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Nikon P950 tests

garden October 2024

Return of the RX-10 mk4

Examples of images using the 75-300mk2 on OM-1 mk2

more examples of the OM-1 mk2 in use

OM 90mm macro experiments

First garden shots from 2024

Early tests with the OM systems OM-1 mk2

First sighting in 25 years!

A return to art after 50+ years

experiments with lighter lenses

front garden 24-5-23

Beau, our new Rescue cat

First tests of OM-1 + PL100-400

Testing the 2X digital Teleconverter on the Olympus OM-1 + 40-150f4 pro

Butterflies & Moths in 2022

single point Ai with caf and procap, shooting birds within foliage

Grumpy teenage Great tit

Bumble feeding on Salvia using the OM-1 + Panasonic 50-200

ON-1 AI noise reduction tests

Testing a "new to me" Panasonic 50-200 f2.8 - f4 on my EM-1 mk3

Bees in the garden 2022

tests of Panasonic 50-200 on EM-1 mk3

Feeding time for a Goldfinch fledgling

OM-1 + 40-150 f4 pro single point Bird AI

Whack-a-mole birds in flight shoot with OM-1 + 40-150 f4 pro

First tests of birds in flight using the OM-1 and 40-150 f4 pro

Experiment Shooting bees using Bird AI with the smallest focus point

First testing of the new Olympus OM-1

First tests of the Olympus 40-150 f4 pro

Olympus EM-1X with Olympus 100-400

Avon Beach action am 12-2-22

30 minutes of action from Avon Beach,6-2-22

Olympus 100-400 on EM-5 mk3

Avon Beach Action 27-10-21

Avon Beach Action 19-10-21

Avon Beach action 3-10-21

Hugh's Birthday Tour - at home

Testing Tamron 18-400 on Canon M50

The Wilshires visit to Wadie Towers

Our rear garden as first built in 1997

Rear Garden in July 2021

A record of aggression between two male Oedemera nobilis on a Rockrose

Megachile species bee pollen collecting

Bugs, bees and butterflies 2021

Delores shoot 4-6-21

Osmia bicornis egg laying in bee hotel 30-5-21

Hairy footed Spring Flower Bee (female) proboscis in action

Garden fledglings

Avon Beach action shot using the Canon SX70

bugs, bees and butterflies in flight

Jeanette fun pics

Delores test using Canon m6ii

first proper macro shoot of 2021

1st test of R6 + RF 600 + 1.4X TC

Early Spring 2021

Canon 100-400 mk2 + canon 2XTC mk3 on canon mirrorless bodies

Bees in flight

Avon Beach am 11-3-21 using the RF600 on my R6

Hengistbury Head visit today with the R6 and RF600

First BIF tests with RF 600 on R6

First tests of the canon rf600 on the R6

Garden Birds in late Feb

first tests of canon 70-300 LIS USM on m6ii

Testing Canon R6 AI eye focus

First test with canon R6 + 100-400mk2

Wing Sailing off Avon Beach 2-2-21

Canon R + 100-400 mk2 + Viltrox adapter Day 2

Canon R high ISO tests to 12800

Canon R + Viltrox ef - rf adapter 1st tests

First attempts at hand-holding Canon D90 + 100-400 mk2

Raised Bed project visits on 18-1-2021

phase 3 of garden shooting table

New Project - raised garden shooting platform

Blackcap feeding on the seeds of our dwarf Crab Apple

ISO 6400 birds via DXO-4 deep prime

Squirrel with canon m6ii + 100-400 mk2

first tests canon 90D + 100-400 mk2

raw burst experiments with m6ii + 100-400mk2

first test canon m6ii + canon 100-400mk2 (used)

Avon Beach 19-12-20 better conditions

Avon Beach Action 18-12-20, in foul conditions

Birding in foul weather with the m6ii + sigma 150-6oo, through double glazing

First test of the Canon m6ii + sigma 150-600C windsurfing off Avon Beach, 13-12-120

Canon m6ii + sigma 150-600 tested on Avon Beach today

more tests of Olympus Bird AI focus

stage 2 testing M6ii + sigma 150-600

first tests of Canon M6ii + sigma 150-600C

early tests of bird AF on EM-1X + 300f4 pro

Happiness is a Dog on the Beach with a Ball

ISO3200 images processed using Deep Prime noise reduction in DXO 4

Action from a Grey Avon Beach 18-11-20

Avon Beach 15-11-2020 morning shift

Using the "Heavy Rig" to capture action from Avon Beach 30-10-20

Sparrow action using my newly developed "Heavy Rig"

