Additional B&W landscapes
When I posted about my black & white landscape project, I loaded it up with photos and still had some left over that I wanted to share. So here’s another batch of them. No particular separation; some of these, like the one above, I really like a lot. It just didn’t fit in with the [...]
Black & White Landscapes – a project
Sometimes projects come about in quiet, roundabout ways. This one first came into existence after I read an article in Outdoor Photographer a couple of months back. It planted the seeds with the usual, “Hey, I can do that” thought. Unlike many such ideas, this one took root. I actually started fostering it, working with [...]
Simple Clicks – Olympus 75-300
Got out one evening last week with my newest lens, the Olympus m.Zuiko 75-300mm. Back when I was getting the E-M5 I wasn’t very complimentary towards this piece of glass; it’s slow, with an aperture of f/6.3 at 300mm, and at $900 it’s overpriced for what basically amounts to a consumer-grade telephoto. But it’s also [...]
Fords Pond Sunrise
Last weekend, I’m in day three of an annual, seasonal allergy attack and pretty much hiding inside with the windows sealed and the HEPA filters running at full-tilt. And still suffering from the clouds of whatever-the-hell-weed pollen that blanketed the valley. On top of that, I’d spent the previous week tied up with work, the [...]
The Endless Mountains
This is my favorite image from my aerial session on Sunday. It’s a simple photo, but to me it captures the whole essence of a region for which I have a strong affinity. This is the Pennsylvania that I think most people miss, or even fail to realize still exists. The expanses of forest, and [...]
Foggy morning at Fords – Brent’s perspective
Paul and I got together for some photos up at Fords Pond one morning last week – nothing serious, just ambled around the side of the pond, shooting some landscapes and even a few wildlife shots of a Mute Swan that put in an appearance. I didn’t think much of the shots after I finished [...]
Foggy Morning at Fords – Paul’s Perspective
As Brent noted in his post on this subject, we spent some time at Fords Pond one morning last week while the lake mist was still lifting. If you look at the images in the two posts, I believe you’ll find a noticeable difference in overall tone and mood. This is the first of three [...]
Simple Clicks – Twilight Fields
Just a pair of HDR landscapes shot at sunset/early twilight with the kit lens. Both images are composed of a three-stop series, merged and processed in Photoshop. I was – again – very pleased with how well they came out, and especially how well the detail and subtlety was maintained in them. Shooting info: E-M5 [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: General Shooting
This is probably the toughest of the reviews to write, just because I want to cover a number of different points. You can probably think of this one as a catch-all, the place for anything that doesn’t exactly fit with the other, more specific posts that are coming (I’ve been writing them out of sequence). [...]
