It’s an interesting show. I particularly liked the shot with the kid and lights; you captured it really well. Olympus’s gear is so good, especially their weather sealing and IBIS. Laser war is interesting but I was never going to try to take a picture of it!
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I've been eyeing up the OM3 - a few less grams than the OM1 which is vital for me, but will have to hang on for a few months until our major house renovation is completed and I can see if we have any cash left!! Size creep is an annoying feature of cameras today, as well as for cars.
We didn't have much problem with midges. They don't like actual falling rain, and any wind keeps them at bay. By September they're giving up anyway 😁
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Well done. Brooding and grey rather than silver... ?
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Great sceneries, too bad that weather was uncooperative.
My main issue with Olympus/OM System cameras in rain is that water gets into eye sensor and automatic switch between LCD and EVF does not work any more. And these buttons, dials and levers are hard to handle with wet or frozen fingers, it's little use of weatherproof and freezeproof camera when handling is very hard or literally painful in these conditions... -
Seems to be really high by deciding from focal lenght used... I wonder if these markings on tree are caused by koala's claws?
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The look captured here, brilliant!
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These first 3 shots for me, maybe because they are earliest with rising sun light doing its magic? First is winning here with its fog and rolling hills, second is with great green-yellow transition across frame thanks to slight mist and third with its hint of autumn behind those tree trunks is magnificent.
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Wow, really stylish photographer here. I guess left car is his, as it's matching jacket's colour? With such outfit and bag I guess the camera is from film era...
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Yes, all hand-held. Using tripod in such dark environment where lot of people wander around could be hazardous.
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In OM-3 third of body volume is occupied by its battery, this is price to pay for longevity and all these power-hungry computational and "AI-subject detection" features, I guess. And it's about same size as original Olympus OM film cameras, I have OM-2 and they are same within few millimeters, I guess that was one of deciding factors in design.
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Olympic Sculpture Park. 12 zodiac head sculptures arranged in an arc/semicircle. Each animal in "Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads" stands over ten feet tall (3 m) and weighs over 1500 pounds (680 kg). The sculptures are installed in order of the traditional Chinese zodiac cycle: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Boar. By Ai Weiwei (2010). It was a quick walk (with another person) and I didn't want to slow things down too much. So, I looked-up the info afterwards. Had I known what it was, I would have stepped-back to include all 12 (there's only 10 in the pic). Oh well... it was a nice afternoon walk! 😀
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Holy smokes... It seems wet around here where I live, but not even CLOSE to this! Really nice pics. No.1 is certainly inspiring for a book or a move!
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Just Wow. Love the crisp and detail document of the heads. Amazing.
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You have some incredible and amazing shots here. One of them..
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GREAT series and always enjoy reading your back-story/narrative. This is my favorite. Like a painting from the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century.
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😁😂 I looked up rainfall; Seattle about a meter per year; Olympia , Washington about 1270mm per year, Tofino up to 3000mm!!. Here at home in south Cumbria about 1400mm per year. Ardnamurchan 1500 -2500mm per year (more on the hills than the coast) !!! So yes, it's wet! But the sun does shine in between the rain, and it does result in those wonderful Celtic Rainforest environments. You just have to be prepared!
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Looks like a wonderful subject. Might repay another visit. I vaguely remember these heads being exhibited in London some years back and came upon them in similar circumstances - in company, enroute elswhere. They are certainly stunning sculptures.
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I estimated about 12 metres - give or take.
A quick google suggests those holes are from their claws - I have never seen holes like that on that species of gum tree.