First time on Avon Beach since my surgery 4 weeks ago

First tests of my EM-1X + Olympus 100-400

Trying different sharpening routines

Shake tests with Olympus 100-400

Olympus 100-400 on EM-1 mk3, more tests

a few shots hand-held from Mudeford Harbour 10-9-20

Hand-holding session at Tuckton Bridge, EM-1mk3 + Oly 100-400

Colin

Hugh's first Birthday

A wander about Mudeford Harbour with the EM-1 mk3 + Oly 100-400

reprocessed images from Poole 100 29-8-20

early testing of Olympus 100-400 on EM-1 mk3

Windsurf action off Southbourne beach 10-11 on 29-6-202 from the Cliff top

Wind and Kite surf action off Avon Beach 27-6-2020

Kite Surfing Action of Avon Beach 27-6-2020

Southbourne Beach windsurfing shot from the clifftop 22 & 23 May 2020

Common Carder Bee proboscis in action

Matt and Amanda's Wedding at The Tree House Alnwick

Our garage conversion to new study bedroom

More tests with EM-1 mk2 + 300f4 pro+ mc-14 and mc-20

Windsurfing action of Avon Beach during the "Son of Brendan" storm 14-1-2020

Initial tests of Olympus 300f4 pro on EM-1mk2

Rob & Sarah pics

Russell Thornton in action off Avon Beach 26-10-19

Windsurfing Action off Avon Beach 26-10-19

bubbles

Heat 1 11.15 off Boscombe Beach

11.55 Thundercat race 12-10-19

Thundercat Racing off Boscombe Beach from12.35 12-10-19

Kevin Cortial off Southbourne 4-1019

Windsurf action off Southbourne 4-10-19

Anthony Bilhaut off Avon Beach September 2019

Sony RX100vi first tests

Paper'n'Paint 2019

EM-1 mk2 with 40-150 pro + MC-20 Avon Beach Windsurfing

Wind and kite surf images shot using the EM-1mk2 with 50-200 SWD and EC-20

Cowes torquay and Cowes Poole Cowes boats passing Boscombe Pier 25-8-2019

First tests of close range shooting with MC-20 on Olympus EM-1 mk2 with 40-150 pro

RIAT 20-7-19 images

Speckled Wood butterfly show using sigma 150 f2.8 macro (4/3rds fitting) + EC-20 on EM-1 mk2

West Bay ORCDA Powerboats heat 1 7-7-19

West Bay ORCDA event 7-7-19 Freestyle

Poole Bay 100 9-6-2019

Jurassic Park at Chester Zoo 2016

12-200 more testing

A walk around Mudeford Quay with the 12-200 on the EM-1 mk2

Day 2 testing the Olympus 12-200 on the EM-1 mk2 - Hengistbury Head

First tests using the Olympus 12-200 on the EM-1 mk2

Butterfly in Flight with a sigma 150 f2.8 4/3rds on the EM-1 mk2

Low Impact Gardening

Great Creste Grebe Dance 30-4-19

Storm Hannah Windsurf Action off Southbourne Beach 27-4-19

Sam Stevens wave riding off Southbourne 27-4-19

Will Graham Foiling of Avon Beach 15-4-19

Small buzzy things shot using the Sony RX10 mk4

Dartford Warbler on Hengistbury Head 13-4-19

Bird World Farnham Surrey 2-4-19

Large Beefly feeding and in flight

Storm Freya action off Avon Beach pt1

Storm Freya action off Avon Beach pt2

Black Kite locked claw dive at The Hawk Conservancy 27-2-19

Bees feeding and in flight EM-1 mk2 + 50mm f2 macro

Macro tests using the 4/3rds 50mm f2 on EM-1 mk2

Alistair 21-2-19

A wander around Moors Valley Country Park 15-2-2019

Julian King Wave Ride Avon Beach 9-2-19

Birding at Upton Country Park - Poole

Dan Wilson off Avon Beach 8-12-18

Julian King wave ride 8-12-18

Egret Action shot using the Sony RX10 mk4

Christchurch Priory

Dismount of the Day

Caroline Pics

Paper'n'Paint 2018

RX10 mk4 macro crops

Gybe Sequences

windsurfing off Avon Beach 11-9-2018

Poole powerboat race off Boscombe Pier 8-9-18

Bournemouth Air Festival 2018

2018 Cowes - Poole - Torquay restricted course race

Shooting a birds of prey display using the RX10-4

Windsurfing and kiting off Avon Beach 19-8-18

Ellingham Show 11-8-18

Shooting Windsurfing with the Sony RX10mk4

A few Froggie pics I managed to shoot today

Frogs in the Studio by Chi Wadie, aged 13 and a bit!

