I love the mountains and would love to go more often, but life does not always let you go. Excuses I know, but it is what it is. Therefor the German or Bavarian Alps were always on my list to visits as it is only a relatively easy 9h drive. So when it came to settle for a destination this fall for some hiking, mountaineering and photography its anwser was easy, Scotland it is. Ha! No too much rain. Garmisch-Partenkirchen it was and boy did it not disappoint. Especially the climb to the top of the Alpspitze.

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!

A short blog as I picked up birding again after a epic summer break in California. The bucket list was checked in California, but more on that in the next posts. I just wanted to do some local birding again with summer ending. So I took the bike and the OM-1 and yes m43 still rocks! Can’t beat this combination for birding. Its compact and lightweight, but stil powerful and getting some nice shots.

So part 6 already, the final one and I will now revert to normal blogs. As in the end it’s not about what I do but what I experience and photograph. It doesn’t really matter if it’s on my street or not. The AK diffuser came in the mail. It took a while to properly setup, but I think I got the sweet spot. The main thing is the light it produces is just lovely and more so, due to the enclosed nature of the diffuser more light hits the insets, so I can photograph with a lower flash setting.

So part 5 already, I think there will be a part 6 and then I will revert to normal blogs. As in the end it’s not about what I do but what I experience and photograph. It doesn’t really matter if it’s on my street or where ever. The AK diffuser came in the mail. It took a while to properly setup, but I think I got the sweet spot. The main thing is the light it produces is just lovely and more so, due to the enclosed nature of the diffuser more light hits the insets, so I can photograph with a lower flash setting.

So part 4 of my street macro, its has been fun up till now. Really enjoying finding bugs and just do the complex technical stuff and finding compositions. However I start to reach a plateau due to lighting with flash and hand holding the foldable diffuser. It kind of limits me. So for the next part I ordered and AK Diffuser. Let’s see in the next blog if it lives up to its promises.

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.

A while ago just before spring we took a small break to go to Ibiza, just before all touristy stuff would break loose. Well that was the truth as not much was yet open. However it was very nice to visit the island and explore. The idea was to capture some birds on the main Island and to explore Formentera just below of Ibiza. That should have many birds and even flamingos.

A short one this time. I still have some cool macro photos, but with spring in full effect I could not resist to find some birds. This time it was not with the OM-System 150-400PRO but with the “oldie” Olympus 300PRO with the TC2.0. Still amazed on the resolution that the TC2.0 still gives you at a bizar 1200mm FF equiv.