Purple on Yellow by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-A* 200mm f4.0 Macro ED at f16, 1/350s, and ISO 280
I was going for the purple flower contrast on the yellow leaves. I didn't see the bee while shooting.
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The Neighbor's Allium by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-K 500mm f4.5 at f16, 1/1000s, and ISO 1600
I used a monopod for this shot, but I think a monopod isn't going to work as well as I'd hoped for this huge lens. I'm going to need a strong and tall tripod.
Path Under the Willow by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 28mm f3.5 at f11, 1/125s, and ISO 100
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Egyptian Goose Family by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 120mm f2.8 at f5.6, 1/500s, and ISO 100, cropped somewhat
On a sad note, this family made two passes by the picnic spot we were sitting. The second time, they had lost one of these babies.
Some days, I just don't have the energy to move. Usually on those days, I power through it and go out anyway, often thankful I did. Today was not one of those days. So today you get a couple of safety portraits of my boy.
Kawai by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 50mm f1.2 at f1.2, 1/125s, and ISO 400, cropped
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Kawai Again by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-K 135mm f2.5 at f2.5, 1/125s, and ISO 1600
Today was another three lens day. The Ingelheimer half-marathon ran out front of my house, so I decked out the cameras with a pair of telephoto lenses and went out front to photograph the action. I don't own an autofocus lens because I'm addicted to manual focus, but today I really came to appreciate the skill the sports photographers of the 1980s had to manually focus those huge super telephotos on the sidelines. I ended up taking over a hundred shots of the marathon, which is over 90 more than I take in an average day. In my own defense, I'd have stopped shooting if they had stopped running past my house. After the marathon, I swapped out the lens on one camera and went to the coffee shop.
Here's today's catch.
Half-Marathon by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-A* 135mm f1.8 at f2.8, 1/6000s, and ISO 100
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Half-Marathon by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-A 400mm f5.6 at f8.0, 1/500s, and ISO 800
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Zinnias by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 50mm f4.0 Macro at f4.5, 1/1500s, and ISO 400
Two images taken wide open on a pair of fairly fast lenses. I've discovered that the dehaze tool in Lightroom can help mitigate the dreaminess that some lenses show when wide open. Anyway, here's today's catch.
Poppies by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K.1 mII and Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 at f1.4, 1/350s, and ISO 100, closest focus distance
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Vetch by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 135mm f2.5 at f2.5, 1/1000s, and ISO 100, closest focus distance
