Long exposure with OM computational photography
Long exposure (LE) photographs, particularly of seascapes, rivers or waterfalls, can create magical effects that allow you to express your creativity, and to show elements of the scene that the…
Perfect long exposure with physical ND filters
Long exposure photographs, particularly of seascapes, rivers or waterfalls, can create magical effects that allow you to express your creativity, and to show elements of the scene that the eye…
OM-1 settings for landscape and long exposure photography
This is a companion to my settings for birds in flight (which are shown in detail here, and here). This time it’s my settings for landscape and long exposure photography….
Giant OM1 I and II spreadsheets of my top photo settings
In this post, I present a complete list of all my OM menu settings in giant OM1 I and II spreadsheets, with the logic for every non-standard setting explained. The…
Perfect exposure on the wing with the OM1
Shooting birds in flight at high shutter speeds may require high ISOs when there is low light. This is often quoted as a drawback of the Olympus system, because of…
My OM1 birds in flight settings
This is a description of my approach to the Olympus OM1 (any version) when shooting birds in flight (BIF). This is super technical and only intended for those owning an…
Taking better birds in flight photos
I started photographing birds in flight (BIF) in 2017 in Cape Town, having previously concentrated mainly on long exposure sea and river scapes, and street photography. I had heard that…
Taking and processing interesting* seascapes
In March 2024 I returned to our place in Noordhoek, Cape Town for the first time since 2019. Circumstances like Covid and grandchildren had kept us away, and my main…
Getting the best from On1 Photo Raw and Lightroom Classic
On1 Photo Raw is a post processing program that in my opinion exceeds the capabilities of Lightroom Classic in many ways. It’s become my default software for both birds in…
New Lightroom workflow for improved high frame rate bird photography
Lightroom is a wonderful product, and I am wedded to it, but it does not provide a complete environment for post processing of high frame rate bird photography. In this…