It's Arty Photo Monday!

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Elevator Migraine
"Elevator Migraine"
Olympus E-P2 with Zuiko Digital 9-18mm
10s, f/8, ISO 200, 13mm, +2 EV

Sometimes you just need to do the weird. Like run exposure up a deliberate 2 stops (+2 EV) to make the images overexposed. Blows out the highlights something wonderful. And then there's all the post processing in Lightroom 3 you're not supposed to do because it's ... Just Not The Proper Thing To Do.

Long multi-second shutter speeds. Distorted compositions. Composing for 1:1 or 3:2 instead of 4:3, and loosing precious pixels in the process. Make for lousy IQ, but wonderfully weird photos, which completely swamps the IQ issue.

Delusional Stop
"Political Statement"
Olympus E-P2 with Zuiko Digital 9-18mm
1/200, f/5.6, ISO 200, 9mm, +2 EV

Maybe tomorrow I'll take more pedestrian photos. Or not. I now have more lenses than I know what to do with. And I need to really explore what they can produce with the E-3 and the E-P2.

Embrace
"Embrace"
Olympus E-P2 with Zuiko Digital 9-18mm
1/60s, f/5.6, ISO 200, 9mm, +2 EV

Everything today was taken with the Zuiko Digital 9-18 FourThirds UWA zoom. It sits for too long in my bag, along with a lot of other equally capable lenses. It's time to take more with everything, not get into a rut with a single lens. In the case of the E-P2 it's the pedestrian 17mm. Although, to be honest, I've thought of grabbing a copy of the Panasonic 20mm. But not right now. Too much Real Work to do, and my budget is significantly mapped out for the next two months.

Comments

  1. Pseudo BoethiusFebruary 21, 2011

    I love the Oly 9-18 -- such an incredible performer for it's size/cost, one of the great successes of the Olympus standard grade line. Since getting some new HG lenses, my own 9-18 does not get used as often as it used to, but I've created a new "travel kit" with the 9-18, and 18-180, that is putting that lens back on the front burner.

    These photos are wonderful. It's always fun to play around with cameras, lenses & exposures and see what you come up with, not to mention those fun little "art filters." :-)

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