That looked an exhausting hike. You need to get back into shape. Rob. Your photo of the rock on Flickr reminds me of the Ansel Adams photo of El Capitan.
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I’m very impressed with the effort that went into this video and getting the photos. The pictures are terrific and I loved the setting. Thanks again Rob!
That shot at the end would probably be a really nice BNW especially if you try dragging down the luminance of the blues in the color mixer. Either way great photo
The suspense of you getting to the top was amazing with all the huffing and puffing! Great view and well worth it. I went to a place in Spain (different scenery) with a similar outlook.
Ellie is definitely the star in this video. Such a beautiful world we live in ...then you realise you have to walk all the way back to where you left your car 🤦♂️ Rick
Funny, I did something like that a few years ago to reach an "outlook" for a shot and thought I was going to die before reaching it. Turned out being worth it. Luckily you had your pup keeping you company!
Great video. I really liked the second Hi Res photo you showed, where you could see the scale of the mountain because you could clearly see the rock climbers on the top. BTW Welcome back. I kept checking TH-cam to see if you had an impromptu stream this weekend :)
Wow bet you don’t forget that one Rob! Interesting to see you used the 14-150 which I think will be my next purchase. Liked your excellent review vs the kit 40-150. The weather sealing plus sharper landscape images makes it seem worthwhile.
Great work. I just got done reading a article on search and rescue stats. Aperently photographers who get in trouble on the trail, do so for a lack of proper gear . I have done this myself. I'm so focused on the camera gear that I don't take the proper hiking gear for the '"just in case someone goes wrong". Enough water and letting people know where I am. Great info. All the best!
Excelent video Rob, Nice way to remember a promenade ... with good photos. I wonder if you could explain the way to take panoramic photos and how to stitch them together. Cheers
Nice stitch Rob! That looks like a nice scenic site to photograph. I used to live in the East and went up Clingman's Dome (6643ft) and Mt. Mitchell (6684ft) several times. Great views from the top. I thought they were pretty high until I moved to the Rockies. Base in the nearby cities is about 5,000 ft. Peaks are over 10,000 ft. Until I was acclimatized, I was always out of breath just walking around town.
Great to see you out and about taking in some lovely country. Interested in the choice of lens. There has been some interesting discussion on Olympus forums as to whether to purchase the "plastic fantastic", or the Pro version. Some demonstrably excellent photographers have given a + to the very reasonably priced non Pro version. I have one and it suits my needs. That said, the Pro version has been universally praised and if top IQ is desired (& the person holding the camera is sufficiently capable), it only stands to reason for the Pro version to be the superior lens. Yes, it costs more, is heavier, but is very reasonably priced and weight competitive with FF lens of equivalent focal lengths.
Thanks, Robert. Now that my 12-40pro is unreliable, the 8mm fisheye is the only pro lens I own at the moment. Would love to get the 40-150 Pro one day.
Thanks Rob! Actually, dogs are much more capable in climbing rocks than we suppose and that’s why they have no fear. They have four legs and centre of gravity much close to the ground.
Funny, I've had dogs most of my life and never thought about it but that makes so much sense. She kept walking up to edges and I apparently was the only one worried about it!
Hah! You do have geography out there :) I drive miles for stuff all the time. Very nice photos of the rocks. Many a time I thought twice about the hike, cuz of my age. One time i toughed it out and found a very old homestead in the desert mountains,was worth it! Up them big hikes I do I'm like those folks who go up Everest, one slow step at a time :) Good stuff Rob.
Wow!! You're using an ACTUAL camera strap instead of your Bubba strap. What changed? Also, what camera did you use to film the video? Nice video. The background music you pick is always great. Great pictures. Keep up the great work.
Ha! I forgot to put my bubba strap on before I left for the trip so I took the one off my old Trip 35 film camera. For the vlog, I was using the insta360 one r. Thanks!
