Camera used: E-M1 Mark II paired with Tokina RMC 400mm F5.6 Manual Lens (Nikon F mount adapted to m43).

These photos were taken just off the side of the road next to a wetland in my neighborhood. Photos have been cropped in camera. ISO ranged from 2500 to 5000 and shutter speed for the barn swallow was at around 1/1600th - 1/1250th of a second. Aperture was f/8 - f/16.

All photos are straight out of camera. Not my best, but it was relaxing.

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Some evening bird photos I took yesterday. I believe one to be a Gold-Crowned Sparrow. The smallest perhaps a Bushtit? Also a Robin for good measure. Mostly did colour photos but also took a couple black and white because I liked the contrast and vibe it gave.

Camera used is E-M1 Mark II with Rokinon 300mm F6.3 Reflex/Mirror lens and Canon FD 135mm F2.5 (cropped in camera for a couple due to the decreased focal length).

Would love to know your favourites?

Perhaps some other non-bird photos I took to follow.

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Taken at the quarry yesterday. Quite happy with how some of them turned out. I really enjoy some of the textures present in the industrial environment when taken in black and white even with simple things like railings and gravel.

Camera used is E-M1 Mark II with Rokinon 300mm F6.3 Reflex/Mirror lens.

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Early morning shots from the other day. Saw a light frost on some Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium Purpureum) and Shepherd's Purse/Lady's Purse (Capsella Bursa-Pastoris). Took a couple shots of the grass too. The mirror lens bokeh works really well with that sort of subject. I'll include a couple colour photos at the end for fun.

Camera used is E-M1 Mark II with Rokinon 300mm F6.3 Reflex/Mirror lens.

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Some rain photos I took at work on the pavement yesterday. Feel free to scroll thru and let me know your favourite. It was sunny when I left for work so I chose my lens accordingly. Started pouring half way into the day. The lens I chose was a Rokinon 300mm F6.3 Reflex/Mirror lens. Hard to get a sharp focus but it still has neat characteristics. SUPER shallow depth of field. Ended up being the perfect lens for the day afterall.


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A robot tea infuser in a teacup sitting on the windowsill in my office. He's just relaxing.


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Paying tribute to the beauty of the Apple Xserve. We have a rack in our datacentre I usually think of as our legacy rack. There are six still present, though they are all powered down. Two or three had their backplanes swapped from raid to passthru so they could run ESXi. I have another 3 at home but similarly they are all powered down. They eat a lot of power and make a lot of noise but I remember them purring away in the old MDF running ALL THE SERVICES back when I was in highschool as a tech TA.


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Saw some beautiful colours from the kitchen window and felt compelled to capture it. Unedited JPEGs from Olympus E-M1 Mark II with Canon 50mm F1.4 S.S.C. film camera lens.

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Late night drive with the family to Dick's Drive-In for burgers, fries and milkshakes followed by a trip further south to Krispy Kreme for donuts. My lovely wife was at the wheel so I got to take photos thru the rain covered windows. Photos were taken with my Olympus E-M1 Mark II paired with a vintage Canon FD 50mm F1.4 S.S.C. film camera lens. It is my favourite lens. Most photos were taken at F2 to keep things adequately sharp while still allowing for enough light to reach the sensor. Shutter speed mostly hovered between 1/80th and 1/400th of a second with auto ISO. Krispy Kreme Drive-Thru was ISO 6400 for reference. For the colour photos I leveraged the color creator feature to either give some warmth or a cool liminal vibe but tried to keep it reasonable. Tried to emulate something like Cinestill 800T. All photos are straight out of camera jpegs with a white border added in Lightroom Mobile. Hope you all like them.

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2025.06.26
E-M1 Mark II
300mm Reflex Lens
Black and White are SOOC. Colour photo saturation and contrast were minimally corrected in LR mobile (was washed out for some reason).

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