Paper'n'Paint 2018

RIAT 2018 Friday

Bee Proboscis Action

West Bay Aqua Adrenaline race 1 23-6-18

Aqua Adrenaline West Bay Race 1 23-6-18

Ringmer Park Gardens

Fortitudo Property Poole Bay 100 Offshore Powerboat race

Hoverflight experiments

Porthmeor Beach, St Ives surfing action 17-4-18

Newquay, Towan Beach Surfing 16-4-18

Fistral Beach Action, early morning 19-4-18

fd 300f4L on G9 day 2

Test shots from canon fd 300f4L + Panasonic G9 (via fotodiox adapter)

Sparrow Conflict at the Feeder

Avon Beach Windsurfing 14-3-18

Boris the French Bulldog

Goldfinch action

Greenfinch in dispute with Sparrow

Playing with EM-1 mk2 V2 firmware, Pro Cap H with 100-400

sequential shooting using the EM-1 mk2 + 40-150 pro

Sequential Shooting using the G9 + Olympus 40-150 pro

Goldcrest feeding in Rockrose

Avon Beach Action 10-2-2018

Panasonic G9 + PL100-400 tests with birding

Panasnic G9 + 100-400 Windsurfing

Action at the Bird Feeder

Panasonic G9 with PL100-400 Pre SH2 test

Spaniel Pup on Hengistbury Head, am 12-1-18

Windsurf action off Avon Beach 4-1-2018

Windsurfing Action off Avon Beach 3-1-2018

Harvest Mouse shoot

Blashford Lakes 28-11-17

Avon Beach Windsurf Festival 25-11-17

Avon Beach Windsurf Festival 24-11-17

John Wells - Avon Beach 21-10-17

Storm Riders Avon Beach 21-10-17

NG Road Racing Meet Thruxton 2017

Garden Orb Spider mating

Paper'n'Paint 2017

Doggy Paddle

Ellingham Show 2017

Olympus 30mm macro lens early tests

Crab Spider using EM-1 mk2 + metabones smart T with EF 70-200 F4L

Volucella zonaria - Hornet mimic Hoverfly

RIAT 2017 - Saturday 15-7-17

EM-1 mk2 + sigma 150 f2.8 macro APO DG HAS + metabones smart T EF- m4/3rds

Wool Carder Bees Return

Paper'n'Paint 2017

Avon Beach action 10-6- 2017

Kestrel Family Hengistbury Head 9-6-17

Hawk Conservancy Trust 76-7-17

Windurfing 5-6-17 10.30 - 12.00

Weather

Waddesdon Manor and Five Arrrows Hotel 24 to 25-5-17

Jetski fun 20-5-17 Boscombe Beach

Bulletproof #46 Martin Pullen, 20-5-17

Thundercat Bullet Proof, #46 with Martin Pullen

Thundercats Final race 21-5-17

Thundercats Boscombe 20-5-17 pt 2

Thundercat racing Boscombe Beach 20-45-17

Sparrow Soap - The Rival

Portmeirion 8-5-2017

Portmeirion through Llanberis pass

Bodnant to Portmeirion by coach

Avon Beach 5-5-17

Low Light photography using the EM-1 mk2 + 12-100 f4

Dean Dyson Troubadour

Bee fly

Hairy footed Spring Flower bee Anthophora plumipes

Linnets on Hengistbury Head 9-4-17

Hoverflight

Andrew Chambers Avon Beach 20-3-17

Avon Beach Paddlers

Bugs Bees and Butterflies 2017

Hawk Conservancy 7-3-17 PM

Hawk Conservancy Trust 7-3-17

More from Marwell

Sleepy Cats

Tiger Play, Marwell 4-3-17

Windsurfing off Avon Beach 27-12-17

Windsurfng "Dismounts"

