Tag Archives: OM 1

Birds, Charleston, Close-up, OM System, Wildlife

A Decent Test Shot, Chickadee

June 4, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

I almost always shoot long, with a long lens. So when I’m out back looking around for the little green guys I just don’t even try for a shot at any birds. I’m carrying a shorter lens so I just assume they are too far, but on this one I went for a shot anyway.

I now know I can push a shot much further than I thought.

I’m typing this out on the back porch so I don’t have the details handy. However this was taken with an OM 12-100 on an OM-1 (1). The image was cropped… a lot.

Marc at Open Source Photography just published an interesting article on this same subject. Click here to view.

Birds, Marsh, OM System, Stork, Swamp, Wildlife

Big Guy Fly By, Wood Stork

June 4, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

Unless you photograph Wood Storks on a regular basis you don’t realize the usual problems when shooting them. The obvious one is size. However it’s more like size and focus.

An example is the wings. Getting the wing tips, on both wings, in focus is tricky. The same goes for getting both his huge beak and feet in focus at the same time. This is not something that’s a big issue with most birds.

Switching to OM helped, depth of field is much better on their cameras. By default most shots will have a deeper depth, which I think is great for wildlife photography.

Below is a good sample. This big bird could not have been more spread out. There’s probably about 8 feet between wing tips here.

I’m not the type of photographer that will be flipping around f stops when a big bird suddenly drops out of a tree.

Charleston, Close-up, OM System, Wildlife

Frog Fun – OM Systems Colors

June 3, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

I may have published a Tree Frog on our Hummingbird feeder before. I was sure I did, but here in the WP web site world I can’t find any older images. Doesn’t matter these are fresh off the hard drive 😋😋.

I have read one of the best features of Fuji cameras is their color rendering. I have also read the reaction of Fuji users when first shooting OM. The color red gets high praise. I don’t think you can get a better example than these.

Alligator, Charleston, OM System, Swamp, Wildlife

Alligator Close Up

June 1, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

First, let me be clear. We weren’t all that close. Though the lens couldn’t get the entire gator in focus.

In the local swamp it’s common for an Alligator to float around just a few feet off the trails. If nobody is around they crawl up on the bank to get dry and nap.

He looks half asleep in this shot 😆.

Birds, Marsh, OM System, Swamp, What I Saw, Wildlife

White Ibis, The Peak Breeding Colors

May 30, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

This is it. A White Ibis at the peak of their mating colors.

Looks painful doesn’t it.

I describe it as blood red in any place that has no feathers. Which is almost accurate. Baby blue eyes and a black at the point of the beak, but everything else is red.