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Buzzard open wings

A beautiful buzzard with open wings. Captured using Pro capture mode and bird tracking. OM-1 100-400mm

Bee taking pollen

An amazing close up of bee on flower. Not a dedicated macro lens but the incredible OM-1n with 100-400mm lens

10% Earthshine

10% waxing crescent moon/Earthshine. Captured on 2nd June 2022. OM-1, 100-400mm ISO 320, f6.3, 10s Star Adventurer tracking mount.

5% Crescent

5% waxing crescent moon. Captured on 1st June 2022. OM-1, 100-400mm ISO 400, f6.3, 1/20s Star Adventurer tracking mount.

Bee on flower

An amazing close up of bee on flower. Not a dedicated macro lens but the incredible OM-1n with 100-400mm lens

Earthshine 14%

Earthshine with waxing crescent 14% captured on 21st April 2022. OM-1, 100-400mm, x2TC Star Adventurer Tracker f12, 8s, ISO500

Buzzard side on

Buzzard soaring in blue sky with wings open. Lovely sharp image captured with the OM-1, 100-400mm using pro-capture mode and bird tracking.

Red Kite turning

Red Kite soaring in blue sky with wings open. Lovely sharp image captured with the OM-1, 100-400mm using pro-capture mode and bird tracking.

Spring Stars

Photo captured overnight 29th/30th March 2022 in South Leicestershire, East Midlands. This 6 hour star trail was captured and processed all in-camera (no post stacking processing) with the brand new OM System flagship camera OM-1 with the 7-14mm pro lens. This shot is a 6 hr long exposure (all captured & processed in camera) and shows 6 hours of Earth's rotation. Read on to see how I captured this shot. BEHIND THE LENS Camera:- Olympus OM-1 Lens: Olympus 7-14mm pro Camera mount (attached to fence) Anker PowerBank (PowerCore+ 26800) power device Lens dew heater Live Composite mode - 15s exposure time, F2.8, 6hrs, ISO 320 I mounted the camera on my fence and set up the composition using the 7-14mm pro lens framing the horse chestnut tree (now in flower). For powering such a long exposure I used an external power device, plugged into camera and hung on tripod. To prevent ice forming I wrapped a dew heater around the lens (powered from the Anker PD). The star trail was captured by using the OM-1 in-camera function called Live Composite (Setting B on top dial). I chose 15s exposures and let the camera shoot for 6 hours. To add a bit of foreground interest I composed around the winter bare Horse Chestnut (Conker) tree and lit with artificial light. I have produced a video on how this photo was captured - https://www.markhumpage.com/Videos/OM1-Videos/i-GHndkmF/A The image quality from the new camera is stunning. Don't forget if you are interested in buying one use this link - https://rb.gy/zpwbny which includes one of my free workshops!

Red Kite side on

Red Kite soaring in blue sky with wings down and open. Lovely sharp image captured with the OM-1, 100-400mm using pro-capture mode and bird tracking.

Rabbit

Junvenile rabbit captured on a local walk. It stopped and watched me, which is quite unusual as they are normally very shy & run off!

Red Kite

Red Kite soaring in a blue sky wings wide open. OM-1, 100-400mm pro-capture

Red Kite watching

Red Kite soaring in a blue sky wings wide open watching me! OM-1, 100-400mm pro-capture

Red Kite

Red Kite soaring in a blue sky wings wide open. OM-1, 100-400mm pro-capture

Whiteout

Captured at home on 31st March 2022. Late winter blast!

Space Station Highway

International Space Station (ISS) captured flying over the M1 in East Midlands on 23rd March 2022. 1946hrs flyby. This was the first pass of the evening, and a real bright one. Used passing traffic on the M1 motorway to compose the long exposure (looking due south). Exposure was tricky - achieving brightness of the ISS flyby alongside bright car headlight trails. Full overhead wide angle capture starting in the west and flying directly overhead entering Earth's shadow. Spectacular capture. OM-1, 8mm fisheye Live composite mode 15s x dozen or so frames. F4.5, ISO 320

North Star spin

Photo captured overnight 20th/21st March 2022 from my home in South Leicestershire, East Midlands. This star trail was captured and processed all in-camera (no post stacking processing) with the Olympus OM-1 camera & 12-40mm pro II lens. This shot is a 9hr long exposure (all captured & processed in camera) and is shows 9 hours of Earth's rotation as shown through the stars, spinning around the North Pole star 'Polaris'. Read on to see how I captured this shot. BEHIND THE LENS Camera:- OM-1 Lens: Olympus 12-40mm pro II (12mm fl) Tripod Anker PowerBank (PowerCore+ 26800) power device Lens dew heater Live Composite mode - 15s exposure time, F2.8 , 10hrs (1No 3hr + 1 No 6hr shots) ISO 250 I mounted the camera on a fence mount and set up the composition using the fab 12-40 pro II lens framing the North Star Polaris. For powering such a long exposure I used an external power device, plugged into camera and hung on mount. To prevent ice forming I wrapped a dew heater around the lens (powered from the Anker PD). The star trail was captured by using the Olympus in-camera function called Live Composite (Setting B on top dial). I chose 15s exposures and let the camera shoot for a period of 3 hours. I then repeated immediately for a second period of 6 hours. The only post processing required was to stack the 2 No Live Composites (generated n the camera). The resulting image reveals 9hrs of Earth spinning around the North Star.

Ukraine Daffodils

Daffodils in a local field, edited to reflect the feelings of the Nation. Ukraine we stand with you.