EM-1 mk2 low shutter speed images

Skylarks

Cornwall Feb 2016

Jitterbugjive 7-2-17

Jitterbugjive 2017

EM-1 mk2 + panasonic 100-400 using a flash extender

Dogs and other animals

Waders and other Coastal Birds

Chiffchaff Recovery with EM-1 mk2 + 12-100 f

unprocessed images

Swan tracking EM-1 mk2 + 12-100

Wagtails in my garden

Olympus 12-100 on EM-1 mk2 test shots

ISO 4000 test shots with EM-1mk2

Example of tracking using EM-1 mk2 + pansonic 100-400

Birds of Prey in flight with EM-1 mk2 + 100-400

Hengistbury Head Birds with EM-1mk2 + 100-400

David Ean Vicary Kite Surfing

Olympus EM-1 mk2 using CAF + TR for Birds in flight

EM-1 mk2 + panasonic 100-400 windsurf shoot Avon Beach 23-12-16

more testing with the EM-1 mk2 + various lenses

Early Tests with the EM-1 mk2

Upton Country Park Birds 30-11-16

Avon Beach Windsurfing 21-11-16

surfing off Boscombe Beach 20-11-16

Avon Beach Windsurfing 17-11-16

Birds and other Wildlife

Lukesland Visit 26-10-2016

Marijke 39.75th Birthday

NG Road Racing Thruxton Meeting 8/10/16

Marwell Zoo visit with Panasonic 100-400 on EM-1

P1 powerboat race 1

P1 Powerboats at Bournemouth 3-9-16 support races

Wildlife on Keyhaven Marsh 30-8-16

A move called "Vulcan"

