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Lumix® G VARIO 100-300mm / F4.0-5.6 / MEGA O.I.S. Lens

H-FS100300_250Went out to photograph the marsh wrens at the Great Meadows NWR yesterday.  The wrens were there but the windy conditions kept them deep in the reeds.  I had taken my Lumix 100-300 lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M1 body.  I have a lens collar and at the foot manufactured by Roesch - www.r-roesch.de which really helps with this lens when mounted to a tripod.As there was not much in the vicinity I took a few shots of a Red-wing Blackbird - the bird was a little spec in the frame as you can see from the image below.  The full image may be seen by clicking on the image itself.Image as shot - raw converted to JPEGThe next image is a crop from the region where the bird was sitting. Except for RAW conversion and a slight opening of the shadows, no other post processing has been done.  Click to open the image at 100%Cropped areaFor the price this is an exceptional lens and hope Panasonic make a G X version of this lens soon. 

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2014 Fall Wanderings

Taughannock Falls - Panasonic Lumix GH4, Lumix G Vario 12 - 35 mm f/2.8 at 12mm (24mm ff equivalent), ISO 200. 8 stop ND filter. 3 image HDR 1 stop apart and one 3 stops under for the sky. Columbus day weekend (Sunday and Monday) we drove to the Finger Lakes region in New York State.  Spent most of the time in and around Ithaca.  Our main objective was to photograph some of the region's waterfalls with some foliage as a bonus.Taughannock Falls is located in Ulysses, NY, within  Taughannock State Park.  Noted as the highest waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains with a drop of 215 feet. Niagra Falls is about 170 feet.  The image is from the base of the falls in the gorge.  You need to hike about 45 minutes to get to the base of this waterfall. For the non hiking photographer there is a viewing deck and a parking lot that gives you an elevated view of the falls and the gorge.

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