Simple Clicks – Goose Head
It seems like Canadian Geese (along with their droppings) are everywhere I look in Northeastern PA this year — all of the usual water spots I frequent, such as Lackawanna State Park, Ford’s Pond and Merli-Sarnoski Park. I’d pretty much taken to ignoring them in search of more elusive targets like eagles and herons, but [...]
Simple Clicks – Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4
This isn’t a review – I’ll one of those at some point in the near(ish) future. What this is is a quick sample of photos and a few preliminary thoughts on this lens, which arrived a week ago. It’s a hard lens to get, as all the major retailers keep running out of stock. I’m [...]
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 [...]
Simple Clicks – Assorted Nature
As I wrap up the outdoor and wildlife segments of my E-M5 review, I have a few photos left that didn’t make it onto the blog yet, but are still worth sharing. For starters, here’s a Killdeer, one of a series shot out the car window. Killdeer are skittish and I could never get this [...]
Simple Clicks – Low Angles
Making good use of the EM-5′s tilt screen on my last outing. I’ll admit, I was not a fan of tilt screens when they first appeared, especially ones like are on the Canon 60D. To me, they seem like one more component that’s not only likely to break, but is all too easy to snap [...]
Simple Clicks – Afternoon Light
Just a few clicks from Sunday afternoon’s hike at Lackawanna State Park. It was one of those perfect afternoons – warm, slight breeze, not too many people. I’ve always found retreating into the woods therapeutic, a good way to clear my head and find some balance when it’s lacking. Making images works into that easily, especially [...]
Simple Clicks – AM-PM Birds
This past weekend, I stopped by at Tobyhanna State Park in Northeast PA. The last time I was there, I captured a shot of a Great Blue Heron looking for lunch and I thought I might see if he (or she) were still around. No heron to be seen, and the day at that point [...]
Simple Clicks – Wildlife Teaser
I’ve got a full post coming on shooting wildlife with the E-M5, but just to keep you all on the edge of your seats, here’s a quick teaser, just to show what kind of results I’m getting so far! Shooting the E-M5 and Lumix 100-300mm is very different from shooting with the 7D and 300L [...]
Simple Clicks – E-M5 Landscapes
Just a couple of landscape captures with the E-M5. I took these just after getting the camera, on my first test-shoot with it in the field. At the time, “test shoot” was probably a bit of a generous description, since most of it was me walking around the park with it. As adventurous as I [...]
Simple Clicks – Vacation Shots
Vacations are always over with too quickly. I grabbed this final beach shot just a few minutes before checking out; weather had moved in overnight, so there was no sunrise, and there was still a dim look to the ocean that translated well as a film emulation. There are a few more, somewhat random shots [...]
