**** This Week Thru Your M43 (December 15, 2012) ****

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M43 Onion Rumors Level 2

This is a "level 2" rumor from one of my sources.  I have heard that Panasonic will make a firmware update to older camera bodies and newer ones called "iShudder Shock."  This feature is for the photographer who takes a pictures and after releasing the shutter is *shocked* by the image taken (for better or worse).  The iShudder Shock will enable the OIS system to keep the next image from being overly blurry from the shaking hands of the shuddering photographer.

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SLOtographer
"If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on the minus side of things, working only too make our photographs equal to what we see out there, but no better." -- Galen Rowell



Some mad tourists versus the power of the sea.

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Without the darkness the light would be nothing !

Taken in Merrickville Ontario Canada yesterday with an Olympus E-P2 and the Panasonic 14-42 X lens.  PSP X4, Topaz Adjust and Topaz Lens Effects used for PP.

Farm Machinery

I love this place and the people of this place -- I first met them in the 1960s, didn’t see them for 0+ years, and when I stepped off the bus at he village I was welcomed as though I had never been away by (surviving) old friends.

There was a big singsing there last Saturday (8/12). With the E-PL3 set to multiple exposure (slow) I recorded about 1250 images! Out of control! Here's one of them:



Cheers, geoff

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Geoffrey Heard
http://pngtimetraveller.blogspot.com/2011/10/return-to-karai-komana_31.html

I like this image a lot. The Topaz worked well -- it is a nicely done image.

God Bless,

Greg

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blessings, Steven

The power of the sea shot is very nice.

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blessings, Steven

So what is there to take photos of?  Hmmmm.....



Mr. Leo in all his ample glory.

Taken with my favorite legacy lens, the Yashica ML 50mm f 1.7

-J

Wonderful timing to get that!  Very impressive.

How long did it take to get a wave like that to capture?

-J

I almost talked myself out of going on a short photo taking road trip yesterday, as the weather was nasty and my time was limited -- I'm glad I didn't listen to myself It was a lesson learned.

All hand held and shot with the 12-50mm.

God Bless,

Greg

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Last shot is a two-shot stitch, handheld. Took one shot, moved three steps to the right, took the second. Stitched with Microsoft ICE.

I do like both of these, but they both seem a bit dark.  I wonder if you have your screen brightness up a lot on your computer...

The first one I would adjust the white balance on a bit and then brighten it up some, and if you are trying to preserve the cloud highlights, maybe bring the highlights down, then brighten up the whole shot.  (The sky is terrific, but the ground looks very dingy on my system).

The second could just use a little bit of brightening overall, but it has lovely colors and the afternoon light is very nice.  I can really feel like I am there in that one, with the winter light and the snow giving the feel of the chill of the season.

-J

Really nice set.  Love the colors especially on the second and fourth photos.

Not totally fond of the third one; not sure if it is the subject or the angle of view, but it doesn't capture my attention the way the others do.

The first is a beautiful shot, but I think I would try cropping it just a little bit more on the left.  It feels a bit lopsided to me.  I think if you can crop so the eye stays little more on the horse and is not pulled away to the side, it will be a very compelling photo.

-J

A lot to like here!  I particularly like the 1st, 3rd and 4th.  And I think the cropping of the horse shot is ideal.  Since the body of the horse is facing toward the left of the frame I think it needs extra space on the left to avoid feeling cramped.  Works for me.  Good shots all.



Both at Boundary Bay, BC.  G5+75-300

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Steve Barnett

I'll take 3 and 4 as they are.  1 is too centered to work well.

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Steve Barnett

A good start, but you should concentrate even more on the wave.  Take a look at Marina Cano's extraordinary series of waves smothering a lighthouse.

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Steve Barnett

I like both the concentration and the context.

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Steve Barnett

I have some shots from my new $299 LX7 (WHAT a camera for that price!) but not much m43 this week. My bodycap lens did arrive though and I took a very short walk with it - around the block once - just to see what it would do. Here are two from that - I think this lens will work really well for me. I spend a lot of time with the 12mm at f8 in manual focus doing zone/hyperfocal street photography, but 14mm is my more preferred focal length. And 15mm is close enough for govt work. It isn't the sharpest lens in the bag, but I don't need ultra-sharp for street photography - it can almost be a detriment - so this lens could spend some time on the camera. The only problem is its actually too small and light for the OMD which needs a LITTLE bit of weight on the front to keep the camera to hang neutrally from a strap. With this lens I have to hold it or it'll tip over backward. Someday I'll have an EPL5 body - maybe soon if Santa got my notes - and it should be a LOT of fun on that little guy. Its not the lens for a pixel peeper, but I've never met a pixel I liked spending any time with anyway, so it'll work for me...

-Ray
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I enjoyed 'em all, particularly the Santa shots, but I really like these two a lot. The pine cone works for reasons I don't understand - its just a burning pinecone, right? But the wooden joints in the other shot, combined with the narrow DOF, work really well - makes for a nice abstract.

Oh, and the stitching on that last one is amazingly clean - I couldn't find ANY sign of it...
-Ray
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