Test Run with the Olympus

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wombat666

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Just had to do a few test shots with my shiny new Olympus OM-D E-M1X!
One of my favorite haunts, the fishing boats at San Remo......stitched.
:playful:

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Still waiting for more shots from the Olympus ! As a long-time Olympus fan, it's good to see someone keeping the flame burning...


Fascinated by your rig rundown - it must be tough for you Aussies on a tight budget - :biggrin-new: Are you saving up for a graphics card ???
 
OK Lefty, this is fresh today, just a quick shot that was an attempt at a different 'sunset' image.

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I was heading to one of the surf beaches and this caught my eye, FTR sunset was at 20:56 EDST and today was just a perfect Summer day.
Why Olympus?
I've used Pentax for most of the time, IMHO Nikon and Cannon are just 'mainstream' and I try to avoid 'mainstream'.
The people who own my local 'Camera Shoppe' are all keen Olympus users and after researching the company I decided to consider switching.
I even made a list comparing Olympus and Pentax variations, and promptly spent more than I planned on Olympus kit!
Currently I'm discovering my Olympus........bloody thing has more controls than the Space Shuttle!



A test shot of part of Port Philip Bay just because!
Actually I wanted to see how panning and stitching would work with uncluttered frames.

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Just a basic 'Summer Down Under' shot.
Another 'stitch' panorama, could be better but it is a bit scruffy due to serious resizing!
Must do better!!!!
And I suppose I should add the graphic card(s) to my system specifications. :encouragement:

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These are nice, W666. We need more - we are accustomed to having a great blast of summer from you, when many of us up here are freezing our butts off !

I went Olympus some years ago - the attraction was the compact nature of the gear compared to N and C, plus a really superb range of lenses.

I was indebted to a book by Darrell Young - 'Mastering the Olympus OM-D E-M1' which helped when negotiating the minefield of Olympus controls ! I once sat for half an hour in Madeira wondering what had happened to my autofocus, till I found the sliding focus ring - dohhhh....

Sadly, like so many, I have become old and lazy, and on our last trip didn't even take a camera - those phones are just too good ! Hope your excellent photography will inspire me again.
 
Nice pictures Wombat and like Lefty, I have turned old and lazy also. As I'm still 15 year younger then him, I might pick up my camera more often when I retire.

I think reducing the image size for publishing in the internet takes away the sharpness of your images a bit.

Meanwhile my wife pushes me to take pictures from our granddaughter with a decent camera.....
I took some and everybody was surprised to see the results :biggrin-new:

Cheers,
Huub
 
A different approach as a trial: set the camera up to take a burst of seven bracketing shots, run them through 'Photomatix Pro' just to see what comes out.
Once again I'm using my 'close to home' venue.
Still a WIP but it adds another dimension to a small bag of skills!

:encouragement:

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Another 'Summer Down Under' shot from Gunamatta: nothing special, just another stacking exercise.
I get annoyed with the holiday crowd when they walk all over the beach and mess up the normally pristine sand!

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Looking for the resident Platypus at Main Creek.
Cunning little Bugger, could not find him/her! Next time.........:playful:

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Camera-shy platypus, eh ? Certainly not many of those in this neck of the woods....keep trying, please !
 
Relatively 'low light' exercise: Martha Cove shortly before the Monsoon rolled across the State. An opportunistic shot before the deluge! FWIW, 31C and 92% Humidity.

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I don't do sunsets very often but this was dramatic enough to take a few shots!
As a BTW all the images uploaded to Image-Bloody-Shack have vanished, the site itself seems to have gone tits up so I'm using another.
:pirate:

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You do live in a nice part of the world Wombat! Nice pictures, especially the last one.

Cheers,
Huub
 
The corner of the mainland that is closest to Philip Island.
Not a place to do much swimming as the tidal rip is really strong.
It's visible centre where the breaks are.

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Out and about on a glorious Autumn day along with too many weekend warriors!
Climbed the track to the lookout at the Sorrento Surf Beach and it was worth the effort.

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Looking from Colton's Track over the immediate Surf Beach.
Time was 18:30 AEDT.

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Surf was up and this was one of the 'tubes' that were breaking late in the day.
Starting to get more confident with the Olympus!!!!!
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