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We got this beautiful yellow roses last weekend that is starting to bloom, it is really beautiful and a great subject to photograph. So I decided to test my new Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G3 16 MP Micro Four-Thirds Camera and see how it does with macro. I use the Panasonic 45-200mm f/4.0-5.6 Lumix G Vario MEGA OIS Zoom Micro Four Thirds Lens for Panasonic and Olympus Micro Four Thirds Cameras a Raynox DCR 250 and 1 speedlite on top fitted with a .  Opteka OSG14 1/4-Inch Universal Honeycomb Speed Grid .

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Todays #Macro Monday Sub Theme is Dreamy, like the usual, I dug through my archives and I found the photo. It was ok and perfect for today's theme, but I wanted to add a little more lens effect.  Topaz Labs has the right tool for the job, the Topaz Lens Effects. Lens Effects is one the many easy to use photoshop plugins that Topaz Labs offers.

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I created a Lightrom 4 Preset for the Luminance settings I applied to the photo on yesterday's posts and I'm making it available for everyone to use. You can apply it into your photos and see what happens, adjust the sliders to tweak.

 

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A really busy bee. Early this morning I went for a walk around our block instead of my usual 5 mile run. While passing by my neighbors garden,  I saw this bee hanging on a bud and snap a couple of shots before it flew. I'm sure they won't mind. Thankfully, I got one that I can use for this post.

When I got home, I immediately imported the photos from the PEN to my catalog, the photo is fine right of camera, but, decided to try to play with the Luminance Sliders in Lightroom.

 

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This one belongs to my PEN collection. Lately I've been spending most of my time with the Olympus PEN E-PL1. I really like the E-PL1, for it's simplicity, it's lightweight, small, and best of all, it takes great pictures. Yes I love my Canon DSLR's and EF lenses, but, for a walk around and backup camera, E-PL1 is a great choice. Here's a photo of my old Canon AE-1 with FD 50mm F/1.8 and FD 35-70mm I shot with the PEN E-PL1 with a FD 50mm F/1.8. 

To view my PEN Collection, please click here, it will take you right to my GPlus Albums.

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Yeap it’s an alligator head. Saw it in a Mom and Pop store. Selling them for $30 a head. Shot with the Olympus PEN E-PL1 and Canon FD 50mm F/1.8.

To view my PEN Collection, please click here, it will take you right to my GPlus Albums.

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Captured with the Olympus PEN E-PL1 and Canon FD 50mm F/1.8

 

Since I spend more time with my PEN E-PL1, this week I’ll be posting some of the photos, I have shot with it, and to start of, here are some photos of flowers from my neighbors garden.

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Three things I didn't like about the Raynox DCR-250, first, the plastic lens cap is really hard to remove, second, it doesn't have rear lens cover, and third because it doesn't have a rear lens cover, I have to put it on the plastic container below that it came with, It's ok but bulky. 

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Rain Drops by Ness Flores is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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Here are couple of sample sample photos I shot using the Raynox DCR-250 and a 13mm Pro Optic Extension Tube. In the photo above, I used the Tamron AF 28-75mm SP F/2.8 Lens.

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