Morning walk with a different lens and a cutie little flash.

[AndyS]

I took the 12-100 today and the tiny little flash that OM packages with the camera bodies. I added a diffuser/reflector to soften the light a bit.

It allows me to use a small fstop for depth of field and darkens the background a bit.

[Deuxcents]

1. Morning Glories..that's what we call em here.

Looks like you’re mastering that camera..very nice job 👍

[AndyS]

4. Yeah we get along pretty well. It's all about the right tool

for the job and being afflicted with GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) I have a LOT of tools!

[AndyS]

18. I found out that the purple flower is a night shade. I have morning glories

in abundance later in the summer but the vines are just now peeking out. My sweet Niki rests beneath a large display of morning glories so she has flowers all summer long.

[RainCaster]

2. That does some very nice closeups

I'm impressed with how you can compose so nicely

[AndyS]

5. Why thank you! nt

[MLAA]

3. These are gorgeous! The first one is especially note worthy! Well done.

[AndyS]

6. Nothing like bright contrasting colors! I love those little green

bees.

[MLAA]

7. You do like green as I recall you had a great series of green insects

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Beautiful shots as always, Andy!

Even your first photo is elegant, as are the others. There's something so refreshing and calm about all of these.

Thank you!

[AndyS]

11. And as always thanks Peggy! nt

[badhair77]

9. Very nice.

Sometimes I take for granted the intricacies of nature but you captured them beautifully.

[AndyS]

12. Never take nature for granted 'cause

the line between Mother Nature and Nature's a Mutha' is thin.

[mike_c]

10. man, Oly sure makes some beautiful cameras

[AndyS]

13. Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout retro that calls to us old guys✌

[alfredo]

15. It feels good in the hand.

[alfredo]

14. Beautiful photos.

I like the diffuser too.

I made one for my Olympus out of a ping pong ball. Works but is not that pocketable.

[Old Crank]

16. Is your olympus

the mirrorless model?

[AndyS]

17. I have three bodies: the EM1 mkII, the newest OM1 and the EM5 mkII. All mirrorless.

I've been shooting Oly since the '80s when I was a sales rep for them. The EM5 mk II in the pic with the diffuser is converted to Infrared.

Lenses range from 7-14 to 300mm f4 with the 1.4x including the 60mm and 90mm macro. In 35mm terms the lens range is 14mm to 820mm. My main walk-around lens is the 12-100 f4. Great range and really quite sharp/contrasty.

The new mirrorless allows a lot of advanced features that weren't possible in a SLR. I once tried to understand the technology but now I just accept it on faith. This technolog is so advanced it's indistinguishable from magic!