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With Armistice Day ( 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month, 1918, end of WW1) coming up. here is a picture of red poppies growing in the sun at the front of our house. 100 years since the end of World War 1.]]> Brian Swale photo Mon, 05 Nov 2018 03:07:51 -0600 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23050 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23050
Over the last 2 - 3 days we have had an endless succession of weather squalls from the (cold) south (on the right of the image below), and they disappear to the NE (to the left). On my way back from the pub with fish and chips for the fambly, I noticed a great cloud display following the current pattern. So I raced inside and picked up the camera to record it from a nearby street corner. I decided I'd try the new panorama stitching program I recently acquired, ICE, from Microsoft. Of course, nothing stays the same and the vista had lost most of the magical qualities that brought me back, but I had a go anyway. I took 4 shots, hand held, with my Olympus OM-D M-5, with the standard 12 - 50 mm lens set at 12 mm. ICE turned out to be a breeze to use. Knitted the shots together and provided a means to crop out the bird's eye effect that showed. The file is a little large by my standards, 10 MB. I edited it in FastStone Image Viewer, ( including sharpening it USM20 but nothing else) my ace photo processing program, and to produce an image for this screen I took a screen grab using Irfanview, another ace program I have. Here's the result; don't know what facebook will do to it.]]> Brian Swale photo Sun, 04 Nov 2018 01:24:31 -0600 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23034 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23034
The letter "O" figures in this shot. 1. the only part of the camera in the photo which is in common with Olympus, is the first letter. O 2. With a bit of luck the main item of the photo could become octagonal in a few days - or, if living in the Roman empire, could be called Octavius!]]> Brian Swale photo Sun, 23 Sep 2018 12:06:20 -0500 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22689 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22689
Painting after heat ]]> Brian Swale photo Wed, 24 Jan 2018 02:13:07 -0600 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22686 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22686
Location on landing of stairs]]> Brian Swale photo Wed, 24 Jan 2018 02:13:06 -0600 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22683 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22683
Painting as bought]]> Brian Swale photo Wed, 24 Jan 2018 02:13:05 -0600 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22389 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22389
Iconic macrocarpa cypress]]> Brian Swale photo Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:40:25 -0500 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22205 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22205
Bellbird, Anthornis melanura; Olympus M5 camera with OM Zuiko 500mm f/8 mirror lens on tripod; IS still on. Notice the long tongue of the bellbird poking out]]> Brian Swale photo Sat, 15 Jul 2017 05:18:11 -0500 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22202 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22202
Bellbird, Anthornis melanura; Olympus M5 camera with OM Zuiko 500mm f/8 mirror lens on tripod; IS still on.]]> Brian Swale photo Sat, 15 Jul 2017 05:16:26 -0500 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22199 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22199
Two waxeyes (Zosterops lateralis) eating honey; Olympus M5 camera with OM Zuiko 300mm f/3.4 @ F/16 manual lens; focussing was somewhat difficult.]]> Brian Swale photo Sat, 15 Jul 2017 05:19:47 -0500