A Fall Walk in the Park

Before the winter came, I went out as the fall leaves had just fallen late one weekend afternoon. I wanted to find leaves-on-water and I was not disappointed.

I took most of these images with the Olympus EM1-2 and the not-used-so-much 40-150 f/4.0. That lens, which I bought a year or two ago, has been really underused. It’s super compact, so much so that you have to “unlock” it and extend the lens before you can use it. The nice thing is that the lens is internal focusing once extended and super sharp. I used it as a long-distance close-up lens, as the stream was 20 feet away.

The first photo is a two-image stitch of the forest in the local park. I love the prominent tree in the middle, which violates many “rules” of composition. The inclusion of the dog walker really makes the photo, in my opinion. I actually tried an AI remove of the tree and while it worked, it wasn’t my favorite. I also like the panorama format for this image.

Lovely images below of leaves, most on the water. It was early in the winter season so the fall leaves had just come down. They are all nice and also I was very impressed by the quality of the images from the 14-150/4. Highly recommended.

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