Sometimes only one butterfly will make your day with the D FA 150-450

[breeze_of_wind]

Earlier this week I went out to shoot for a couple of hours at Great Meadows in Concord Ma. A quiet day. On my walk I had seen a few dragonflies, a few end of season flowers, and some birds in the distance sitting on the mud. But then there came a butterfly, a lone butterfly, and my day was made. I share five images taken with the K3 and the SFA 150450.

John

 

[Xiaomao]

You did have your day, John! Fantastic butterfly shots with the new lens on K-3. I think the lens is a gem for such shots, I happened to shoot the butterflies this morning with this lens on K-5 IIs and was very happy with the rendering.
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Best regards,
Yang

 

[Joseph Tainter]

Lovely.

Joe

 

[lpammann]

John,

Beautiful captures. You and your gear had a great day. BTW, I also loved your Gloucester sailing shots. The 150-450 seems to be the perfect lens for that situation.

LPA

 

[Skip py]

Hi John

Thanks for sharing. Nice to see you enjoying your lens too.

That's the butterfly effect ;-)

You start playing with it and you can't stop while there is enough light to take some shots.

Have a nice week end!

Regards, Fred

 

[MightyMike]

Excellent photos!

 

[OPTMEKX7]

lovely shots with gorgeous bokeh.

cheers,

Rene

 

[DAVID MANZE]

That's totally impressive, superbly shot with a level of detail that many macro lenses would struggle to equal.....bravo!

 

[leopold]

Nice series , my favorite is #1, nice color and background.

 

[breeze_of_wind]

You did have your day, John! Fantastic butterfly shots with the new lens on K-3. I think the lens is a gem for such shots, I happened to shoot the butterflies this morning with this lens on K-5 IIs and was very happy with the rendering.
--
Best regards,
Yang

Two for two -- I guess there really is hope for this multi-purpose lens.

John

 

[breeze_of_wind]

John,

Beautiful captures. You and your gear had a great day. BTW, I also loved your Gloucester sailing shots. The 150-450 seems to be the perfect lens for that situation.

LPA

Thanks on both -- the Sailing shots did not get much of a response so glad to hear that someone else is into big beautiful boats at sea. Very different types of photography -- but both are great fun.

John

 

[Manituwa]

Perfect flower color for that butterfly. Great pictures. Thanks for sharing!

 

[breeze_of_wind]

Perfect flower color for that butterfly. Great pictures. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Mike Hiran]

excellent examples. glad you stuck with it

 

[breeze_of_wind]

excellent examples. glad you stuck with it

 

[DarylK]

Simply beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
One problem though, now I'm feeling the urge to carry my 150-450 with me on my long walks. So much for having a light weight kit!
Daryl
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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway

Great photography is largely a matter of perspective, both visually and mentally - Daryl Kottwitz (but probably said before )

My gallery: http://darylkottwitzphoto.smugmug.com
My shots on PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/darylkottwitz

 

[breeze_of_wind]

Simply beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
One problem though, now I'm feeling the urge to carry my 150-450 with me on my long walks. So much for having a light weight kit!
Daryl
--
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway

Great photography is largely a matter of perspective, both visually and mentally - Daryl Kottwitz (but probably said before )

My gallery: http://darylkottwitzphoto.smugmug.com
My shots on PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/darylkottwitz

I am off to New Zealand (upper island) in mid-October for two weeks.

The -150-450 will be only lens on this birding trip

John

 

[DarylK]

Happy bird hunting, John. Looking forward to seeing your upcoming NZ photos!