Linda - more choices

Bournemouth Air Festival 19 and 21 August 2016

Avon Beach Action 20-8-16

test images from EM-1 + panasonic 100-400

examples from 7Dmk2 + EF-S 55-250 stm

LindyHop in Saxon Square 6-8-16

RIAT 9-7-16

Shih Tzu Leila at Tuckton

Testing metabones firmware v2.4 with EM-1 + EF400 f5.6L

Jurassic Park in Chester Zoo

Windsurfing off Avon Beach 29-6-16

Long range birding with 7Dmk2 + EF 400 f5.6L

Long range Birding with EM-1 + 400 f5.6L

A short trip to Devon

Paper'n'Paint 2016 Exhibition

Hairy-footed Spring Flower bee feeding

2 dogs, 1 ball Lyme Regis 5-5-16

Macro shooting 2016

Nuthatch Feeding in Ivy

Thundercat racing Bournemouth 17-4-16

Thundercats Bournemouth 17-4-16 Springer Pup with ball

Windsurfing using the Sigma C 150-600 on an Olympus EM-1

Bugs, Bees & Butterflies 2016

Birds in flight with sigma 150-600 C

Sigma C 150-600 test shots

Birds in Flight with 7Dmk2

Avon Beach Action 26-3-16

Upton Country Park 2016

7Dmk2 EF70-300 LIS work out at HCT 14-3-15

canon 7Dmk2 + EF70-300LIS first outing

Fluffy Puppy on Mudeford Quay

Hawk Conservancy 7-3-16

Hengistbury Head 2016

Hawk Conservancy Trust 23-2-16

Avon Beach Action 21-2-16

surfing off Bournemouth pier 9-2-16

Avon Beach Action 6-2-16

London Wetland Centre 30-1-16

Birds 2016

Blashford Lakes 2016

Avon Beach Action 31-12-15

Avon Beach Action 30-12-15

Avon Beach Action Boxing Day

Wildfowl & Waders at Keyhaven Marsh using canon 70-300 LIS on Olympus EM-1

Avon Beach Action 19-12-15

Testing the metabones adapter with canon 70-300 LIS

Vulcan

Testing the Metabones Smart T EF - M4/3rds adapter with EM-1 + 400 f5.6 L

Avon Beach boarding 12-12-15

Avon Beach Action 6-12-15

windsurfing 5-12-15 Avon Beach

Windsurf Action off Avon Beach 3-12-15

Battle of Britain Flight

Hedgehog for Nan

Amber 23-11-15

Rob & Sara, sunset + sunrise

Windsurf action on Avon Beach 18-11-15

The Hawk Conservancy 16-11-15

Windsurfing off Avon Beach 9-11-15

Francesca Lucia shoot 26-10-15

JitterbugJive at Priory Hall 22-9-2015

Freestyle loop sequence

P1 Powerboat racing at Bournemouth 12-9-15

Paper'n'Paint 2015

Amy Jane

Thundercats at Steamer Point 30-8-125 Long haul race pics

Thundercats Long Haul race Steamer Point 29-8-15

Surfing at Boscombe Pier 26-8-2015

Bournemouth Air Festival 21-8-2015

Bird of Prey studio 15th August 2015

Olympus EM-1 with 40-150 f2.8

NG Road Racing... Thruxton 25-7-2015

RIAT 19/7/15 shot using the Olympus 40-150 pro

Olympus EM-5 mk2 + 40-150 Pro with 1.4xTC

Amber 11-5-15

Macro with the EM-5 mk2 + 60mm macro

Torbay Eco Energies 5

Team Broadbean at Boscombe Beach 18-4-15

Team Endeavour Racing 20

Kingfisher Fire & Security at Boscombe 18-4-15

Racing Angels at Boscombe Beach 18-4-15

Team 33 Thundercat racing at Boscombe 18-4-15

new albumSailstyle - RK Marine #26 from 18-4-15

Bulletproof #46 at Boscombe Beach 18-4-15

Haggis Hunter racing with the Thundercats at Boscombe 18-4-15

Hoonigan # 4 at Boscombe Beach 18-4-15

Kingfisher Fire & Security - Thundercats Boscombe 18-4-15

Team Endeavour Racing 53 at Bournemouth Thundercats meet 18-4-15

Becky studio shoot 13-04-2015

Olympus EM-5 mk2 early days

Kimberely Shoot 16-3-15

Sarah Harris - Cabaret Singer

The Black Swan shoot

Panasonic fz1000 at Hawk Conservancy

Blashford Lakes Birds 26-1-2015

Redshank Mating

Panasonic fz1000 shoots along Avon Beach & Mudeford Harbour

FZ1000 goes Windsurfing

Marwell Zoo with the Panasonic FZ1000

Panasonic FZ1000 Early Tests

Egrets

Beauty & the Beast

Scarlett

Testing a new Olympus 50-200 SWD on the EM-1

Brownsea Island 16-10-14

motorcycle racing using the Nikon 1 + 70-300CX

Windsurf action with the Nikon 1 V2 + 70-300 CX

Nikon 1 V2 on Holiday

Hawk Conservancy Trust with the V2 + 70-300 CX

Birds with the V2 + 70-300CX

Nikon 1 V2 + nikkor 1 70-300 CX

Nikon 1 V2 test images

Lauren with Bethan

Wimborne Grasstrack meet 17-08-14 500cc sidecars

Wimborne Grasstrack meet 17-8-14 - 100cc sidecars

Kites at the Hawk Conservancy

Zapcats Racing moments

West Bay Zapcat and OCR powerboat racing, West Bay 28-29/6/2014

Honey Bees

Wool Carder Bee

The FB Pocket Orchestra

Team 51 - Thundercats at Boscombe Beach

Thundercats, Boscombe 31-5-2014, updated

Olympus 50-200mk1 + EC-14 on EM-1

Chi at the Seaside

Devon County Show 23-5-2014

House Sparrow evicts House Martin from Nest

EM-1 with 50-200 mk1 firmware v1.4

Long Tailed Tits 2014

House Martins, Swallows & Swifts

Arundel Wetland Trust 2014

Olympus 50-200 mk1 + EC-14 tests

Christchurch Food Festival 2014

Blashford Lake Reserve 2014

Butterflies and Moths 2014

Olympus 50-200 ED mk1 testing

More Zapcatting at Sandbanks

Zapcats at Sandbanks 26-4-2014 Mel Pen

Macro with 10fps sequential flash

The Singing Mermaids

Bees of various kinds

Hawk Conservancy Trust 2014

Chiffchaff with injured leg

small buzzy things

canon fd 400mm f4.5 on EM-1 tests

Studio shoot with oly 12-40 f2.8 on EM-1

Favourite shots of 2013

Hawk Conservancy Trust 25-11-2013

Olympus EM-1 Bird Images

NG Track Meet Thruxton

Lanner Falcon taking and carrying the lure shot using the Olympus OM-d EM-1

Olympus OM-D EM-1 first images

Wimborne Masters Grass Track Meet 29-9-13

Dragon Flight