sm-L.jpg" alt="" width="429" height="600" /> </p> <p>At a local salvage yard (sigma 18-35/1.8)<br> <img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/The-Fun-House/The-Fun-House/i-7qV6L42/0/L/_IGP4395.csm-L.jpg" alt="" width="429" height="600" /></p> <p>This one's for Doug: I keep a number of milkweed plants in the yard specifically for the purpose of hosting these monarch caterpillars. (Sigma 70/2.8 Macro):<br> <img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Nature/Fauna/i-f9T8bsS/0/XL/IMGP6372csm-XL.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Congrats, Doug!</p>

<p>I thought it was a stupid idea to begin with (but, then, I suffer from an excess of prestige--those with a deficit may benefit from this item ;~)</p>

<p>Yeah, I don't get why you'd want to shoot at f22 (come to think of it, why is that even an option?) but I can relate to the K-3 noise issue.</p> <p>As some of you may recall, I was totally blown away by the way the K-5 handled noise and the K-5IIs shares that characteristic. The K-3 is a different animal: because of the greater pixel density, noise has a different texture and it's taking me some time to get a feel for that. At this point, I tend to go back to the K-5IIs, if I'm going to be shooting in a high ISO situation. </p>