12-50mm Macro



Just bought a 12-50mm Macro (Zuiko). Great little lens so far.

How does the Macro work? I hear it is a one touch macro..But...
 

A couple from yesterday at Whipsnade zoo

We went to whipsnade yesterday Bank holiday chaos but a great day for all the family
Of course I bought a plethora of photography bits, most used...
 

Cormorants and Turtles

These two Cormorants have been hanging around this pond in Tanglewood Park, Clemmons, NC for the past week or more. The turtles are always here.​...
 

Blue Tit



Big crop, but the 300mm delivers the detail....
 

Great Coxwell Barn

Just came across this place on a walk




Very dark inside....
 

Wren

had a wee visitor this lunch time, the Wren was hoping about looking for food.Managed to grab the camera and get a couple of shots.Pix taken through a...
 

First hoopoe of the year!


This is very much a grab shot and really pushed as the unprocessed version was almost just a silhouette, taken from the front/kitchen door, moments...
 

Great Egret Fishing

A Great Egret quietly fishing on a very misty day at Carlton Marshes recently. It doesn't look that misty in the photos but it was really bad and I didn't...
 

Not my best but no sub forum for mixed materials.

My u3a group went out to photograph, mixed materials. Here are some of my efforts.
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Pen‑rhiw Unitarian Chapel, St Fagans



Pen‑rhiw Unitarian Chapel was originally located in Drefach‑Felindre, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It stood on a hill overlooking the village...
 

Saint Teilo's church



That's forum member Dennis Russ posing for me outside Saint Teilo's church, which you can find at the National Museum of Wales Saint Fagans...
 

Blacksmith's workshop at Wales National Museum



One of the living exhibits at the excellent National Museum of Wales, St Fagans, that shenstone Andy brought myself and MJ224 Mark and Dennis Russ...
 

Blackbird (Mono)

Whilst I'm still struggling to perfect focus with the OM-1 Mark ii for more static scenes, it seems to do Birds with ease even with an unorthodox lens...
 

Tortoise Beetle (Maybe)

My first serious attempt at a sequence of hand held Focus Bracketing (selected 10 images) using Flash with the OM-1 Mark ii and the 60mm f2.8 plus lens...
 

Easter Monday Sunrise in Derbyshire

Up early so managed to catch the sunrise this morning.

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b.i.f practice in the golden hour Z8

didn't bother going out over easter due to storm Dave and tourists , so grabbed a hour yesterday in golden hour when it had calmed down Z8 +180-600 h...
 

gold crest bonanza day

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New camera

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Sitting bird

Hopefully Sir Peter Scott is smiling. Taken with a Lumix S1R.

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Big Beast

A wee while ago I went mad and treated myself to a Hasselblad.
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long tailed tit Z8

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