Oly/Pany POTW_November 21st, 2014

[Sanford]

<p>Car Show</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

<p>Car Show 2</p><div></div>

[mjferron]

<p>Dead Tree in Harker Heights (Texas)</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

<p>Sanford, great car show shots, especially the first one; the look on the guy with the cap is priceless! I bit the bullet this week and 'upgraded' to the E-M1 and the 14-40 f2.8 lens. I'm extremely pleased, and after some initial hesitation because of the new dial configuration, within minutes I was happily wandering around the yard doing test shots. It is summer here in Oz, and it had just been raining, hence the water drops.</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

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

[anthea50]

<p>3rd shot</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>I envy you the 12-40 Anthea - it looks like it does a good job close up. OK Sanford, you wanted me to do people. How about this Old Person...</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Not quite what you had in mind? Figure a bit small? OK, Young Person.</p><div></div>

[mukul_dube]

<p>Mischa is a new friend. She prefers jumping on my chest and licking my face to being photographed.</p><div></div>

[elliot1]

<p>#1</p><div></div>

[elliot1]

<p>#2</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

<p>You lucky folks with the EM1...I forgot I was supposed to come up with a nature/scenic shot this week. Nothing current (it rained all week here) but this is from Point Lobos a few years ago.</p>

[Rick Bortnick]

<p>Lensbaby & late afternoon light.</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

<p>Point Lobos</p><div></div>

[Ken Katz]

Portsmouth, NH<div></div>

[nigelvoak]

<p>The River Po, Italy in flood<br>

I have some more from this series here: <a href="http://nigelvoak.blogspot.it/2014/11/the-po-in-flood.html">http://nigelvoak.blogspot.it/2014/11/the-po-in-flood.html</a><br>

<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yObvP4dNACE/VGpCclFI1MI/AAAAAAAAFto/ErjiRKYg6n8/s1600/PB164951_DxO.JPG" alt="" /></p>

[anthea50]

<p>Thanks John, it does indeed do a great job of close ups! For the first time ever, I can hand hold at 1/30s! It will be interesting to see what happens when I try my 60mm macro lens on the E-M1 though.</p>

[anthea50]

<p>Ok, sorry to be cheeky but here is a shot taken with my 75-300mm on the E-M1, taken about 6 am when a couple of cockatoos decided to check out if the seeds were ripe for the eating on the third sunflower we have. There must be something in the soil here because all three have grown way bigger than they were supposed to (this one being over 3 metres tall), and is actually taller than the roof of the shed. Made for an excellent landing platform for the birds I guess.</p><div></div>

[claudinho]

<p><img src="http://claudiocortes.smugmug.com/Hot/201406-Varias/i-VZPCPHP/1/560x700/201406003_Seguridad.4-560x700.jpg" alt="" width="525" height="700" /><br /> After some tweaking rescued this for a safety presentation.<br /><br />Slave flash did not work so, it was very underexposed. E-510 + kit lens, M mode.</p>

[Uhooru]

<p>Late to the show! <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17908673-lg.jpg" alt="" /> GX7</p>