Today there are three pictures of the day. I couldn’t decide which one to pick, since I liked all three of them so much – so I decided to post them all!

The pictures were shot yesterday on a late afternoon walk. We chose a route we hadn’t walked before, and as it is with new places, they offer a lot of new impressions and fresh ideas for pictures.

"Snail #1" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/4, 1/250 sec, ISO 200

Great, how blurred the background is even at f/4! I didn’t realise I still had the aperture set to 4 when I shot this – and I didn’t notice at all until I looked at the EXIF data.
Continue reading Picture(s) of the day (May 3, 2010)

Yahoo! Today I’ve got my Lumix 20/1.7 back – it had been with Panasonic for almost three weeks now. But they did a great job cleaning it from the dust that had intruded – even the small particle that was already in the lens when I got it is gone now! Yes, it’s the same lens – the barrel had a small scratch on one side, which is still there. Also, they put new front and rear lens caps on it – how very considerate of them!

Here’s a picture on which you can see how happy I am:

"Hee hee!" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/1000 sec, ISO 200