W/NW, Oly, Pany, 4/3 POTW, February 22nd, 2013

<p>Scuba Divers 1</p><div></div>

<p>Scuba Divers 2</p><div></div>

<p>Sanford - second pic very funny! As there's athread on the OMD's IS, thought I'd post a pic from yesterday with the 40-150 racked out and taken at 1/25 second. Water - great to be able to get some blur hand-held.</p><div></div>

<p>and more water at 1/25 (albeit a less demanding subject)</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks John, they are students and crawling out of the water on hands and knees is part of their training. I wish the water here was warm enough to just go swimming. </p>

<p>Another from yesterday's "Freedom Without Fear - Bekhauf Azadi" rally in Delhi, an attempt to deal with sexual violence against women. The poster shows the importance of the veil in India.</p>

<p>Another attempt.</p><div></div>

<p>Nice water images, John. Just out of curiosity, is that 40-150 micro four-thirds, or did you use an adaptor? Your post reminded me that I recently took some water shots too, so I thought I'd put them up as well.</p><div></div>

<p>2nd shot...</p><div></div>

<p> a Waterbird </p><div></div>

<p>second , American Robin (on my neighbor fance )</p><div></div>

<p>at the coast</p>

<p>.,..,</p><div></div>

<p>Maybe not the best I took this week, but the one I like over all. Piglets .... they really are cute.<br>

(BTW - Nice to see you back Anthea)</p><div></div>

<p>Anthea, like Rick, glad to see you back. Yes its the M43 40-150, remarkably good for the price, and with a cheap copy lens hood. However my first copy was horribly decentred and had to go back - as did my first 12-50 - so low price may go with poor quality control.</p>

<p>Thanks Rick and John - the combination of weeks of bad weather and my struggles with my PhD have kept me indoors. I have been using a four thirds converter to use my 40-150 on my OMD. Works quite well, actually, which is why I was curious.</p>

<p>Meat DJ</p><div></div>

<p>Rick,</p>

<p>Your image is impossible to see. Looks more like the proverbial black cat in a coal cellar...There's an error somewhere.</p>

<p>No, I like Rick's piglet! Looks like the Devil Piggy to me! (Just imagine a voice straight out of The Exorcist, "so... you've been eating bacon again, huh?").</p>

<p>Piglets?</p>

<p>The 18-180 can be good for portraits...</p><div></div>

<p>Interesting, I see it ok on my monitor, my wife's .... I see your point. Oh well.</p>

<p>Here is your photo, Rick, placed between an earlier one and a later one in the same thread. No adjustments. All cannot look correct on any monitor.</p>

<p>My method of getting correct monitor brightness is to download half a dozen or more photos from the Web and turn monitor settings this way and that until all are right or close to right.</p>

<p>Please compare the invisible piglets photo with "Lambing around the farm" from a week earlier.</p><div></div>

<p>vitamin supplements soaking in water in a clear glass bowl</p><div></div>

<p>I am working on a group show with a theme of the Full moon. This is one shot and a manipulation of the shot. Would appreciate your thoughts.</p><div></div>