Photography

[GeorgeR]

Originally Posted by jen b

I love vultures! Nice flight shot.

I did a day trip to Assateague yesterday and managed to catch a sunset pony parade across some shallow water in the bay as they headed off to graze one of the little islands.

Great shot!, you must have decent lens for this shot to have some flare and no ghosts.
George.

[jen b]

Thanks George! I have a solid lens - shot that with the Nikon 105 af, but if you look a little more closely you can see an artifact hovering just above the rump of the nearest pony in the lower left corner. Still, not bad for shooting straight into the sun.

[james kent]

Four inches of snow melted yesterday leaving these with an attitude this morning.

[Ron Humerickhouse]

Our snow is about GONE also,,,nice shot James

[brian m.]

Love the humor in your shot James,

[GeorgeR]

Some pictures from the last week day trip to the gorgeous Ecola Park. I love these West Coast Sunsets. The thinking bird was dreaming about food on our picknick table.

George.

[Brian Van Snell]

George: The photo of the stormy, foggy sea is great. Here is our photo of a similarly gifted seagull on a brighter day in October last year in Newport, OR.

[GeorgeR]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Snell

George: The photo of the stormy, foggy sea is great. Here is our photo of a similarly gifted seagull on a brighter day in October last year in Newport, OR.

Thank you Brian, your bird is a lefty with blue sky, mine was going from left to right foot but was ultimately captured as a righty without blue sky, just life.
George.

[Brian Van Snell]

We returned to Bay View State Park for the second week, this time visiting La Conner, Port Townsend, Fort Casey. A seagull soared above the MV Salish on the trip from Port Townsend back to Keystone.

More photos here:
Trips to Bay View, Whidbey Is., Anacortes, Port Townsend, La Conner - a set on Flickr

[GeorgeR]

I switched from DSLR to mirrorless a couple of years ago. This new market is growing fast but the recent intro of Olympus OMD 5 axis sensor image stabilization is just amazing. See the video...Olympus OM-D E-M5 five-axis sensor-shift image stabilization hands-on (video) -- Engadget
George.

[Hazel in Sk]

Pentax have also issued a mirrorless camera recently. I'm not feeling tempted at the moment as I have two Pentax DSLR's - but who knows what will 'call' me in the future?

[BCDave]

Originally Posted by GeorgeR

I switched from DSLR to mirrorless a couple of years ago. This new market is growing fast but the recent intro of Olympus OMD 5 axis sensor image stabilization is just amazing. See the video...Olympus OM-D E-M5 five-axis sensor-shift image stabilization hands-on (video) -- Engadget
George.

Now if only Olympus wasn't (effectively) in bankruptcy and facing allegations of.... (etc)

[GeorgeR]

Originally Posted by BCDave

Now if only Olympus wasn't (effectively) in bankruptcy and facing allegations of.... (etc)

Olympus is not in bankruptcy proceedings but they fouled up immensely. Fortunately they cleaned up few bad apples from the board including the chairman. Their stock is rebounding but still has a long way to get back to thirties level.

Sales of m43 in Japan for the first time exceeded Nikon and Canon DSLR sales. Olympus was one of the founders of m43 which is dominant in mirrorless sales. Sony had early entry as well and has great mirrorless product line. I would not be too negative about Olympus, their commercial optics and photographic product portfolio is excellent. I am not surprised that shareholders are upset; I would be too but hope that Olympus will regain its business strength; they do have engineering strength.

I would however be concern about Canon lateness to mirrorless field and underwhelming Nikon V/J - 1 entry.

George.

[Brian Van Snell]

In our area crocuses and snowdrops are popping up. What signs of spring to you see in your area? More spring here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brian_v...475301/detail/

[Doc Sarvis]

Beautiful shot Brian. Macro photography is hard technically, but even harder artistically. You nailed this one.

[Hazel in Sk]

Thanks for the crocus shot Brian - it is delighful.

You asked about signs of spring in our neighbourhood - I can only say "In my dreams". Likely see something inicating its approach in 6 or more weeks. Until then it will be snow cover everywhere.

[Brian Van Snell]

Originally Posted by Doc Sarvis

Beautiful shot Brian. Macro photography is hard technically, but even harder artistically. You nailed this one.

I bought a macro lens a few weeks ago, and last weekend we took a trip to our favourite part of Washington State to try it out. More photos here: Fun with Macro - a set on Flickr

[Doc Sarvis]

Another beautiful shot Brian. I just bought 100/2.8 macro last week. Your shots inspire me.

[Carol H]

Great photos Brian on Flicker!!! What lens did you buy?

[Brian Van Snell]

Originally Posted by Carol H

Great photos Brian on Flicker!!! What lens did you buy?

Carol: the lens I bought is a Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro lens. It is available for Canon, Nikon, Sony and Pentax. See SP 90mm F/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro; Tamron USA, Inc.