*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2026.05.23 ***

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Photos from open garden days in one of city districts.

Which works better, colour or BW here?

Art admirers

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Photo shoot

Vello, the old bus

II recently bought another GM5, now I own 2 of them and in total it is my 3rd GM5 😎 This one is red, which I’ve always wanted a red or olive green. It was advertised as spares and repairs because it doesn’t turn on. Someone else won the auction but refused to pay. He offered me the GM5 instead. It actually works perfectly, just with a 700 shutter count. It only needed a full battery. Unfortunately, it has a dead internal battery. The GM5 I sold had the same problem but after I left it with a full battery for a while it came back to life. If it doesn’t work I’ll replace its internal battery. It’s a simple procedure and I have a friend who’s very good with electronics repairs.

This is a SOOC shot, I used its Dynamic Monochrome filter.

I am adding another version, I edited this from the RAW file

Strange Flowers

I went up into the foothills above Reggio to see how the Orchid season is shaping up.

I found a Ophrys Bertolonii Moretti Orchid growing near Canossa last year. I returned to see if it was present this year. Yes, three plants were growing. I missed them on my first passage along the footpath, I saw them on my way back.

A common Orchid

Playing around with Macro on the balcony. The flowers on this cactus are just a couple of mm wide.

I think colour works better. Nice series.

Mine has the same problem. A simple solution to replace the capacitor in theory but the GM5 is so tiny I imagine it flying apart like a jack-in-the-box as soon as you remove the first screw.
A combo of these two fine shots would work better for me with the foreground of #1 added to the lighter centre of #2.

As beautiful as the orchids are, I prefer the cactus shots.
And I like to see how you did it. I often contemplate a macro lens but don't think I'd get much use from it.

It’s not really difficult for someone does electronics welding.