June 16th, 2009
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The wait is over…
Olympus finally announced the little gadget that has been leaking all over the internet the past few days, a digital homage to the old Pen-F camera. I’m a bit iffy on some of the stylistic choices (the whole white camera thing seems like an invitation to scruffy looking gear), but like a whole lot about this camera. Namely…
- The Micro Four-Thirds lens mount allows for a much smaller body without loss of image quality (but you do have to give up the optical view finder).
- It’s good to see an Olympus digital SLR (essentially) with video — you can take better stills (vs. a point-and-shoot) and video with one “thing” in your pocket.
- It’s really good to see Olympus finally drop xD cards and switch to SDHC.
Given it’s the size of a point-and shoot and does what an E-30 can (and then some), quite an impressive little package! A number of variants (painted / not, salmon / tan / black trim, lens choice) of E-P1 are now available for pre-order on Amazon (ship in July). Personally, I’m going to wait for prices to settle a bit before I seriously have to think about buying one in brushed stainless.
For more info on E-P1 specs and historical background of the Olympus Pen camera series, you might want to check out these links:
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June 14th, 2009
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This shot is of (as you might expect) the Fish Creek Falls, just outside of Steamboat Springs, Colorado:
It’s easy to get to the falls from town — drive about 7 miles (if memory serves), hike under a mile on a paved trail, and you’re there. As a result, the falls and their trailhead are normally swamped with tourists. We were lucky — when we visited, it had been raining all weekend. The rain seemed to be a very effective tourist repellant.
Meanwhile, the rain also added to the creek’s flow both directly (via drainage into the creek) and indirectly (by accelerating the already fast-paced snow melt). I took this shot with my camera just a few inches above the decking on the bridge above the creek (you can see some of the bridge’s structure on the right side of the frame) — so, at most 2 or 3 feet above the water rushing underneath us. I’ve been told that these falls are normally an impressive sight, but the higher-than-normal water flow certainly didn’t hurt.
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June 12th, 2009
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I recently did some business travel to the Houston area. I didn’t have much time to skulk around on a photo walk, but had a wonderful “window seat” for the sunrise from my hotel room:
Since I was traveling light (short trip), I took this shot hand-held.
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June 9th, 2009
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May your path always be so colorful and fragrant
Seen at the Yampa River Botanical Park; Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
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June 7th, 2009
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Another shot from the Yampa River Botanical Park in Steamboat Springs (add your own re-worded Beatles song as soundtrack if you like):
I took this on the run while we quickly looped through the park (the weather was stormy, and raining on & off). It was a bit of an experiment, but I think it turned out well…
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June 5th, 2009
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On our Steamboat Springs trip, I was taking some pictures of Fishcreek Falls when one of our friends said “Hey, have you seen the water over here?” I wasn’t expecting to see interesting water features looking away from the falls, but it had been raining, after all…
So remember to look for interesting scenes everywhere — not just where you’re expecting them.
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June 3rd, 2009
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This probably isn’t what anyone means by the term “street photography,” but it fits in a literal sense:
For Memorial Day weekend, we headed up to Steamboat Springs with some friends. It rained essentially the entire weekend, and since the crabapple trees were just blooming up there at the time, meant that many downtown sidewalks were covered with fallen crabapple flower pedals. Kind of sad, but pretty in its own way…
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June 1st, 2009
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How to have a whole weekend without a single decent opportunity for photography — spend it doing yard work!
On the bright side, we have a lawn again. The dog is very happy…
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May 29th, 2009
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We ran across this little guy dozing in a farm supply store (get your feed, spring chicks, and pets too!) in Steamboat Springs:
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May 27th, 2009
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This past weekend, our family and some friends drove up to Steamboat Springs for a quick little get-away in the mountains. One of our little side trips was to Fish Creek Falls — I’ll upload pictures of them in the future, but for today thought I’d share this image of a “local” that we ran across near the trailhead for the falls:
For a destructive little pest, I think he comes out looking pretty good. What do you think?
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