Excellent excursion! Shame you didn't bring all your Nikon gear and a selection of Sigma Art lenses :-) Poison Ivy, exhaustion, what's next, Bigfoot? If you take a picture of Bigfoot with the EM1 mk3 at 150mm, there are no excuses for wobbly pictures. Thanks for sharing, we have hail and storms down here coming up from Antarctica atm, which is great for macro fungi though. I have been looking for a mushroom called a ghost fungus in the woods, which glows in the dark. All I found so far is wet feet. So I appreciate your summer uploads! My regards to Ellie, her paws must have hurt.
What a beautiful view! You had a workout too 😁. The 14-150 looks like the perfect lens for such an excursion. Sometimes I am tempted by the 12-45 f4 pro but maybe the 14-150 is more practical?
Thanks. Yes, a workout! I like the 14-150mm and would prefer it over the 12-45 pro for most things I do. I know the pro lenses are sharper but the extra reach @150mm on random photowalks is hard to ignore.
@@RobTrek Nice work, Rob. I find that the 12-100mm gives me all the flexibility I need for most landscapes. Trouble is, I also like to photograph birds, so I end up taking the 12-200mm which is less sharp but more versatile.
Did you get the lens repaired? I have a 40mm 1.8 lens that is faulty I sent it away under warranty in March..still waiting in mid June! They say it’s stuck in a warehouse in Portugal!
Are you supposed to continue holding the camera for handheld high res for 15 seconds? I always just point and shoot and just anxiously wait for it to process.
Did I hear correctly that you managed to get frost in a lens? How did you do that? Often, when you were taking pictures, I didn’t understand what you were saying and doing. Sorry, but I didn’t know what to make of this video.
Hi. Sorry about the confusion. Only some of my long time viewers understood what I was talking about. I left my 12-40 pro lens out in a winter storm face down with no rear lens cap. So it filled up with rain and ice. It took weeks to dry out. Now it only works sometimes.
That looked an exhausting hike. You need to get back into shape. Rob.
Your photo of the rock on Flickr reminds me of the Ansel Adams photo of El Capitan.
Thanks, Plato. I am getting better this year with each photo walk!
Amazing. I'm scared of heights too. You're a hero Rob.
Thanks, I try.
Thanks for reinforcing my confidence in the 14-150. Versatile and not heavy.
I love mine!
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Happy to help!
I’m very impressed with the effort that went into this video and getting the photos. The pictures are terrific and I loved the setting. Thanks again Rob!
Thanks, Jeff!
Great effort Rob. Thanks so much.
Thanks!
Very nice video. So good to walk in nature with small mft camera gear. Wonderful place, landscapes and photos. Elly is so cute. Thanks Rob.
Thanks, Andreas. Yes, a real relief switching to m4/3.
That shot at the end would probably be a really nice BNW especially if you try dragging down the luminance of the blues in the color mixer. Either way great photo
The suspense of you getting to the top was amazing with all the huffing and puffing! Great view and well worth it. I went to a place in Spain (different scenery) with a similar outlook.
Thanks, John. Yeah, I was really huffing and puffing it early on the trail. Can't believe I made it. My legs are a bit sore but feels good in a way.
Ellie is definitely the star in this video.
Such a beautiful world we live in
...then you realise you have to walk all the way back to where you left your car 🤦♂️
Rick
Thanks! Yeah, I could have parked so about a few hundred meters closer had I seen the map first.
@@RobTrek as we say, Photography is 9/10ths Legwork 🚶♂️
Rick
Your video is beautiful, your photos are very nice but your condition is great and Ellie is well behaved.
Thank you for the inspiration Rob.
Thanks, Marcel. I think Ellie was too tired to be any trouble, hahaha!
Your trails/paths are very well made/maintained, not many in the UK upto that standard. Nice images in fairly harsh light Rob, well done.
Thanks. Yes, many of the parks are well kept.
Funny, I did something like that a few years ago to reach an "outlook" for a shot and thought I was going to die before reaching it. Turned out being worth it. Luckily you had your pup keeping you company!
Yes, Ellie helped motivate me to keep going. Thanks!
What a beautiful walk.
Thanks, Richard. It was a great trail. I need to go back early morning when the light is nicer.
