So this one took a long time. My best procrastination project ever. I mean, I love photography, but I don't know what happened the last few months — I haven't done a whole lot, and that needs to change. However, there are some projects in the making, but before we get to those, let's talk about Andalusia and how I never thought I would fall in love with that part of Spain. Long story short, it was epically beautiful and inspiring. Which makes it even more strange that I haven't done more photography after that experience.

It has been a while, more than a while actually. I have been in the rat race so to call, too much stuff going on, not so much attention for photography. I am trying to turn that around. And you need to start somewhere. So here I am. In my “backyard” again.

I have been neglecting photography for a while, not that I don’t want to but had no real inspiration for it. Until spring came along and the grasslands here blossomed. Perfect time for some local birding with my OM1 and the 300mmF4pro and the 150-400F4.5pro. All photos are taken in my local area and are common birds here. Maybe except one that I missed unfortunately so that doesn’t count. Nothing much more to say actually so I will leave you with the photos.

Its been a while, photography in winter this time wasn’t really on my mind. Except the one time on the beach when it was really a good frosty morning. The last few days saw some awesome early spring weather with sunshine and high temperatures. So why not go visit the dunes and see what birds there are this time around.

Like my last post I am more enjoying cycling and taking the m43 kit with me. The flexibility and the enjoyment of getting to use that is quite a differentiator for me. Lets skip the whole full frame is better discussion and just shoot what you like!

A short blog as I picked up birding again after a epic summer break in California. The bucket list was checked in California, but more on that in the next posts. I just wanted to do some local birding again with summer ending. So I took the bike and the OM-1 and yes m43 still rocks! Can’t beat this combination for birding. Its compact and lightweight, but stil powerful and getting some nice shots.

Just before spring exploded, I visited a new area for me. Birding at Zouweboezem it was. It is known for its many diverse birds as this area is a bit of everything. Wet grasslands, reeds, trees and forest cover for the more skittish birds. So an ideal area for the start of spring, but it seemed that I was a bit too early.

A while ago just before spring we took a small break to go to Ibiza, just before all touristy stuff would break loose. Well that was the truth as not much was yet open. However it was very nice to visit the island and explore. The idea was to capture some birds on the main Island and to explore Formentera just below of Ibiza. That should have many birds and even flamingos.

A short one this time. I still have some cool macro photos, but with spring in full effect I could not resist to find some birds. This time it was not with the OM-System 150-400PRO but with the “oldie” Olympus 300PRO with the TC2.0. Still amazed on the resolution that the TC2.0 still gives you at a bizar 1200mm FF equiv.