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Turning the Page

This morning we turned the page on another season with the first snow fall. The backyard has a coat of white snow and flocks of geese and ducks have been building . I like the change over, the river...

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Olympus EM-5 Mark 2 -Focal stacking

Olympus just release a firmware update and included is a Focal Stacking function.  I am still working on understanding the best settings but basically you focus on the closest point on the object you...

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My mystery Knife

I got this dagger around 1973 and it has been in a box in my basement for all these years. This I do know it was made by Wilkinson sword, to commemorate  the Buffalo Sabers joining the NHL. It is 16″...

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Aeolian Hall – London Ontario

I was invited to take a tour of the Aeolian Hall in London Ontario. My friend Diane Weiler an excellent photographer, Aeolian Hall volunteer and willing tour guide. I was able to see and photograph and...

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Wildlife Challenge Day 1

I have been invited by Bernie Solylmar to participate in a 7 day Wildlife Challenge in Facebook. Thank you Bernie for the invitation but I am not much of a”wildlife” photographer, my subjects roam the...

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Wildlife Challenge Day 2

On day 2 I choose a fly on a flower because my first love is macro, capturing a sharp image, getting detail you  will not see and showing the beauty we rush by. My motto “Get Low Move Slow” and I love...

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A little muddy bring boots

got an email about a camera walk and the writer  suggested wearing boots because it might be muddy.  Well, It was a little mud for miles and 8 feet from the end I fell in a large mud hole.

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Day 3 Wildlife Challenge

I don’t normally photograph flying birds but when I do it can get interesting I am out of here This heron was standing in shallow water with about 50 geese around it, I had the camera on a tripod and...

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Mud Camera the rest of the story

Yesterday, I was out for a walk and slipped and fell in a mud hole, my camera the Olympus em-5 and 40-150 f:2.8 lenses was pretty much covered with stinking mud. I have used Olympus cameras since my...

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Day 4 Wildlife Challenge

Day 4 Wilderness Challenge The day was cold and snowing hard, several small birds had come to the feeders and a group of Morning Doves had settled into a small tree. It continued to snow and I noticed...

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