This article features a selection of uncropped HHFS grasshopper images captured with the M.Zuiko MC-20 teleconverter.
I haven’t been out with my camera as much as I would have liked this year as a considerable amount of my time has been dedicated to various eBook projects. Suffice to say I was in need of some field practice using Handheld In-Camera Focus Stacking.
Visual expression has been integral to human existence for thousands of years with the earliest drawings dating back about 75,000 years.
It is estimated that some engravings on shells created by Homo Erectus go back as far as 500,000 years, although experts disagree whether these artifacts can be classified as art.
Photographing flowers with the M.Zuiko 150-600 mm f/5-6.3 IS wouldn’t be top-of-mind for the majority of folks who enjoy this image genre. And, I must admit this lens wouldn’t necessarily be my first choice either.
There appears to be some opinions in a few photographic chatrooms that using computational photography is cheating. Of course name calling… and ridiculing the photographic choices of others… is nothing new in the photography community. Some folks have been throwing stones at others for years… if not longer.
Like most photographers, I’m always looking for ‘that one shot’ when I’m out with my camera gear to help evaluate the success of a photographic session.
This article features handheld images captured with an M.Zuiko PRO 45 mm f/1.2 during a close up test done around my gardens at home.
The first thing readers may be thinking is “Why do a close up test with a relatively short prime lens that has a minimum focusing distance of 50 cm (~19.7 inches)?” Admittedly this is a rather bizarre thing to do.
This article shares a small selection of quick shots from 6 stops, captured during a day out with another photographer who was visiting my local area. While I had some camera gear with me, my main objective wasn’t to capture a lot of photographs, but rather serve as an area guide, and to identify some image opportunities.
All of the images featured in this article were captured handheld, and are displayed in the order in which they were created during our photography session that day.
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