I found this fungus growing in the shaded part of a tree behind some bushes. I think it's the biggest and brightly coloured one I've ever seen. Really fantastic. Sometimes I tend to underestimate the amount of depth I need for a subject to be in complete focus. I made the mistake here, I shoud have stopped down another stop or maybe two. I still like this image though.

Background separation. Some like it some don't. Portraitists like it I believe because the subject is brought out as the image. Which is what they want of course. I managed to separate this foxglove because of the aperture I used and the distance to the trees in the background. Again I wanted to bring the foxglove to the fore as the main subject of the image and contrast was again high. Dialled in negative EV again so the background goes dark and press the shutter. It takes you a little time to get the focus right because you have to go beyond the focal plane and back again. I do this a few times before I decide on the focus point I need for the subject to be in focus. Fun though.

An excellent function of these mirrorless cameras is that when looking through the EVF you see exactly how the image will turn out. Live view. This image is a perfect example of what I mean. The sun was shining on this dead fern, causing high contrast and the DR was outside the scope of what the camera can achieve. So, you have to decide how you want the image to look. Here I wanted the fern to be highlighted with no burnt out highlights. I dialled in a lot of negative EV to achieve this but I could still control how much I wanted because of the image I was seeing through the EVF. I just let the background go black and the fern was looking exactly the way I wanted.

Notice the shallow DOF you get with these lenses and sensor size. A lot of people like the m4/3 format because of the increase in DOF you get because of the smaller sensor. These tend to be landscape photographers who require everything in focus from near to infinity. It can however, work the other way around. Because of the 2x factor with the focal length and the fact that the longer the focal length of the lens, the shallower the DOF will be, you can produse effects like in the image above.

This really is the lens to get for m4/3 format. I've heard a lot about it but really didn't think I needed it until I was shooting a dancing show in low light. That was it, I caved in and got it. Really sharp and works well on the OM-D. Just a couple of shots with this lens right now but I promise there will be more on this lens.

The E-620 seems to have more noise in the images than the E-420 which is another reason I prefer the images from the E-420. I've used the Vario-Elmarit 14-150 f3.5-5.6 on the E-420 a lot and since the lens had ILIS it worked out great. That lens is sharp at all apertures at all focal lenths. It also still retails for some €1100. Quite an asking price but well worth it in my mind.