Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Shadow

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
LUMIX G 14mm / F2.5 ASPH. DMC-GW1 Wide Converter



F2.5, 1/2000, ISO-200

Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Port

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
LUMIX G 14mm / F2.5 ASPH. DMC-GWC1 Wide Convertwer


F5.6, 1/125, ISO-200

Colour version

Sunday, 20 March 2016

Journey


Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 45mm F1.8

F1.8, 1/30, ISO-200

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Threads

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 45mm F1.8

F1.8, 1/100, ISO-800

Sunday, 13 March 2016

Gradation

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8

F1.8, 1/100, ISO-200

Thursday, 3 March 2016

Hardy Street

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @14mm

F8, 1/400, ISO-160

" Hip Shot! " 

Sunday, 28 February 2016

Skeleton

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D800
AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm F2.8

F11, 1/160, ISO-100

Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Prince Albert

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8



F1.8, 1/4000, ISO-200



This one took a quite bit of clop and B&W conversion with little tint in shadow. 
Here is original width (but 2x3 ratio clop)


Sunday, 21 February 2016

Street Corner

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8


F1.8, 1/4000, ISO-200

It's wide open, but because of distance to the subject it has quite good DOF for capturing a whole scene.   Bit of dodge at area around and interior of cart.





Saturday, 20 February 2016

Piano

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8

F1.8, 1/1250, ISO-200

I like the rendering of this lens, I think it's very natural. 
Confession: a bit of excessive crop not only to make it square but adjust composition. 



Friday, 12 February 2016

Still Life

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM Zuiko 100mm F2.8
F2.8, 1/160, ISO-200



Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM Zuiko 100mm F2.8F2.8, 1/200, ISO-200


When I look through the view finder with this lens, the first WOW factor is how things getting closer to me.   It's very small lens and i was just not prepared for the power of magnification .  It's a pocket-able 200mm (equiv. FOV) and not bad rendering of OOF area either.   I think I got a great deal of this lens.  It fits nicely in between 50mm and 2000mm I already have.

OM Zuiko 100mm F2.8



Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Airport

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 45-175mm / F4.0-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @ 85mm

F5.0, 1/30, ISO-1600

Friday, 5 February 2016

Sunset

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
Tamron SP MF 500mm F8 Reflex (55B)

F8, 1/8000, ISO-100



WB is shade.

Took it in -1EV at the time to preserve highlight but ended up bring it back about 1EV.

Cropped to 2:3 format and some contrast adjustment done.



It's just about going down and completely behind the mountain range.  I was trying to capture clean edge of sun as well as intense colour around it.



Wednesday, 3 February 2016

ZIP


Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
LUMIX G 25mm / F1.7 ASPH.
F2.5, 1/60, ISO-1600

One of my test shot for camera/lens with quick handheld snap.  I've sold the lens since in favour of Olympus version of 25mm.


I quite like how this image came up in high contract B&W image as I revisited.  

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Danger

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8


F1.8, 1/1000, ISO-200


Sunday, 31 January 2016

CBD

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G 14mm / F2.5 ASPH.


F4, 1/1000, ISO-160

Thursday, 28 January 2016

Low Tide , Big Sky

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G 14mm / F2.5 ASPH.

F8, 1/1600, ISO-160

Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Rocks at Beach

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G 14mm / F2.5 ASPH.

F4, 1/1000, ISO-160

Got a new lens ( 2nd hand swapped with 25mm I had doubled with Olympus version).
Got to test and went to the beach on the way back to home form work.

I think it's a good result.

I have 46mm filter + 46-52mm step ring and 2 blank UV (no glass but only ring) stacked as lens hood.      

Thursday, 21 January 2016

Wheel

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8

F1.8, 1/500, ISO-200


Colour Version

Also on 500px


Sunday, 17 January 2016

Boots

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8



F1.8, 1/200, ISO-200


B&W version also available on 500px

Friday, 15 January 2016

Light and Shadow

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @ 19mm
F5.6, 1/800, ISO-160


on 500px



Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Photographers

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8

F5.6, 1/2000, ISO-200
 for all my photographer friends ... 