Great video. I really liked the second Hi Res photo you showed, where you could see the scale of the mountain because you could clearly see the rock climbers on the top. BTW Welcome back. I kept checking TH-cam to see if you had an impromptu stream this weekend :)
Thanks. I almost did a stream! Maybe tomorrow.
Wow bet you don’t forget that one Rob! Interesting to see you used the 14-150 which I think will be my next purchase. Liked your excellent review vs the kit 40-150. The weather sealing plus sharper landscape images makes it seem worthwhile.
Thanks. I can't wait to go back!
Great work. I just got done reading a article on search and rescue stats. Aperently photographers who get in trouble on the trail, do so for a lack of proper gear . I have done this myself. I'm so focused on the camera gear that I don't take the proper hiking gear for the '"just in case someone goes wrong". Enough water and letting people know where I am. Great info. All the best!
Thanks! Ellie and I ate a little and drank plenty of water before starting. I probably went a little over my limit, but I never push myself too hard.
You crazy Rob.............I would have had a panic attack walking out onto that balcony. Awesome shots you got.
Thanks! It was a little scary at first.
Excelent video Rob,
Nice way to remember a promenade ... with good photos. I wonder if you could explain the way to take panoramic photos and how to stitch them together.
Cheers
Thanks. I have an older video on pano here: th-cam.com/video/mB6CSJNFJ8A/w-d-xo.html
@@RobTrek thanks for your prompt reply. A hug and good weekend ....
Using your thumb as a nodal point was brilliant. I've never considered that.
Thanks. I saw someone else doing it a long time ago.
Nice stitch Rob! That looks like a nice scenic site to photograph. I used to live in the East and went up Clingman's Dome (6643ft) and Mt. Mitchell (6684ft) several times. Great views from the top. I thought they were pretty high until I moved to the Rockies. Base in the nearby cities is about 5,000 ft. Peaks are over 10,000 ft. Until I was acclimatized, I was always out of breath just walking around town.
Thanks. I went to Clingman's Dome couple of years ago and it was nothing but rain and fog. Couldn't see more than a few yards in any direction.
Great hike. You should get a Black Rapid sling strap. Much more comfortable than the stock neck strap.
Thanks. I normally use a homemade paracord strap but I forgot to bring it so I used the strap off my old Trip 35 film camera.
Thanks for you hike and photos... I've just subscribe to your channel to follow up enjoying with your videos.
Awesome, thank you!
Great to see you out and about taking in some lovely country.
Interested in the choice of lens. There has been some interesting discussion on Olympus forums as to whether to purchase the "plastic fantastic", or the Pro version. Some demonstrably excellent photographers have given a + to the very reasonably priced non Pro version.
I have one and it suits my needs.
That said, the Pro version has been universally praised and if top IQ is desired (& the person holding the camera is sufficiently capable), it only stands to reason for the Pro version to be the superior lens.
Yes, it costs more, is heavier, but is very reasonably priced and weight competitive with FF lens of equivalent focal lengths.
Thanks, Robert. Now that my 12-40pro is unreliable, the 8mm fisheye is the only pro lens I own at the moment. Would love to get the 40-150 Pro one day.
Thanks Rob! Actually, dogs are much more capable in climbing rocks than we suppose and that’s why they have no fear. They have four legs and centre of gravity much close to the ground.
Funny, I've had dogs most of my life and never thought about it but that makes so much sense. She kept walking up to edges and I apparently was the only one worried about it!
Well done Ellie
Haha! She was great!
Awesome video Rob
Thanks, Thomas!
Hah! You do have geography out there :) I drive miles for stuff all the time. Very nice photos of the rocks. Many a time I thought twice about the hike, cuz of my age. One time i toughed it out and found a very old homestead in the desert mountains,was worth it! Up them big hikes I do I'm like those folks who go up Everest, one slow step at a time :) Good stuff Rob.
Thanks, Randy. Saw your last vlog so I know you're not full of smoke, LOL! I amazes me how much desert there is in CA.
