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Feb

Niagara Falls

Categories: Photography
Tags: Canada, Helicopter, Ice, Ice Formations, Landscape, New York, Niagara, NiagaraFalls, NY, Olympus, OM-D E-M1 MkII, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Snow, Waterfall, Waterfalls, Winter

As many of you know, I enjoy photographing waterfalls. But, I never photographed the infamous Niagara. Last year I had the opportunity to do so. I was also fortunate to arrange some shots from a helicopter. However, I wanted to schedule my visit during a time frame when it would be the least crowded. So I picked February, assuming it would be extremely cold. Luck would have it, that the temps reached into the 60 + degree Fahrenheit range. The good news was that the preceding weeks were all below freezing and there was still plenty of snow and ice around. All of the images were shot with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 MkII. Be forewarned, if you view the video clips and you are susceptible to motion sickness, the second clip might cause you some discomfort.

Glen Onoko Falls

By Frank T. Smith 3 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Carbon County, Glen Onoko, Glen Onoko Falls, Hike, Hiking, Landscape, Olympus, OM-D E-M1 MkII, PA, Pennsylvania, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Snow, Winter

Last week I ventured up to the frozen Glen Onoko Falls in Carbon County, Pa. It was incredibly beautiful. But incredibly difficult. Once you went past the first set of falls, the trail turned into a sheet of ice. It would have been almost impossible had it not been for the boot chains I had.

Feb

Lehigh Gorge State Park (2 of 2)

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography
Tags: Ice, Landscape, Lehigh, Lehigh Gorge, Lehigh Gorge State Park, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f4.0 PRO, Olympus, OM-D E-M1 MkII, PA, Photo, Photograph, Photography, State Park, Waterfall, Waterfalls, Winter

As a follow up to the previous post I did, I went back to the Gorge 2 weeks later. It was amazing to see the change with the temperatures dropped. I was also experimenting with Olympus’s new 12-100 f4.0 PRO lens. With this camera & lens combination you achieve up to 6.5 shutter speed steps of compensation. The long exposure shots in this post are 2 seconds long and handheld. I continue to be impressed with the image stabilization technology.

Feb

Lehigh Gorge State Park (1 of 2)

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography
Tags: Ice, Landscape, Lehigh, Lehigh Gorge, Lehigh Gorge State Park, Olympus, OM-D E-M1 MkII, PA, Photo, Photograph, Photography, State Park, Waterfall, Waterfalls, Winter

A short while ago I decided I wanted to do some winter hiking in the Lehigh Gorge State park. It is located just outside of Weatherly, PA and encompasses two counties, Luzern & Carbon. The park follows the Lehigh River and includes some beautiful waterfalls & ice formations. I spent a fair amount of time around Buttermilk Falls. I brought my Olympus OM-D E-M1 MkII with me. I wanted to see how I could do with hand held long exposures. The second image in this series was hand held for almost one full second. I have some other shots that went almost 3 seconds. I continue to be amazed at the internal image stabilization of this camera.

Feb

Winter’s Chill

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography
Tags: Jacobsburg State Park, Landscape, M. Zuiko 7-14mm f2.8 PRO, Olympus, OM-D E-M1 MkII, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Snow, Winter

A winter hike at Jacobsburg State Park. All of the images were shot handheld with the new Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II and the M. Zuiko 7-14mm f2.8 PRO lens (my favorite combination).

Jan

Tank Hollow (foggy) Trail

By Frank T. Smith 6 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Flora, Fog, Hike, Hiking, Landscape, Olympus, OM-D E-M1 MkII, PA, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Tank Hollow, Winter

This past weekend I went to a new hiking location called Tank Hollow. For those of you living in the NE, you may recall this entire part of the country was covered in heavy fog most of the weekend. I thought it would be a good opportunity to try out my trusty water resistant Olympus OM-D E-M1 MkII. I got soaked, the camera got soaked and we both lived to tell about it.

Jan

Hopewell Furnace

By Frank T. Smith 2 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Architectural, architecture, blast furnaces, Furnace, Historic, Hopewell, Hopewell Furnace, Industrial, Iron Plantation, National Historic Site, Olympus, OM-D E-M1 MkII, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Urban Decay, Vintage, Winter

Hopewell Furnace is a restored iron plantation built in 1771 and is a national historic site located in Berks County, PA. I have always been intrigued by this place. As a young boy, I remember my parents taking me here. I have photographed this place before, but never in the middle of winter. The day was very cold and filled with periodic rain, sleet & snow. Not the ideal conditions for a photoshoot, except that it is great for not having many people in your pictures. All of the images were shot with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II.