Congrats on the new gear, getting something new often does inspire one to improve :-)
I like this one best. Good night time scene, clear and sharp.
Nice curved shadows and the colourful blurred moving bus make it good. Of course, coming from you, there are people in ther too :-)

That first one is lovely, I like the idea of it "being bathed in green light". I'll have to look out for that and embrace the idea on my forest trips too :-)

Thanks. Since this was a family trip there wasn't much time for searching around like that. But it does feel like a place that has more potential

I like this one best of your false colour shots. The blue and gold works well for me, and the scene has just enough of the otherworldliness to make it mysterious.

Re: Wandering The Moors (mostly) with the 100-400

It was the Olympus E-M1 MKII with the PL12-60 f/2.8-4.0. That lens survived having 15st of me land on it into rocks and mud, but the splash proofing gave up later that year when a friend and I went up to Whinlatter in torrential rain and borderline gale force conditions on Christmas Day. The conditions were awful, but the hike was hugely enjoyable in spite of this.

The lens lasted several hours of relentless rain before finally getting waterlogged and refusing to focus anymore. It did dry out a couple of days later, but I never trusted it again and replaced it with the legendary Olympus 12-100 f/4.0 which has endured many hours in similar conditions without issue (along with the body which has never let me down either). If I'm heading out expecting terrible conditions that's the combination I will still take today.

Here are a few of shots from that very memorable hike. I wish I was still fit enough to indulge in this sort of silliness.

Ascending Whinlatter

I'd never visited Whinlatter before this day and I'm embarrassed to say it's one of the worst routes I've ever planned. We ended up way off path on the way up and outflanked by forestry work on the way back down. Not the best conditions for that sort of thing. It was utterly impossible to keep the front of the lens dry and before very long, my lens cloth was just smearing water around the objective lens rather than drying it, leading to this sort of effect.

Windspeed Measurements

The highest speed we measured was about 35MPH, which made the going tough and the rain sting, even blowing my friend - who's somewhat smaller than me - over a couple of times a exposed points. Ah, fun times.

The View Through A Waterlogged Lens

Shortly after reaching the summit the lens gave up. It's worth pointing out that the camera happily continued to work, but the lens could not achieve focus because there was water on the inside of the front element. It dried out some days later though and I still use it occasionally on my GM5. This is what it looked like at the time though.

I have been carrying the Z7 24-70/2.8 combo along with the X-H2 100-400 combo without too much difficulty. Admittedly, not up any mountains to date, so two Z bodies and my Z 24-70+100-400 might be manageable.

I might be better off getting a 2nd Z7 from a weight / bulk point of view, although there are several features on the Z8 that I'd really like (specifically, that multi angle screen, low rolling shutter video and most importantly, the ability to simultaneously display the horizon and histogram at the same time, an apparently impossible feat for a Z7 to achieve).

8. Sheepish Sunset

Thanks, for an unexpected image it turned out quite nicely.

Tastefully done historic graffiti.

I'd never heard of Dufton Ghyll and having looked it up, it turns out not to be too far from here, so I'll have to take a trip up there at some point.

Happy new camera. Panasonic cameras are great and now that they've finally adopted phase detect AF they're even better.

I like the last shot a lot. I wouldn't have the nerve to take a shot like that of complete strangers, so bravo on your bravado assuming that's the case.

Love those early hours in local park, light is just breaking through trees, everything is quiet and fresh.

Mt. Baker - as we were hiking in the North Cascades (Chain Lakes Loop Trail).

Hmmmm. Trying to figure out how to post a larger-size image and show the EXIF.

Hi cpm
At first it's a bit tricky,.. but easy really :-)
when you're editing you can click on the up arrow, shown inside the blue ring in this screen shot, and choose the file to upload.

then when the file is loaded , click on the symbol shown in my next screenshot to include it in the body of your reply

That will insert a link in your text and you can see what that looks like with a click of the preview button before posting

The EXIF will appear automatically.

Trevor

Thank-you Fireplace! My SOP (to keep things manageable since the originals are pretty big)... I reduce the dimensions (image size) to roughly 50% or 60% and also compress the JPG. Here goes...

THANK-YOU, Trevor! Cool. 😎 I don't know there the "0" and the "N" went -- but that's fine (camera = "D81"). Yes, the mountain is in the middle -- I have some others with (possibly) a more creative composition. I'm mainly just happy with the 60mm lens that I picked-up (used) a couple of months ago.

Plombergstein -- Beautiful. I will look it up on a map. You took a hike with wife/family -- and I also took a hike with my wife (North Cascades). Now that you have shown me how to upload images, I may post another one... or assemble a set and do it next week (similar to your approach). Your stitch is EXCELLENT. I like stitching, too. What camera/lens did you use? Detail is superb... which is the whole point of stitching, right? 😉

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Plombergstein
We wanted to choose a hike to show my sister and brother-in-law the joys of Austria.
My wife suggested the big mountain-like rock called Plombergstein, and that fits the bill nicely :-)

It starts with a hike up though a forest, a bit steep but not too bad, then you suddenly get to the top and it opens up to a splendid view of Lake Wolfgangsee and the town of St. Gilgen.
But the best part is still to come; you can descend on a different route on the other side through a "rock garden" that has a nice mystical vibe.
Lots of moss covered trees, rock caves, deep crevices and holes, gorges and places to scramble over. Not so easy to photograph though!

They loved it!
Here's some shots including a few family photos

I am learning (I think?) -- need to use the "quote" button. Looked it up on a map. Wolfgangsee. About 25 km from Salzburg.

The whole gully is only about a mile long but there seem to be several paths on the south side. The quarries are at the eastern (upstream) end.There's a car park in the village.
I've also walked up onto the main pennine escarpment from Dufton, past the old lead mines and looping around and returning via High Cup Nick - that's quite a hike. There are lots of other possibilities too.

LOVE this one 😊 How did you get that lovely soft look?