Hi everyone,
Going through my shots I found this one and decided that I’d do one more work of the River at Hampton Court.
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New work: “A last look at the lock”
Hi folks,
To end my series of works of the River Thames at Hampton Court, a painterly landscape work of the Molesey lock.
Best wishes,
I’m loosing my grip :)
Hi folks,
Actually this post should be titled I’ve lost my grips, past tense, plural. Some while ago as a matter of personal preference I removed the grips from my cameras and replaced them with smaller third-party grips. The exception being my E–M1 which I don’t use as a travel camera.
The Olympus grips for my E-M5 Mk 1 and Mk 2 cameras have their good and bad points for me. The grips come in two parts, landscape grip and attached to that a separate portrait grip which is a good point. As I’m mostly interested in landscapes then the vast majority of my shots are taken in the landscape orientation, sure I will as a matter of course shoot in the portrait orientation when called for but having the portrait grip attached is just adding weight and bulk to beautifully small, lightweight camera bodies.
So, I removed the portrait grips and here’s the bad point, without the portrait grip attached with its in-built battery compartment then the landscape grip blocks the camera’s battery compartment and thus has to be detached and re-attached every time one needs to change a battery else I’d just leave it attached. I’ve found some third-party grips from Fotodiox in the States which negate this issue by having a cutout in the base plate so that the grip can be left attached and the battery can be changed. Else I can just see myself dropping the grip or stripping the tripod thread etc. and I don’t want to be constantly juggling the camera and the grip every time I change a battery.
When I looked at the new Olympus E-M1X with it’s non detachable grips this was sufficient reason in itself for it not to be of interest to me and my preferences and interests, add in it’s extra weight and of course it’s way too expensive for me. I’m hoping that Olympus take a few of it’s new features and incorporate them in to a new smaller body at a reasonable price tag and then I’d be more than interested.
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New work – “That blue feeling”
Hi everyone,
Something a bit different
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Boats on the River
Hi everyone,
Experimental test shot, trying out some new software techniques.
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New work: “Flying the flag”
Hi everyone,
No nationalistic reference here as I’m just about the least nationalistic person you could meet. If you’ve never visited Hampton Court Palace, here’s what the main entrance looks like. I think that some of the gargoyles could do with a face lift though as they’re looking a bit worse for wear. 🙂
I’m still not sure if the direction my work is currently going is ultimately to my liking but one has to keep on experimenting.
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“Why I love the river” No. 2
Hi everyone,
Hampton Court Palace on the River Thames. It’s scenes like this and elsewhere that keep me returning to rivers 🙂
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New work -“I’m still standing” – Hampton Court Palace Panorama
Hi everyone,
A toned monochrome work of Hampton Court Palace on the River Thames.
My third work this month to be explored on Flickr –
https://leighkempphotoblog.co.uk/flickr-explored/
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New work: “River Panorama – Hampton Court”
Hi everyone,
Thought I’d do another panoramic work for a change. Near the lock on the River Thames at Hampton Court.
As always, I’ve linked to a bigger image on my Flickr page.
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All packed up and ready to rumble! :)
Hi everyone,
Finalised my gear for my next trip.
Added a quick release type sternum strap to my National Geographic backpack along with the Op/Tech reporter camera straps. In fairness the backpack does have a sternum strap but it’s not quick release and is pretty fiddly. The quick release strap also has a couple of D-rings, one can’t have too many D-rings. 🙂 .
To prevent the strap from slipping down the shoulder straps I used a couple of heavy-duty cable ties and threaded them vertically through the sternum strap and loops in the material on the shoulder straps where the existing sternum straps attach. Also attached extra Uni-loops to the D-Rings.
Side pockets for my Nat. Geo. backpack rain cover and Manfrotto Pixie tripod. Not shown in the photo below but I have a couple of neoprene drawstring lens pouches with clips to attach to D-Rings which fit nicely in the pockets and the rain cover and tripod go inside these as the teeth on the zips are quite sharp and might possibly rip the rain cover. Also, if the rain cover is wet then it’s nice to stuff it in the neoprene pouch.
ThinkTANK emergency camera rain cover (small size) in laptop compartment.
Camera compartment: OM-D E-M5 Mk II + M.Zuiko 12-40mm, Canon G10 (lurking in the shadows 🙂 ), M.Zuiko 9-18 mm and Lumix 12-32 mm plus spare camera batteries and Op/Tech neoprene case, wrist strap and Uni loop connectors.
My BUBM organiser (medium size) fits beautifully inside the backpack as if it was made for it and for fashionistas out there it’s pretty well colour-coordinated. 🙂
My Anker five port USB charging hub, Astro powerbank, USB camera battery chargers and cables etc.. Give me one mains socket and I’ll charge 5 things simultaneously. 🙂
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PS. I’ve added a few links as it might be of interest. I have no affiliation with any of the manufacturers in this post.
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