equinox by northy

equinox

woke up at 4:45 and took myself down to the lake for sunrise for the first time in forever... you can see the sun peeking over the buildings on the left... there were quite a lot of people there... not crowds (there was still plenty of room for social distancing), but more than i've normally seen at that hour... i expect it had something to do with the equinox...
It’s worth waking up early— Great shot👌
-missed my beach sunrise cus of lockdown😢
June 20th, 2020  
Wow, beautiful capture of the early hours!
June 20th, 2020  
Hi Northy, I really love your style and have enjoyed going through some of your recent photos, your penguin always makes me laugh when he shows up and I'm really impressed with April's single subject of the window, the photos are amazingly varied!

As I'm your get pushed partner this week, how do you feel about the theme of 'looking down' or a birds eye view photo?
June 20th, 2020  
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June 20th, 2020  
excellent as always, love that hint of light
June 20th, 2020  
tarnation! that is just an awesome capture. kudos to you for getting up that early to get this. aces! aces! aces!
June 20th, 2020  
Sunrise should happen at a more social time!!

Fabtastic

June 20th, 2020  
fabulous take of sunrise. You can make black and white work for absolutely everything.
June 20th, 2020  
Great silhouette of Toronto's cityscape! It must have been a great sunrise!
June 20th, 2020  
Great image!
June 21st, 2020  
wonderful to see the cloud scribble above the rising sun, and also those serene floaters above the tower
June 21st, 2020  
Superlative on black. Easy fav
June 21st, 2020  
Great shot
June 21st, 2020  
Beautiful shot
June 21st, 2020  
Very powerful image...
June 21st, 2020  
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June 21st, 2020  
Such a soft awakening. Fav!
June 22nd, 2020  
Well worth getting up early........wonderful lighting!

Northy I’m looking at switching over to a mirrorless camera and noticed that you were using the Olympus E-M5MarkIII. How do find this camera?
I was looking for camera that is lightweight and tack sharp, is it good for shooting birds in flight?
Any information that you could give me would be greatly appreciated.
June 26th, 2020  
@radiogirl i love my oly! it is light, easy to use and gives excellent image quality... i am particularly impressed at how it handles high iso...

that said, a couple things to mention...

the first is that a thread was posted recently noting that olympus is getting out of the camera business so its future is a little uncertain...
https://365project.org/discuss/general/43714/is-it-good-or-bad-news

you've asked whether the images are tack sharp... i think the images are great, but i rarely go for sharpness (i tend to declarify and de-texturize in post processing) so i may not be the best judge...

you also ask about shooting birds in flight... i don't do this often enough to judge... i think it would do just fine, but note that i would use my pro version 40-150mm f/2.8 lens and it is not light... regardless, i often hike with this lens and the weight isn't an issue for me... (as an aside, i have a cheap version of the 40-150 and was not happy with image quality which is why i got the pro version...

hope that helps!

June 26th, 2020  
@northy wow thank you for the great review.
Too bad about Olympus being sold it does sound like a great camera!

How do you find the battery life?

It’s such a big decision and expense to change over I’m trying to make the right decision for me.

I’ve been reading all the reviews from the different Mirrorless Cameras, now I want to go into a camera store and see how they feel!
June 26th, 2020  
Congratulations on TT!
June 26th, 2020  
Love the contrast of sun and moody air. Congrats on TT
June 26th, 2020  
@radiogirl i think the battery does ok... i always carry a spare, but haven't really had to use it unless i've spent the day at the zoo where i am shooting non-stop...

and yes - go to a store and see how it feels! i was originally intending to buy a fuji, but it didn't feel right in my hands which is why i went with the oly...
June 27th, 2020  
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