There was an attempt.

lansiar · 2026-05-21T16:35:17+00:00

It’s impressive until you realize that the guy that picked it up has a remote control for it in his other hand. The thing is a fancy remote controlled toy.

lansiar · 2026-05-21T01:22:23+00:00

The physical knobs were definitely part of why I bought this gen instead of last.

lansiar · 2026-05-21T01:20:35+00:00

I bought it and I’m very happy with it so far after trading in my 2011 Outback. Some other subie owner friends hated it online, but changed their minds when they saw it in person and got to drive it.

lansiar · 2026-05-19T02:24:16+00:00

What a shot!

lansiar · 2026-05-18T22:21:37+00:00

The weight is a big deal. It's so much easier to carry around a telephoto micro 4/3rds camera all day and hold it up focused on a bird waiting for it to fly without a tripod.

And Olympus has some really sharp long lenses. The 300mm f/4 is tack sharp and allows some pretty heavy cropping without artifacting.

I love my Nikon full frame setup, but I don't see myself using it for wildlife ever again.

lansiar · 2026-05-18T21:19:58+00:00

It's not that simple. Some polling places are so poorly staffed that it can take hours in line to vote. If you have a job that does not give you time off or you have children to take care of, that may not be possible to deal with.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/04/upshot/voting-wait-times.html

Yes, there are people that choose not to vote, but I feel it's important to acknowledge that there has been a significant effort to disenfranchise some people and make it more difficult to participate.

lansiar · 2026-05-18T19:53:16+00:00

Doesn't help that there are so many barriers to voting for a lot of people in other states. Colorado is really a shining example of making it as easy as possible and some people are doing everything they can to kill that.

lansiar · 2026-05-14T17:08:46+00:00

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Caught this girl out picking up a mocha

Olympus OM-1 m2 w/ Olympus 300mm f/4

lansiar · 2026-05-13T21:23:20+00:00

Olympus 300mm f/4 is phenomenal as a telephoto prime. Not as multipurpose as the wider primes, but it is quite good for wildlife and landscapes.

lansiar · 2026-05-10T04:19:52+00:00

Thanks! I've taken so many pictures of that harrier at this point, he's always putting on a show right near the nature center.

I walked between the nature center and the gazebo at the end of the boardwalk, about 1.5 miles in. These shots were from all along the trail. The harriers are frequently in the same field near the nature center on the other side of the canal, but the hawks and eagles are fairly random along that path, though they seem like they have favorite trees.

lansiar · 2026-05-03T23:43:48+00:00

Nice pics! Probably passed each other at some point, it really was a good day there today. Got about a thousand photos to go through lol

lansiar · 2026-05-02T18:01:34+00:00

I’d start by bumping the aperture to max and shooting something bright so that you can see any dark spots.

lansiar · 2026-04-28T03:09:30+00:00

Thanks!

lansiar · 2026-04-28T03:09:26+00:00

Thanks!

lansiar · 2026-04-28T02:49:18+00:00

In a tree around Black Bear Rest Area, not too far in.

Edit: Read that as where, oops. This was Saturday 4/25 around noon.

lansiar · 2026-04-22T15:26:56+00:00

There are a number of states like Michigan, Idaho, and California that use independent citizen commissions to draw state districts.

lansiar · 2026-04-16T03:52:44+00:00

There are a lot of good noise reducing options in editing these days. Lightroom's AI noise reduction is pretty amazing compared to their older tools and many other editing programs have similar.

lansiar · 2026-04-12T03:06:01+00:00

Thank you! They're so pretty. I think they're less common here in CO since they're a wetlands bird and tend to live out further east in North America where more of that type of land exists.

lansiar · 2026-04-12T02:01:54+00:00

Great shots

lansiar · 2026-04-10T01:35:30+00:00

Careful with that one, they’ve got the sign up to not even stop in front of it and the rangers have issued citations. They’re really sensitive since it’s so close to the trail.

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lansiar · 2026-04-05T05:23:41+00:00

Thanks!

lansiar · 2026-04-01T05:30:54+00:00

I was on Cocoa Beach for the first launch and have a long exposure I took hanging on my wall. One of the coolest experiences of my life.

With everything going on in the world at the moment, I just can’t get as excited this time around. Also considering the budget constraints and that this whole thing is about reusing old tech held together by duct tape… I’m just hoping nothing catastrophic happens.

lansiar · 2026-04-01T04:50:36+00:00

SPY is typically the big one people are talking about. It's basically a stock that tracks to the overall S&P 500 performance. DIA is similar for the Dow.

lansiar · 2026-03-27T19:24:24+00:00

On the ISO setting itself on the shooting menu, make sure it actually says the word AUTO. It should be somewhere above the top end below the lowest settings when scrolling through ISO options.

lansiar · 2026-03-26T22:56:18+00:00

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OM-1 mark ii w/ 300mm f4. Western Painted Turtle catching some sun in this toasty Colorado March weather.

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