It’s the beginning of July and the temperature was hovering around 100 degrees today. Leaving the centrally air conditioned house is getting tougher, as a wall of moist heat slams into you as you step out the front door. I didn’t let this deter me from heading up to Ohiopyle to get some mountain biking and photography in. The biking went as well as can be expected since it was my first time on the mountain this year. I did some new trails, had a blast and didn’t seriously injure myself, so that’s a win.
Finishing that, I decided to hike around Ohiopyle and see if any shots jumped out to me. Since it was midday at this point, the light was rather harsh and the humid air was hazing everything up. So I decided to forgo the landscape type shot and focus on some details. Namely, a group of kayakers going over the main falls. I tried to really zoom in and freeze the action. Here are some of my favorites.
Ohiopyle is such a fun place to visit, you just never know what you might see.
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.
When I wrote the post outlining my thoughts on the E-M5, I made a big deal about how configurable the camera is. I just wanted to show how I have mine set up in case it helps anyone with theirs.
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!
