May 1st

[Photo-John]

If April showers bring May flowers, what does May snow bring?

[Photo-John]

Ok, not only has it been snowing on and off all day today, but yesterday I went for a bike ride in snow, hail, and sun. Very interesting. And excellent for photos! When we were getting started and the snow was really coming down, I was having second thoughts. But it was sooooo worth it in the end.

All photos were taken my current point-and-shoot test camera, the waterproof and shockproof, 10-megapixel Olympus Stylus 1030 SW. I think they've done a very good job improving this camera! Of course, these photos aren't right out of the camera. But the files it's delivering are very workable. I'm very pleased.

[photophorous]

Cold feet?

[Dylan8i]

wow i love that last shot.

[ken1953]

hmmm...glad it's you and not us...we've been lucky since being back in WI...no snow anywhere!!!! whew!!! hehe
Great shots, as usual...I love your trail shots!!!

[JETA]

WAAAAAAAAAH! PJ, I hate feet.

The last pic is phenomenal! Much better then the feet. :P

[JamesV]

John, we have been getting dumped on with rain and my back yard looks like a forest. I am going to cut the grass with the weed whacker just to get thru it. :yikes:

BTW, I love the second shot.

James

[gahspidy]

That last shot of the rider in the backdrop of the mountains is excellent. love it.

[mn shutterbug]

Amazing shots. Considering your scenic locale, I'm surprised we don't see more photos from you.

[Photo-John]

Amazing shots. Considering your scenic locale, I'm surprised we don't see more photos from you.

Check my gallery. Lately I've been doing a lot of review stuff and so my photos are going straight to the gallery. I haven't had much time for posting on the forums.

[JFSanders]

And just think it was only 81F yesterday here.....

[another view]

Nice - in the second to last shot, the older 720SW wouldn't have done anywhere near as good of a job. I know there's a lot of PP going on here, but getting a useable backlit file is a bit of a challenge with it.

[Photo-John]

Nice - in the second to last shot, the older 720SW wouldn't have done anywhere near as good of a job. I know there's a lot of PP going on here, but getting a useable backlit file is a bit of a challenge with it.

Yes, the image quality from the 1030 SW is much better. However, you're right about the post processing. There was quite a bit with this photo. And I took 4 or 5 photos to get an exposure that I knew I could work with. But that's not really a big deal. That's how good photos are made. I would have done it the same way with a digital SLR.