GH1&2 hit the road

[John M Flores]

I'm currently in Minnesota en route to my first motorcycle story with Panasonic cameras. Destination - the byways and backroads of Kansas in search of barbecue.

Previously, I've shot with a Nikon D70, Pentax K20d, Pentax K-x, as well a Ricoh GX-100 and Canon G10. For this trip I've got the 2 GHs as well as the 14-140, 100-300, and 20 1.7. In the M43 world this is a big kit, but I've carried more on my back, literally, with APS-c. With APS-c, I usually tried to manage weight with 1 body plus 1 P&S or 2 bodies plus pancake primes. I'll have a Harley on this trip, so the bag can rest on the pillon seat.

I'm looking forward to playing with the 100-300, and getting the most out of the 14-140. The 20 is for low light, of course. The theme for this trip is barbecue, so expect a lot of foodie shots!

I'll try to post from the road. If not, I'll share my thoughts when I return.

Wish me luck - Kansas City here I come!

my iPhone sent this

 

[Y-V-E-S]

Have an awesome adventure! I wanna see BBQ!!

 

[John M Flores]

Great Lenexa Barbecue Battle, Kansas State Championship

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Nice rack by john m flores, on Flickr

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Creative Cooker by john m flores, on Flickr

Special thanks to Worth Harley Davidson for loaning me a bike

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Shout out to Worth Harley Davidson by john m flores, on Flickr

Note, these are low quality JPGs straight out of the camera. My netbook is a sloth when dealing with RAW files and the screen isn't that good either.

 

[Pan Korop]

Special thanks to Worth Harley Davidson for loaning me a bike

Oh! I thought you travelled on a motorcycle, as a motorcyclist,
it ends up your a biker, on a bike

Don't show your :43: in Sturgis : it may appear as a wimps' camera.

Don't post it on Twitter either : you're not a congressman. Are you ?

 

[John M Flores]

Oh! I thought you travelled on a motorcycle, as a motorcyclist,
it ends up your a biker, on a bike

Don't show your :43: in Sturgis : it may appear as a wimps' camera.

Don't post it on Twitter either : you're not a congressman. Are you ?

LOL, on this trip I am a biker. My motto is "two wheels good". Doesn't matter - it's better than a cage.

At photo rallies (if they existed), would drunken bearded men yell at women photographers, "show us you TIFFs!"???

 

[John M Flores]

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My day in a single photo by john m flores, on Flickr

Kansas is big and broad and more picturesque than I had imagined. And not entirely flat. The land undulates softly, like giant ocean waves. It's hard to capture in a photo. At times I wish that I had a wide angle (my widest is the 14 end of the 14-140), but even then the subtle features of the landscape would be pushed back in the frame. It does not help that it's 94 degrees and I'm in full gear, so every foray off the bike results in copious perspiration. I've got a couple of days and hundreds of miles to figure it out.

The cameras are performing fine, with the 14-140 seeing the most duty. I even tried mounting it to the bike but the sight of the lens hood vibrating made me wary. Went you mount a camera to a bike, every ounce - particularly those far away from the tripod socket - counts. That's why in the past I've had a diminutive Ricoh GX100 with me. The ideal M43 setup might be the GF3 with the Oly wide zoom. Or maybe the Panny 14, although that may not be wide enough. Or maybe another Ricoh...

Off to Great Bend today. And more barbecue, of course.

The GH2 did give me a "lens is not on correctly" message once. Turned if off then on and that went away.

 

[SMaturin]

At photo rallies (if they existed), would drunken bearded men yell at women photographers, "show us you TIFFs!"???

If they did, would you reciprocate by showing your JPEG?

 

[Grinch]

If they did, would you reciprocate by showing your JPEG?

Does this bring up the square peg round hole situation?

 

[SMaturin]

Does this bring up the square peg round hole situation?

Yehaw! Party in the RAW!

 

[Alanroseman]

I'm currently in Minnesota en route to my first motorcycle story with Panasonic cameras. Destination - the byways and backroads of Kansas in search of barbecue.

I don't know if I'm more jealous of the trip itself, or the search for Barbecue....

 

[John M Flores]

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100 degrees in the shade by john m flores, on Flickr

So tried buying an Olympus 9-18 in Wichita today, thinking that it would weigh a lot less than the Panny 14-140 as well as being wider. Alas, the two camera stores I called were closed and none of the three Best Buys had one. My wallet is happier, but I think it would have helped.

The 14-140 did fine, but the lens and the camera are heavy and really taxed the Vanguard ballhead. I'll try a couple more shots and angles tomorrow.

Oh, and here was lunch:

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Lunch - Hog Wild Pit Barbecue, Hutchinson KS by john m flores, on Flickr

 

[Y-V-E-S]

Yum BBQ RIBS!!!!!

 

[Luckypenguin]

Where's the salad?

 

[brunerww]

You've posted some great photographs John, but this is the first one that has made my mouth water. Man, does that barbecue look good!

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

I hate to LOOK @ BBQ !!!
But, go on, make us suffer !
6 weeks to go until my holidays

Have a safe trip,
Rafael

 

[John M Flores]

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Wide Open by john m flores, on Flickr

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Wind Power by john m flores, on Flickr

All of these photos are quickly edited in Gimp on the HP netbook. I've got all the photos backed up on the netbook and haven't erased the cards, so I've got redundancy. When I get home, I download them all into Lightroom and then go through the arduous sifting process.

 

[Hikari]

Destination - the byways and backroads of Kansas in search of barbecue.

A REAL biker would just need a slab of meat and a hot tailpipe. Sounds fun.

 

[GaryAyala]

mmmmhhhhh ... BBQ ...

 

[Luckypenguin]

It must be an American thing...

 

[John M Flores]

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poseur by john m flores, on Flickr

And as always, barbecue!

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sauces by john m flores, on Flickr

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barbecue sampler by john m flores, on Flickr

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pulled pork by john m flores, on Flickr