It’s better than Christmas and my birthday put together
With my new Olympus OM-D E5 Mark II system assembled, the first objective was to try some wide angle shots. The dramatic walls of Menjangan (sites Dreamland and Pos II Belok Kiri) would be the camera’s baptism, and the trusty pirate crew at Sea Rovers eyed this new camera with much skepticism–not sure they had seen a system this large (and heavy) in awhile. But as always, they smiled and provided their trademark great service as they carried the massive load onto the boat.
Shooting wide angle is really challenging for me. My previous system didn’t have a true wide angle lens and therefore didn’t take great scenic shots. Now I had to dig into the recesses of my memory to remember wide angle basics–find a specific subject within the lushness of the reef, balance the strobe light with the sunlight, and shoot upward. Can’t say I did a great job, but I can no longer blame the camera for any less-than-stellar results.
In the next post, I’ll share the first macro and supermacro images taken with the new camera.
This was the first subject I tried to shoot.
Red whip coral always makes a stunning subject.
There were orange sponges everywhere on Pos II Belok Kiri
I loved the beautiful red underside of this anemone and the clouds overhead
So to see the full album of our shenanigans in Bedugul at the Botanical Gardens and TreeTops check it out at our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152221093262835.1073741829.97782187834&type=1&l=557d414f07
Pemuteran fishermen cat two dolphins that accidentally swim into their nets while chasing fish. And though one died the other after much discussion and a bit of ear bending from the fishermens wife, Sea Rovers crew, other fishermen and the hotel staff. The other one is released into the bay to hopefully find its way home.
A happy ending for at least one of the pair. Lets flipper can find its way home.
