Beauty and the beach is something that we can experience during our meanderings through life. Sometimes in obvious ways… and sometimes unexpectedly. During our trip to New Zealand in late 2024 we had the opportunity to do some exploring at Kaka Point.
This remote hamlet captures much of what my wife and I love about New Zealand in terms of its rugged beauty, quiet location, and friendly people.
This article discusses how I adjusted my 1680 mm efov handheld technique when using the M.Zuiko 150-600 mm f/5-6.3 IS zoom lens with the M.Zuiko MC-14 teleconverter. While I wouldn’t normally use this set-up for birds in free flight, there are times when it comes in handy when photographing birds or insects taking flight from a distant perched position.
Recently I acquired a Cotton Carrier Hyker Slingbag and have been using it regularly over the past number of weeks. This article shares my experiences with this very functional piece of kit.
This article illustrates composing photographs with repeating patterns to help create eye flow and balance in an image.
This article shares a selection of images captured handheld at Hamilton Gardens with the M.Zuiko 12-100 PRO IS zoom lens. The city of Hamilton (New Zealand) is situated 122 kilometres south of Auckland on the North Island.
This article features a selection of images documenting a heron catching a snake at one of the ponds at Hendrie Valley. These photographs were captured in a 24 minute time frame… counted from when the heron first attacked the snake until it flew off with its catch.
These images are graphic and may not be appropriate for folks who are squeamish about some of the brutality found in nature.
This article features a selection of micro HHFS TG-5 images of plants, flowers and midges captured handheld in my yard. I had a lot of fun pushing my Olympus TG-5 Tough with these handheld in-camera focus stacked (HHFS) micro photographs.
This was one of the few times that I can remember trying the in-camera focus stacking option when shooting in Microscope mode. All images featured in this article are displayed without any cropping at all.
This month marks 6 years since my wife and I decided to take the plunge and switch to Olympus/OM System M4/3 equipment. After countless hours in the field capturing hundreds of thousands of images, we can honestly say that we have absolutely no regrets about making this change.
This article shares some recent handheld focus stacked HHFS macro flower images that were captured at the Royal Botanical Gardens. I’ve been experimenting with the in-camera handheld focus stacking technology resident in my E-M1X for a number of years.
This article discusses doing bird photography after 10 o’clock in the morning… which is not considered to be an ideal time of day. Birds are most active earlier in the morning and later in the afternoon.
My schedule has been a bit crazy lately, so I try to fit in some field practice when I can. I ended up arriving at Hendrie Valley just as some other photographers were leaving. The good news was that I was able to get a parking spot. 🙂 Continue reading Bird Photography After 10
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