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Photo of the Day December 2021

bsamcash said:
If I may make a suggestion, I think using a dimly lit set and and off-camera soft light coming from the upper right and just falling on the face in conjunction with a wide aperture and slowish shutter speed (maybe 1/15?) would add a beautiful effect.
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Thanks!

Yep one more thing to try. This subject is certainly a learning experience. You'd think I would know it all after 60+ years of photography.
 
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Darmok N Jalad said:
If it’s M43 gear, I know a guy that accepts donations.
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:D Sure...What I did was to buy the best two WD M.Zuiko lenses available at the time a year ago, and a couple of zoom lenses up to 500mm. Yes, I know that I didn't spend very much on Olympus gear for my wife. This spending is work in progress.
 
katbel said:
It’s happening in southern France as well: a seagull snatched a little dog from a balcony, 8th floor. I don’t go in more details. My sister lives few floors below and saw the gruesome scene.
I guess seagulls are predators and have adapted to what cities have to offer , sic.
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Yes, seagulls and the ravens (crows?) too.
 
PinkyMacGodess said:
I have, in their day, two top of the line cameras, one a Nikon, and the second a Canon. They are such a PITA, with the bags, lenses, batteries, chargers, chips, timers, remotes, adapters, just so much extra junque to haul around. And if traveling, I'd rather check a child than my cameras. The cellphone camera killed, for so many people, the dream of lugging things around like a 'professional photographer', and have let them produce photos that rival those of professionals. It's been great for so many people.

I tried to sell one of those cameras. No one wanted it. *sigh*
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;) I understand. We get in my truck and go on long drives along two camera bags full of gear, plus two tripods, mostly during the summer. During the winter nights I don't drive very far from our house, and usually do so alone to take photos of the Auroras. But since she's having more fun taking photos with her iPhone 11 these days, I decided to give her an iPhone 13 Pro so she can get better use of the 3 cameras. I top-charge the 2 Olympus camera batteries now and then, but she hasn't used the camera for about a year now. I don't sell it because she likes to hold on to the cameras she has owned through the years.
 
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AlaskaMoose said:
:D Sure...What I did was to buy the best two WD M.Zuiko lenses available at the time a year ago, and a couple of zoom lenses up to 500mm. Yes, I know that I didn't spend very much on Olympus gear for my wife. This spending is work in progress.
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Which 2 would you consider the best? There are a lot of winners in their lineup. I’m partial to the 12-45, 25 1.8, and 40-150 2.8, but I haven’t even tried them all. I guess it can be a life goal. :D
 
Darmok N Jalad said:
Which 2 would you consider the best? There are a lot of winners in their lineup. I’m partial to the 12-45, 25 1.8, and 40-150 2.8, but I haven’t even tried them all. I guess it can be a life goal. :D
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Since I didn't know much about Olympus lenses, what I did was to buy the four zoom lenses that cost from $1k to under $3k, assuming that these where the best. But whenever I took photos with her E-M5II the lens I liked the most was the 7-14mm f/2.8 Pro. This little WA lens is perfect for taking photos of the Auroras, and just about the same for the 8-25mm f/4. Olympus makes high quality lenses that are very smooth to zoom, whisper quiet, and relatively inexpensive. Well, I have no idea if these lenses have gotten more expensive. I bought the camera and lenses at a camera store in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also bought a grip, and battery pack (?) The grip is attached to the bottom of the camera over the battery, and the battery pack is attached to the grip.
 
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kenoh said:
What are peoples thoughts on the framing of this one? I think I have messed the framing up but while I know it is not great, I am not understanding how to fix it.

initial thoughts are that there is negative space top and to the right, maybe I need to rotate it anti-clockwise to give a more balanced negative space distribution? or maybe remove/dim some of the texture on the left where it cuts the frame?
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Will it work if the photo is recomposed (cropped) to exclude the petal that is peeking out on the left (circled)? It seems to me that there is a very strong diagonal line which can serve as the 'grounding' for the scene; my eyes were immediately drawn to it. (Sorry for desecrating the photo...)

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AlaskaMoose said:
Since I didn't know much about Olympus lenses, what I did was to buy the four zoom lenses that cost from $1k to under $3k, assuming that these where the best. But whenever I took photos with her E-M5II the lens I liked the most was the 7-14mm f/2.8 Pro. This little WA lens is perfect for taking photos of the Auroras, and just about the same for the 8-25mm f/4. Olympus makes high quality lenses that are very smooth to zoom, whisper quiet, and relatively inexpensive. Well, I have no idea if these lenses have gotten more expensive. I bought the camera and lenses at a camera store in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also bought a grip, and battery pack (?) The grip is attached to the bottom of the camera over the battery, and the battery pack is attached to the grip.
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Yeah, the 2.8s are great. Even though the E-M5ii is a bit old these days, it’s still a great camera.
 
chengengaun said:
Will it work if the photo is recomposed (cropped) to exclude the petal that is peeking out on the left (circled)? It seems to me that there is a very strong diagonal line which can serve as the 'grounding' for the scene; my eyes were immediately drawn to it. (Sorry for desecrating the photo...)

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No photos were harmed in the making of your post. Well done, you spotted the compositional element that I was drawn to then failed to execute on.
 
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