Also on 500px


Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Hardy Street, Nelson

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8

F1.8, 1/2000, ISO-200


I took a new toy to sunny Nelson CBD.  Set the lssn to wide open all the time where I normally set to F5.6 or F8, just to see.  Actually I was looking for different type subject but found new shop was opened.  So here it is.   

Sunday, 10 January 2016

Olympus

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D800
Tamron SP AF 24-70mm F2.8 Di VC USD (A007) @ 40mm

F8, 1/15, ISO-100



OM-1n; The full mechanical beauty
OM-4; The master of inbuilt meter - multi-spot metering
EM-5 II; The digital incarnation

A family of Olympus, although this is not all of them... 

  

Saturday, 9 January 2016

Memo

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8
F1.8, 1/100, ISO-200


Compare to Panasonic 25mm F1.7.  This one is tad wide other than that, it is very close for image quality. It's comes to personal preference of FOV and design of product.   I'm most likely keep this for OM-D.



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Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Projection

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D800
AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm F2.8
F8, 6s, ISO-100

Monday, 4 January 2016

Sparkle

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D800
AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm F2.8

F8, 1/1000, ISO-100



Saturday, 2 January 2016

Blue Reflection

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
LUMIX G 25mm / F1.7 ASPH.


F5.6, 1/5, ISO-1600
Also on 500px

Friday, 1 January 2016

Burning Sky

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 45-175mm / F4.0-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @ 175mm


F5.6, 1/200, ISO-1600


Happy New Year!


Also find at 500px for licensing.

Monday, 28 December 2015

Bubble

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
OM Zuiko 50mm F3.5 MacroF3.5, 1/40, ISO-1600 , Flash fired


Saturday, 26 December 2015

Pot

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
LUMIX G 25mm / F1.7 ASPH.

F1.7, 1/8000, ISO-160


Olympus OM-D EM-5II
LUMIX G 25mm / F1.7 ASPH.

F1.7, 1/8000, ISO-125


Ahhh...  Feeling of new camera with Lumix 25mm.    It's wide open but shroud have shot with F2.8 or even F4.0 for subject matter, but i like rendering of OOF area.

This vars is a special one off version made by local artist Royce McGlashen.
We love this piece very much there was few more fantastic piece in his work shop / gallery at time we visit him. 

Saturday, 19 December 2015

Clouds

Nelson, New Zealand

Olympus OM-D EM-5II
Nikkor Q.C 13.5cm F3.5 LTM
F5.6, 1/800, ISO-200



Friday, 18 December 2015

Olympus OM-D Limited Edition

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
F4, 1/40, ISO-1600

It's Limited Edition EM-5 II with titanium colour.
OM-D with Panasonic X 14-42mm.  I like that combination as much as with GX1.  

Colour version before Duo Tone

Monday, 14 December 2015

Christmas is coming

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G 25mm / F1.7 ASPH.



F1.7, 1/4000 ISO-160

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Vase

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D800
AF Nikkor 50mm F1.4D

F2.8, 1/40, ISO-100

Spotlight on window sill.  Warm evening light bring the texture of the vase.



Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Stem

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1

OM Zuiko 50mm F1.8
F1.8, 1/20, ISO-160

Friday, 20 November 2015

Touch Mouse

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
OM Zuiko 50mm F1.8
F1.8, 1/15, ISO-1600


Quick test of OM Zuiko lens via MF-2 adapter on GX-1. 
It's quite good and better than expected especially without stabilisation and hand-held on relatively slow shutter.  

Saturday, 7 November 2015

144 Bridge St

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @ 14mm

F8, 1/60, ISO-500



Sunday, 4 October 2015

Golden Time

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D800
AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-210mm F4-5.6D @ 116mm
F8, 1/640, ISO-100
Golden light shower over the hazy distance land scape. 

Saturday, 26 September 2015

Vertical

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @14mm
F10, 1/320, ISO-160



Sunday, 6 September 2015

Mushroom

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D800
Tamron SP AF 24-70mm F2.8 Di VC USD (A007) @ 55mm
F11, 1/20, ISO-100
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