Barbara continues to practice with her new Nikon Zf with 40mm f2 lens. Coming from micro-four thirds Olympus/OM Systems and a variety of lenses, the larger Nikon full frame camera is quite a change. Barbara hope the full frame dynamic range and sharpness is worth carrying the extra bulk. She shared a group of images from a vintage car gathering at Liberty Station, and a colorful hummingbird photo.
Barbara went to Ocean Beach during Dec 5th’s King Tide and the small surf was perfect for surfers shots but not dramatic high-tide waves crashing. She makes great use of her OM System camera and lens for sports, birds, insects and wildlife. But tempted by the Black Friday sales and the group’s persistent full-frame gear-talk. She was inspired to buy a new full-frame Nikon Zf camera with 40mm lens. We look forward to seeing images from her new camera soon.
Barbara shared two photos at November’s Zoom meeting. A moonrise over the San Diego skyline photo from our Shelter Island Oct full moon meetup. She does not do much post-processing so this image is a single exposure from her Om Systems OM1 Mrk II with 40-150mm lens. Her second photo was taken on a San Diego River Trail outing, same camera but wide-angle 12mm (24mm full-frame equivalent) lens – wonderful afternoon side-light.
Barbara is recovering from an injured arm/shoulder so she hasn’t had much opportunity to get out with her camera. She was able to photograph some beautiful flowers in her backyard and share a ‘street-type” image of some young people reveling on a date.
Barbara was unable to make it to the Fair meetup but shared a Mission Carmel image and some fantastic Shelter Island Osprey Nestling photos. Here are her images:
Barbara shared silhouettes and a wonderful backlit Baboon photo which she asked for some ideas on how to process it. Apple Photos turned out a little better than Lightroom in a quick edit. She also shared some selective color, local wildlife and a humorous street photo – “Working Dog”. Here are her pics:
Barbara shared a few thematic photos – leading line wake of her cruise ship, leading line runway lights at sunrise, and a vermillion flycatcher framed by branches.
Here are some great bird photos Barbara sent to me after the meeting to add to this month’s online album.
Barbara’s photography passion is birds. She does photograph other wildlife and street scenes on her outings around San Diego. But birds are a favorite subject using her Olympus/OM Systems mirrorless camera and her 40-150mm (80-300mm full-frame equivalent) lens. Here are the images she shared during the Feb 2025 meeting:
Barbara shared a few of her favorites of 2024 which happen to also be her passion, bird photography. She is always to document wonderful interactions with bird during her walk-abouts.
