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Beautiful full moon on Friday the 13th this month. Took this photo off of Hart's Neck, St George, Maine last nite. Wonderful.
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Took some photos again at this year's Classic Yacht Regatta in Newport. Been a few years. Amazing how different the sky and water can be year to year. Always a treat to be out on the water, especially with the estimable Onne van der Wal

This was my first major shoot since moving over to the micro 4/3 sensor format. I carried my usual two-body outfit, one with a long lens and the other with a wide angle. In fact, the new outfit very closely mimics my old full-frame Canon system...the long lens is a 50-200mm [100-400mm-e] mounted on a Lumix G9, and the other is an 8-16mm [16-32mm-e] on a GX85 body. Both lenses are of the Leica DG Vario-Elmarit f2.8-4 variety. 

I found the cameras very light and easy to handle. With the long lens things seemed to 'jam up' a bit writing files when shooting bursts. Not sure what that was about, and it could have the been the lens or the camera body at fault...both are brand new. I'll have to keep an eye on that. Another observation was a much shorter battery life than I was used to with the Canons, especially with the GX85. But I had anticipated this and had two spares for each body, so no issue. 

These shortcomings and any others are more than offset by the light and easy handling, and the fact that I'm not shooting on any sort of deadline. I love being able to take my time and just enjoy the day. What fun!
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Been playing around with a rental Lumix G9 this week. Nice camera. We'll see if it ever needs to be added to the stable. :)
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We drove up to Canada for a week's vacation which included the July 4th holiday here in the States. The drive up was very pleasant with a half-way stop in Saint John, New Brunswick.

We were based in Charlottetown, PEI, for the week, and visited the dramatic coastline on the north coast for our first excursion. We toured most of the east end of the island on our way back, stopping at trails, villages, and shops along the way. Absolutely beautiful. The next day we headed over to Summerside to the west.

Highlights of the trip were certainly the northern coast and beaches...and the driver will never forget the red earth [dirt] main roads, nor the impressive 8mi long bridge from the mainland. Wow.
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It was five years ago that we were living in Newport, RI, and attended a huge clambake on the beach in Middletown, where my wife spent half of her childhood. I believe it was a fundraiser for the local bird sanctuary. Quite a production, and a lot of fun to attend. ​
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Summer has been slow in coming this year. Lots of rain, and all of my attempts to turn off the furnace have been thwarted. Ah well. Could be worse. Haven't seen a snow flake or patch of ice in weeks. I'll take it. :)
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Took a nice drive around the peninsula over the weekend. Summer is almost here. Mid-June. Funny weather.  :)
Thoughts and musings on the photographic process by a recovering film lab owner.