1. 

   

   Nam-in-Sonoma

   Painted Hills in Mitchell, Oregon

   A few weeks ago had a business trip to Bend, Or. Took the opportunity to visit this place that I always wanted to visit

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   Nov 25, 2017
2. 

   

   Phocal

   a river, a kayak, a man, a camera, a lens, a birds (O300)

   I finally got around to buying the Olympus MZ 300mm f4.0 IS Pro and decided a section of the San Jacinto River that I had been visiting for the last month would make the perfect first test location. I have honestly been perfectly happy with my 150/2 and TC's, but really wanted to try focus bracketing my baby gators and bullfrogs...............................and most importantly.......................baby gator photography season is here.
   
   Since I basically got the lens for it's close focus ability and with my favorite baby gator park (as well as my 2nd favorite) still being closed due to Hurricane Harvey, decided to hit up the same place I had been for the last month. While there I had been easily photographing Green Herons and a pair of Great Blue Herons with the bare 150/2, so I knew I could get really close to them. It would be the perfect test location since I couldn't (at the time) go photograph baby gators.
   
   I should mention that my gator locations are now open and that I know of 3 locations between the two of them to find baby gators. Which is a lot better than I was hoping for, the hurricane wiped out well over 90% of the gator nest this year, that story is for another post.
   
   Note - all photographs have little or no crop. At most I cropped off 400px on the long side for any of these photographs. That's other than on some changing the aspect ratio to 3:2 or 16:9.
   
   So I loaded up the kayak and headed to my launch point and was happy to discover a foggy morning, love shooting in the fog. Not long after launching I spotted this Great Egret sitting on a branch. It was going to be a bit before the sun crested the trees to shine on him, so I tied up to a stump and waited. Unfortunately he flew off before the sun crested, but I was happy with the photograph I captured. I was actually shooting the photograph for a photo contest with the theme of "Quiet", which it took 1st place in. FYI, I knew when I...

   48

   Nov 20, 2017
3. 

   

   wjiang

   Glenmark Station (Waipara)

   While out for a walk with the baby during a pre-Christmas lunch with family friends, I came across this old school railway station. It's situated in Waipara, an area in North Canterbury New Zealand now known for its wineries.
   
   All taken with either the PL15 or O45 on the E-M1.

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   Dec 23, 2016
4. 

   

   agbfoto

   My 75mm F1.8 at the 2017 LGBT March

   Second walk with the lens. EM5 II, ISO200, Electronic Shutter @F1.8
   Thanks for watching
   Alex

   22

   Nov 19, 2017
5. 

   

   GRID

   NovemberKåsan2017 (toughest enduro-race in the world?)

   Last years race was frozen and not so hard, but this year only 18 out of 155 starters crossed the finish line, with first start saturday 09:00 in the morning, and the first riders crossing the finish line after 168 miles around 04:00 sunday morning.

   16

   Nov 13, 2017
6. 

   

   TNcasual

   Phoenix and the Sonoran Desert

   For the past three years I have had the opportunity to travel to a conference through my work. The first year I spent a few days in Dallas, TX. Last year was in Hollywood, Fl. The conference takes up the bulk of 2.5 days, but leaves a few hours in the morning and evening, plus a whole afternoon at the end.
   
   This year I had the pleasure of being in Phoenix, Arizona for a few days. The only time I have ever spent in the desert was as a young child on a road trip to New Mexico. So I was excited to be in a new environment to new things to see and shoot. I was able to take a few hours here and there for some exploring, plus one afternoon for a short journey to the desert.
   
   Day One
   
   On Monday I was able to take off early in the afternoon. This left me time to go and visit Tempe Camera. Being from a small market like Knoxville means I don’t have access to full camera stores. So whenever I get the chance I like to stop in and browse. I was finally able to hold a Pen F, Oly 9-18 and Oly 12-100. While there I went through their used shelves and spotted a Asahi Super Takumar 105 2.8. After some hemming and hawing I tried it out (they just happen to also have a m42-mft adapter available.) I took a few shots, paced around for a few more minutes, then decided it would make a nice souvenir. It is not the sharpest lens, but it does have the wonderfully warm Takumar rendering. The lens included the screw in hood, and I bought it with the adapter (I couldn’t be expected to have a lens I couldn’t use!) and a lens cap.
   
   Taking the lens, I made the short walk over to the Arizona State University campus to shoot Gammage Memorial...

   12

   Oct 29, 2017

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