📌📌 PRE-AMBLE: This journal contains the scribbles of a walkabout photographer with a snapshot style. This pinned entry is its introduction and also explains different ways to access stuff; click in to learn more or simply scroll through the entries below; have fun exploring their content.
2025 is going to be a year for moving on. Having recently tried and tested the Fujifilm X-Trans system and decided to make the transition to it, things have been busy building a new small Fuji X outfit and disposing of my large collection of micro four thirds gear acquired over the long years as a MFT devotee.
Went for a brief sojourn in the beautiful countryside of the Meon Valley in Hampshire land managed by happenstance to choose the few days of the mini-heat wave we had during that week. Just my luck as it was just too darned hot to wander about for any length of time taking photos.
Last of the Rhododendrons for this year. Most of them are now blown and gone but there are a few late bloomers still hanging on though they too are showing signs of their imminent departure.
A walk through the gardens snapping the Spring flowers. Gorgeous blooms, vibrant colours, heady scents and sunshine. Shame the camera doesn't capture smell-a-vision as the aromas were enchanting. Good for the soul.
Every now and then you run into something really good, that takes you by surprise, that makes you stop and think about possibilities. Enter the remarkable OM-1 II ...
Wandering about in the woods with my M.Zuiko 12-45mm f4 Pro 'standard' zoom catching a mostly wider view of the forest glades after the recent storms as Autumn marches relentlessly onwards.
"They call me Mellow Yellow (Quite rightly)" - Donovan, 1966. Not however being mad about, as in Donovan's case, Saffron but rather the trees from my Autumn woodland walkabout.
My f4 pro zoom triumvirate is just made for adventures with my OM-5 and is the ultimate travel troika. However, sometimes my little f4-5.6 14-150mm II super zoom, though a big compromise, is simply enough.