Pollinator by Steve Vickers, on Flickr
stripes by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
Why not put up a wanted post anyway?i'm thinking of getting an e-m10ii ( in black ) if anyone is looking to sell up.. I'll put a wanted post up if anyone is
That's an aphid not a grasshopper.another shot from the garden yesterday . noticed when posting it to flickr that a small grasshopper ? is inspecting the hoverfly from a blade of grass old-em1 + 50-200 SWD
Its a decent enough lens for the price. All the bird shots Ive taken recently are with that and I'm happy with them. I find it sharp enough and when its not its usually user error rather than the lens. To be honest I've barely had it off the camera since I bought it from Alf, I've become addicted to bird photography constantly looking in the trees and bushes when I'm out
I had both the olly 75-300mm and Panny 100-300mm and the Panny was optically better with the copies I had. The Panny is noticeably bigger and heavier, but it’s brighter.
bumble bee joy by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
gathering the nectar by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
Just looked - they seem to have removed almost all their stock of cameras and lenses
Fledgling Blue Tit by Steve Vickers, on Flickr
play by jeff and jan cohen, on FlickrThat is a little cutieNot the best perch or background but light here has been terrible these last few days, just happy to have finally captured something
I have a Great tit fledge I might post up later Steve.I would take it apart for the fun of it. Never know you might fix it Jeffloser or winner ,keep or bin I currently have a old sirious 28-70 zoom lens with apeture blades stuck wide open, bought as part of a job lot and which stands me a whole £1 . just had a play with it on the mk1 body via a om-mft adaptor on a window ornament .. now would you keep this to play with or just throw it away . not sure what to do tried e.bay but getting no interest keep or bin ????? p.s it supposedly has macro capability
That's what I'd do. Nothing to lose, everything to gain. Not much to old manual lenses.I would take it apart for the fun of it. Never know you might fix it Jeff
I did, but with the 12-40mm f2.8
Excellent. I ran a blind test comparing the D850 with 24-70mm f2.8 with the EM1-II and 12-40mm f2.8 and whilst one member on here definitely saw the difference, the rest didn’t and actually 70% got it wrong.
Raws definitely need more ‘extreme’ processing than FF from my experience but all cameras I’ve had have needed different processing approaches so this doesn’t worry too much, as long as I can get the final image that’s all that matters to me
Raws definitely need more ‘extreme’ processing than FF from my experience but all cameras I’ve had have needed different processing approaches so this doesn’t worry too much, as long as I can get the final image that’s all that matters to me
I’m surprised at that image, it definitely doesn’t look right. I can’t say I’ve noticed such mushiness in my landscapes and there are a few really good landscape photographers on here who produce excellent results. @alfbranch springs to mind.
GOLDEN GRASSHOPPER IN A PASSING SHOWER by Robin Procter, on Flickr
GRASSHOPPER PORTRAIT by Robin Procter, on Flickr
GREEN GRASSHOPPER by Robin Procter, on Flickr
Nice shots RobinAm getting to grips with and enjoying my hybrid Olympus+Canon (or is it Canon+Olympus?) macro rig and its advantages of 280mm (equivalent) reach. I prefer to capture at least a hint of habitat in my wildlife shots. Thanks to the Metabones Adapter it does everything which an Olympus 60mm Macro does except Focus Stacking/Bracketing.
I am already hooked on dragonflies and created a Facebook group which now has over 7,000 members and now I am feeling very drawn towards photographing grasshoppers as well.
^ ^ ^ I can confirm that the Olympus STF-8 flash is wet weatherproof to the same high standard as the Olympus Pro gear.
That looks like processing artefacts to me, I try not to use NR in LR if I can help it as it does 'smudge' detail and it can start to make it look a bit watercolour like, that goes for all cameras although FF do tend to stand up more to 'abuse' in processing. If you think Olympus files take some getting used to processing I'd suggest staying away from Fuji
Yep Alf is one that always springs to mind for me too, although I took a look at Jerry's website last night and it's very impressive.
Some excellent images there Toby
Thanks very much
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