Skylum just posted a new blog article from the Chief Product Manager of Skylum talking a little bit more about the upcoming Luminar 4. No new features have been announced outside of the previously mentioned AI Sky Replacement filter, but the article does mention that Skylum is heavily invested in Artificial Intelligence to make our […]
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Ahh Montana you continue to to both surprise me and impress me. And how can you not be impressed with the crazy light we can get here at times! It seems like almost every afternoon we have a storm roll through, which has been keeping the grass here just outside of Bozeman very green. This was […]
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Last night I had the opportunity to do some photography with fellow Olympus shooter Eric Rock exploring some areas new to both of us just outside of Bozeman, Montana, and we were treated to some great light! Finding this particular spot at just the right moment, there was no time for tripods and even if […]
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Here is another shot of some Hollyhock flowers and buds I photographed in my backyard the other night here in Bozeman, Montana with my Olympus OM-D E-M1X camera using the M.Zuiko 300mm f4 Pro lens. I used the Focus Stacking feature of the camera set up for 15 shots with a focus differential of 2, with my camera […]
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Last night I had the chance to experiment some more with the Focus Stacking feature of my Olympus OM-D E-M1X camera using the M.Zuiko 300mm f4 Pro lens. Here is a shot of a hollyhock flower in my backyard here in Bozeman, Montana. By using focus stacking I was able to get everything I wanted […]
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Today Skylum has announced Luminar 4, a paid upgrade to Luminar 3, shipping this fall. Details however are still vague as to what new features Luminar 4 will have outside of the one new feature being mentioned at today’s announcement, even though Luminar 4 is now available for pre-order. What is that new feature, and […]
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This is Part 1 of a multi-part series. I will add links for new additions here when they become available. Part 1 – an Introduction It is official – on July 9, 2019 I broke-up with Sony after 5 years and went back to my first love from way back in the 1980’s, Olympus. It […]
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So right on the heals of me leaving Sony FF for Olympus, Sony today announces a 60MP upgrade to the camera I just got rid of. Am I upset? Am I regretting my choice?? Absolutely not, and this shot is just one reason why! There is more to a camera than it’s megapixels, and what […]
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Skylum today has released a free update to Luminar Flex bringing it to version 1.1. What is Luminar Flex? Don’t they have Luminar 3 too? For those not familiar with Flex, think of all the great photo editing filters and tools from Luminar 3, minus the not-ready-for-primetime catalog features that Luminar 3 has. If you […]
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I am amazed at how insanely sharp the Olympus M.Zuiko 40-150mm f2.8 Pro lens is. Not to mention the great focal length too, equivalent to 80-300mm at f2.8 in the full-frame world, all in a lightweight design that makes it easy to carry around all day.
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