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It is not easy to pay attention for minimalistic scenes in a country with the most spectacular landscapes. Well done! Thanks für sharing! Cheers Anton

That is a fantastic picture! I would slightly change the white balance: kind regards Anton

Thank you for this interesting report and thanks a lot for your other contributions to this forum, which always are a source of inspiration and motivation for me. Anton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antheraea_polyphemus cheers Anton

Thank you Omelko Cheers Anton

Thank you Mike. I was lucky that the butterfly stayed so long and the sky was clouded but bright. Cheers Anton

Four consecutive photos. Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) on raspberry blossoms K-3 II + DFA 100 WR macro (PDAF, AF-C) I think this guy was posing :-) And three more at F/4.5 with some bokeh:

Placed 32^nd in the challenge.

Placed 8^th in the challenge. John 12:24 - Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

"In fact K1-ii's ISO 100 output seems better than that of K1." That is because at ISO 100 there is no highlight correction applied in the K-1 II RAW files. At all other ISO-Settings there is a ...

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxk5/14
K-5 - Expanded Dynamic Range Function
The K-5 features a highlight expansion function which applies to both JPEG and RAW; shadow expansion can also be...

madbrain, I think you are wrong:

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/expert_advice/get-best-pentax-jpegs-yet-102902

When enabled, highlight correction incorporates an extra stop of...

I may be wrong, but this could be an explanation:

The setting of [D-Range: Highlight Correction] has an influence on the RAW file. That is why the settings [D-Range: Highlight Correction = On] and...

"the K-1 II has worse image quality than its predecessor"
Do you really think Ricoh would have launched the K-1 II if this was true? Maybe Ricoh imaging has limited development resources, but this...

Thank you!

Thank you! I was worried that we were already too late, because the light got stronger and stronger.

Thank you! There is a different handling experience between the 55mm and 77mm. But I don't know which lens I prefer.

No 1 is perfect. Thanks for sharing. Anton

... and a fantastic model. Thank you!

Thank you! I do not know how these lenses perform on full frame. On APS-C they are perfect for me.