Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Submitted by K Norton on Sat, 06/06/2020 - 13:48

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly and Dandelions. Spring has arrived in Alaska! I suppose I should mow pretty soon, but wanted to make sure the bees and butterflies had something to work with first. Photo taken with the Panasonic DMC-GX85 with OM Zuiko 300/4.5 (Silvernosed) and OMZ 1.4x Teleconverter. Handheld. No extension tubes were used, but this was right near the minimum focus distance. Additional cropping and rotation done in Lightroom.

Swallowtail

 

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya

Submitted by K Norton on Sat, 05/30/2020 - 04:56

Antonov An-225 Mriya taxiing for takeoff at Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport (PANC), departing to Toronto. This is at 11:30 PM. Photographed with the Sony A7 II and Olympus OM Zuiko 300/4.5 lens. Additional cropping performed to correct photographer's framing error. ISO 160, F8, 1/60.

AN-225

 

Converting fuel into smoke and sound

AN-225

Super Flower Moon over Eagle Glacier

Super Flower Moon over Eagle Glacier and Chugach Mountains. Eagle River, Alaska. Panasonic DMC-GX85 with lumix 45-150 lens.

Super Flower Moon

K Norton Thu, 05/07/2020 - 02:54

Olympus OM Zuiko 50/3.5 Macro - Is it Sharp?

Submitted by K Norton on Wed, 04/29/2020 - 21:24

One of the questions about the OM Zuiko series of lenses is whether or not the more common and affordable 50mm F3.5 Macro lens is sharp. I'm of the opinion that this lens is actually one of the sharpest lenses of any form in the OM Zuiko line. This picture illustrates the sharpness and the contrast this lens is known for. It was taken with the Olympus E-1 5MP crop-sensor camera, so it's just the middle portion (100mm equivalent focal length) of the image area. The image was converted and processed in Adobe Lightroom.

sharp enough?