Like my last post I am more enjoying cycling and taking the m43 kit with me. The flexibility and the enjoyment of getting to use that is quite a differentiator for me. Lets skip the whole full frame is better discussion and just shoot what you like!

Just before spring exploded, I visited a new area for me. Birding at Zouweboezem it was. It is known for its many diverse birds as this area is a bit of everything. Wet grasslands, reeds, trees and forest cover for the more skittish birds. So an ideal area for the start of spring, but it seemed that I was a bit too early.

I had the opportunity to go and do some up close bird photography of some interesting species last year. Yes this one is long in the making! It’s because I don’t exactly know what to think of the context I was in. Let me explain. I was at a falconer that had some birds for exhibition and some in care as a shelter. Basically they find birds from zoos, private people or otherwise that want to get rid of these birds. All in all a good thing, right?

So as in most of Europe it has been absolutely pouring with rain the last months. It started in October last year and with some breaks in between of a few days it has been constantly raining. Save to say we have enough water to go through another dry summer here. Anyway last weekend was sort of oke and finally took out the OM-System 150-400F4.5 pro again as I have not been using it a lot. I have some bird shelter photos coming as well with this lens, so stay tuned.

A week or so ago I was on a cycling trip to get to the top of Mont Ventoux. This was one of the main goals for cycling this year, together with two others, but again injury and fitness did not get me to the first goal. So this was a must reach goal. It started off unlucky with illness and medicine. In the end I did manage to get to the top, but it took a lot of perseverance and some curse words. The reward was worth it in the end. It was a lovely (maybe too hot) of a day.