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Classic Nostalgia at Shelsley Walsh
Recently I popped over to the Classic Nostalgia event at the Shelsley Walsh hillclimb track. It’s a fabulous weekend, with all manner of classic competition cars, including some vintage F1 cars. I took my OM-1 and 40-150 f2.8 Pro lens. It was a perfect chance to try the OM-1’s AI-powered Subject Detection system, set on “Cars and Motorbikes”. It’s actually calibrated to work best with racing cars, and there were lots of them! This MGB V8 was pressing on hard at The Esses, and lifting the inside front wheel. It was fascinating to see the focus box pick up the car and follow it round the corner. I had my…
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A bit of garden wildlife
You don’t have to go to exotic places to see fascinating wildlife. Sometimes it’s there in your own back garden/back yard. We have a wheelbarrow stored upside down in our garden. On lifting it recently my wife found these two Common toads (bufo bufo) side by side. We’ve seen individuals before, but two together was unusual. She called me over and I, of course, went and got my OM-1 camera with my OM System 60mm macro lens. A quick focus-stacked set and they were captured for posterity. Sweet! On a Scabious flower just yards away some real drama was playing out. The female Flower Crab spider had previously caught a…