I'm gonna' give it a rest for awhile.

[AndyS]

Ive edited 10,000 exposures down to 2,500 and need to get it down to 500 max for an upload of maybe 20 to the website. I'm cross eyed . . .

I'll leave you with these as I go to break with a glass of wine or maybe a shot of TX blended whiskey.


Daddy's back!

And he has groceries!

Cormorant family.

Aninga family. Hand off from Dad to Mom in nest sitting duty.

Tri Color Heron pair. Watched them for three days try to build a nest. Obviously a first year pair as neither of them were very good at it. After three days they still didn't have a platform, it kept falling apart.

Boat Tailed Grackle with an attitude!

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Andy, these are stunning. Well done!

[TdeV]

2. Lovely photos!

[Deuxcents]

3. Loving your pictures. You deserve a break but don't stay away too long!

[brer cat]

4. It's been a joy to see these.

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more when you are up to it!

[ret5hd]

5. I will virtually join you in that drink!

[2naSalit]

6. Having spent...

Numerous hours editing, I can relate. And for being out there operation the shutter, it can become an addiction. Been there, had to take breaks from it too.

These are fantastic captures.

[WalkerinSC]

7. Great Photos!

What camera and lenses are you using?

[AndyS]

8. These were made with either the OM-1 or the EM1 mk II using the

300mm f4 or the 40-150 f2.8 and the 1.4x converter switched back and forth between them. The 4/3 system has a 2x crop so the 300 is equal to a 600 on full frame cameras.

I've been shooting Olympus (now OM Systems) since 1980.

[republianmushroom]

9. Awesome photo's

[Scrivener7]

10. Wwwwoooowww!!!

[Karadeniz]

11. Thanks.. those are WONDERFUL !!!

[Joinfortmill]

12. Magnificent

[Ellipsis]

13. nice work n/t

[hermetic]

14. Twenty thumbs up!

Marvelous. Thank you so much for taking and sharing.

[Not Heidi]

15. Grackle with attitude to spare!

Beautiful photos. Thanks for posting them.

Edit: poor young herons. So like young adult humans.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Enjoy your break, my dear Andy! You have more than earned it.

These photos are uniformly magnificent.

You make magic look easy!

Cheers!

[gademocrat7]

17. Stunning photos!

Thank you for sharing these photos, AndyS.

[CrispyQ]

18. They are all fab!!

Honestly, I could not pick a favorite, they're all so great!

[George McGovern]

19. Remarkable Andy! That OM1 is working out well with you.

[AndyS]

22. I gotta say that the subject detection and tracking is magic!

Add in the EE-1 red dot sight and birds in flight are (almost) easy! ISO 3200 is a go to and 12,000 isn't out of the question. 'course the EM1 doesn't have any flies accumulating on it either!

[BlackSkimmer]

20. No words.

That first one is breathtaking; all are marvelous.

[judesedit]

21. Really awesome photos

Thank you

[HAB911]

23. Excellent photos!

I may have missed how long you were on this excursion, but I found out just how easy it is to take that many photos.

[AndyS]

24. Four days of shooting. The big issue for me was a mistake in settings.

On the first day I had the camera set to 20 fps silent mode. While I thought I was getting a focus lock and IS by pushing the shutter release 1/2 way down I was actually making exposures! I'll use the back focus button here after. 7,000 exposures the first day, 2,000 each day after I reset the camera to 10 fps mechanical shutter. 200 pics of a bird doing nothing over and over again.

[HAB911]

26. I shot the airshow in silent mode

with back button af continuous at 14 fps and am impressed at how many good in focus photos I came away with. But as with your experience, a lot appear to be the same photo, lol. It does however allow for choosing just the perfect moment out of the group.

[Gato Moteado]

28. yes, back button focus is essential

when i get a new camera, it's always the first thing i set up.

[AndyS]

31. My issue isn't with half-push vs backbutton it's with the fact that the OM-1 doesn't have a detent

between aquireing focus/exposure and actually taking pictures. I consider that a flaw but as long as there's a work around I can deal with it.

Hand holding an 820 mm lens without IS is stupid hard. When I used half push to kick the IS in I was making exposures at 20 FPS. 10 seconds of waiting for the bird to strike a pose and I've got 200 frames with a bird doing NOTHING to edit. They don't take direction well. I spent a lot of time muttering 'work it baby, c'mon, work it, work it!' much to the delight of the birders around me.

[Skittles]

25. OMG these pictures!

CRAZY good!

[Gato Moteado]

27. great shots andy...

...i'm working with my light construction guy, as we speak, about the design and location of my first two blinds.....i'm creating a couple spaces for watching and photographing birds and monkeys where you won't have to contend with obstructing branches and where the backgrounds should be far enough away to render a buttery, green canvas behind the subjects. as soon as these are ready, i'm hoping you'll be one of the first to try them out. if we can lure peggy down here, it will be a wildlife photography party.

[AndyS]

29. My passport renewal is in process and June is as soon as I can hope for.

That probably won't be an issue as construction and then recovery takes awhile. Peggy is up for it and has passport in-hand. Needless to say we are both salivating!

[Gato Moteado]

30. perfect!

and we have lotsa frogs!