A whirlwind few weeks

The past few weeks have been crazy.  There was a week spent at the beach for vacation, followed immediately with a 5 day business trip and within hours of being at home from that, a camping trip to finish off the weekend.  Needless to say, updating the site has been a low priority.  Here are a few shots for now though.

A morning hike

Early this morning I grabbed the camera gear and made the drive over to Ohiopyle state park for another of my half day hikes.  I was packing the E-M5 with a 12-50mm, 45-200m, 14mm, 20mm and 45mm.  For some extra light I brought along my newly acquired FL-300R and to block light I had an ND filter and a circular polarizer.  All of this went into the Domke F-5XB.   My Benro Travel Angel tripod went into it’s own bag slung over my shoulder.  Why am I telling you all about the gear I packed you ask?  Simply because I only used a single lens, the 12-50mm kit zoom.  Put the pitchforks away, I wanted to put it through its paces and see what it was capable of. The primes were for backup and the long telephoto was in case I saw some animals.  I learned a bit about this setup and definitely will make some changes next time I head out.  For now though, here are some pictures!

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