Wow!! You're using an ACTUAL camera strap instead of your Bubba strap. What changed? Also, what camera did you use to film the video? Nice video. The background music you pick is always great. Great pictures. Keep up the great work.
Ha! I forgot to put my bubba strap on before I left for the trip so I took the one off my old Trip 35 film camera. For the vlog, I was using the insta360 one r. Thanks!
Excellent excursion! Shame you didn't bring all your Nikon gear and a selection of Sigma Art lenses :-)
Poison Ivy, exhaustion, what's next, Bigfoot? If you take a picture of Bigfoot with the EM1 mk3 at 150mm, there are no excuses for wobbly pictures.
Thanks for sharing, we have hail and storms down here coming up from Antarctica atm, which is great for macro fungi though. I have been looking for a mushroom called a ghost fungus in the woods, which glows in the dark. All I found so far is wet feet. So I appreciate your summer uploads!
My regards to Ellie, her paws must have hurt.
"Bigfoot is blurry, it's not the photographer's fault." Said a comedian.
Excellent video.
Thank you very much!
What a beautiful view! You had a workout too 😁. The 14-150 looks like the perfect lens for such an excursion. Sometimes I am tempted by the 12-45 f4 pro but maybe the 14-150 is more practical?
Thanks. Yes, a workout! I like the 14-150mm and would prefer it over the 12-45 pro for most things I do. I know the pro lenses are sharper but the extra reach @150mm on random photowalks is hard to ignore.
@@RobTrek Nice work, Rob. I find that the 12-100mm gives me all the flexibility I need for most landscapes. Trouble is, I also like to photograph birds, so I end up taking the 12-200mm which is less sharp but more versatile.
@@stevebonn3463 so many choices 🙂
@@stevebonn3463 150mm is minimal for birds.
Nice photo-walk! Great hi-res shot and panorama. Do any Olympus cameras, other than EM10iv, do panoramas in-camera?
Thanks, Valdis! Not sure if any other camera has it. Maybe the newer Pen PL line.
Nice video. I guess weather sealing doesn't mean a lens can handle being left out in the snow. You'd figure that wouldn't have been a problem.
Unfortunately, he left it face down without a back lens cap, overnight in the rain the and snow, and it filled with water.
@@Marco_Chiappetta I suppose that would be a problem. Ha
Yes, what Marco said.
Please don't pass out on our account. However great video. Need to find fun walks here on long Island but we have no mountains. Ellie is adorable.
Thanks. I'm relearning my limits this year. Long Island is beautiful. I went there years ago.
@@RobTrek if you visit again I'll trail behind you with my E-M5 Mark iii. 😊
@@StephenVaccaro I plan on going back sometime. Email me rob@robtrek.com so I can contact you when I head back.
Did you get the lens repaired? I have a 40mm 1.8 lens that is faulty I sent it away under warranty in March..still waiting in mid June! They say it’s stuck in a warehouse in Portugal!
I don't think I'll send it in. I don't use the lens that much and I can get a used one at a fair price.
Are you supposed to continue holding the camera for handheld high res for 15 seconds? I always just point and shoot and just anxiously wait for it to process.
No need to hold the camera after the hi-res shot starts building in the progress bar.
Did I hear correctly that you managed to get frost in a lens? How did you do that? Often, when you were taking pictures, I didn’t understand what you were saying and doing. Sorry, but I didn’t know what to make of this video.
Hi. Sorry about the confusion. Only some of my long time viewers understood what I was talking about. I left my 12-40 pro lens out in a winter storm face down with no rear lens cap. So it filled up with rain and ice. It took weeks to dry out. Now it only works sometimes.
Rob, you are too funny1 Hi Ellie
Ha! I really almost didn't make it. Then that deck felt unstable, or was it just me?
Elly very well behaved. I bet she was thirsty after that. Amazing pano shot
Thanks, Roberto. She's good 99% of the time. It's that 1% that worries me.
Liked the video. Just the end a bit blunt with a sudden stop.
Thanks, Leon. Sorry about the ending. I was so tired at the end of the vlog I didn't have anything good show at the end.