Complete newbie let loose with an OM-D E-M10

Harvey Melvin Richards wrote:

The photos look good to me. Insects with the 75-300 @ 300 is difficult, at least for me.

Yeah I certainly didn't get the 75-300 for these kinds of close ups, rather more for general nature photography. But like any new amateur the first thing I did was go into the garden and snap whatever was there.

MarkLeeds2k5 wrote:

Having never been interested before, in the last few years I've found myself really enjoying taking photos. Only owning a point and shoot, I started to feel a bit limited by the features of the camera, so decided to make the jump to interchangeable lenses. I was somewhat intimidated by the physical size and shear range of DSLR cameras, so after lots of research, decided to go with micro 4/3; specifically the olympus om-d e-m10.

Having only used a point and shoot before, I was somewhat overwhelmed by the sudden jump in complexity of the camera, and I'm sure it will take me a long time to fully get to grips with it (but then isn't that part of the fun when photography is your interest, not your profession). Once I decided to make the jump, I started reading lots of articles about the principles of photography, but obviousely reading it and putting it into practice are worlds apart.

After a few days of blurry, underexposed messes, here are the first few photos I'm really happy with. I know they're not *super amazing artistic photos* or anything, but what pleases me about them is that they represent a level of quality I just couldn't reach with my point and shoot - and that makes me very excited to move forward and advance my skills.

I was amazed I could actually make out a mite on the bee's side!

Covered in pollen

I guess I'm posting them because I want to share my happyness, but also just because it's a few examples of an om-d e-m10 with the 75-300mm zoom, hand held, by someone who doesn't really know what they're doing yet.

Mark,

Good start. Just keep shooting and your technique and output will improve. Here's a bee image i shot yesterday in my garden with an OLY E-PM2 and the OLY 40-150.

Joel