Some photos in black & white

I had my E-M10 camera set to black & white lately. So here are some photos mostly like they came out of camera already (except the first one which I cropped into a 7:6 format which the camera cannot do by itself):

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Self portrait, grim, b&w, 7:6, March 2015

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Tuna the cat, March 2015

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Crossy road

For the last one I set the camera to crop into a 3:2 format internally, so it looks a bit more like that old Leica format (which is used in every other APS-C and also “full frame” (film-sized) camera today).

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Zuleikha in concert

Today was the annual spring concert of the local music school. And for the first time, Zuleikha gave a piano solo of two classical pieces. As usual, the light within our town hall wasn’t that good, but still we had to take some photos of course. Here is one I took:

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Zuleikha in concert, March 2015

Update from March 2nd, 2015:

Mitchie took a hand-held video of Zuleikha’s short performance, and uploaded it to Youtube. And Zuleikha wrote about it on her blog, where you can see the video as well.

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A remote controlled camera

Like many of the newer cameras, the Olympus OM-D E-M10 has WiFi. Which I haven’t tried until today, when I borrowed Mitchie’s tablet PC (a Google Nexus 7) for it. So here are some shots from this evening, including the very first one:

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Charlie and the great glass elevator

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Tuna the cat, February 2015

– and last not least, a self portrait:

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Wolfgang, February 2015

For longer sessions, I’d suggest to set up the camera so that it doesn’t fall asleep after some inactivity (like caused by picture viewing on a remote 7 inch display).

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… and one of Zuleikha

Took this one in mixed daylight and artificial light (from the kitchen) today. Zuleikha on Mitchie’s notebook:

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The daylight is a bit Rembrandt-style again. See the small lit triangle under her left eye?

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Some photos from today

Today I turned 58. And this was the birthday card which I was given this morning:

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Made by Zuleikha of course. This is her from this morning:

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And this is her from this afternoon, playing with her Mama:

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She had also plucked some early flowers already:

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Presents? Oh yes. Just what the birthday card and the pictures’ exif data show…

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Her new black dress

From today:

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Zuleikha, January 2015

Update, from later the same day: here’s another one, which Zuleikha wanted to take me for school (part of their homework for the English class):

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Zuleikha, January 2015

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