Great Shot.. and what an awesome bird. I Love Coopers, they are great for rodent control.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Gorgeous photo.

Makes me want a K-1 that much more.

Shot wide open? Or stopped-down a bit?

Thank you very kindly boss

This was shot with the Sigma 50-500mm lens which is 1:4-6.7 on the Pentax bodies (Sigma has it marked 1:4-6.3).

So this was wide open at 6.7 at the 500mm focal length, and then cropped. Distance from me to the fence was around 40-50 feet.


Also I would like to thank all of you for your appreciation; it means a lot.

Henryaz, never you mind about thread derailment as I like most animals better than I like most people.

Dave

What a great photo. I need to buy a new digital SLR. I still have my old Nikon film camera and lenses, and have been using lesser digital cameras for years. Your picture is giving me a good reason to get a quality digital SLR.

Also, I love birds.

Does the K-1 have wireless strobe capability?

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Does the K-1 have wireless strobe capability?

Yes and no. Unlike the Pentax bodies with the built in strobe that have the ability to slave an off site strobe to use a strobe wirelessly with the K-1 one would need to put either a strobe or a trigger in the hotshoe.

So if you only wanted off camera flash you would have to buy a trigger, but if you were to use a hot shoe mounted strobe then you can wirelessly control an off camera strobe or two.

Beautiful creature, and a great shot. Thanks for sharing.

Nice picture. They also LOVE SQUIRRELS and have just about cleaned them out at one place.

I have another one in Loudoun County that is tame and will fly down the roadway in the woods hoping to catch a squirrel. He also checks out the squirrel nests in the trees.

He will also eat dead squirrels placed on a post.

yeah , great for rodent control, but they don't share the wild bird feeding area in the back yard, for shit.


I used to count a dozen different birds, out back, now only 4 .

there ore three hawks for the south side of tiny town, but they make bird watching Suck!