Visited the local wildlife area to feed the mosquitoes, and took the GM1 with Leica 25 f1.4.
Frustrating afternoon, in that I took 50 shots with only a couple of keepers, and even they were only borderline. I had a devil of a time in the forest with blown out highlights where the sun broke through the trees. But even more exasperating, was the forest had very heavy undergrowth and the camera focused on any wayward branch or whatever it chose to. The touchscreen is virtually useless in bright sun, so I had touch auto focus disabled for the afternoon, which meant it should only focus in a box area locked to the centre of the LCD. But even so, the AF seemed to vary excessively. Next time, I will try spot focus. This was my first outing with the Leica 25, and perhaps I was rushing the AF a little. If I stood still for more than a few seconds, the mosquitoes homed in for a feeding.
This shot is full image. I saved a copy with some of the foliage in the foreground cropped out, but I think I prefer the full image. I thought about waiting to see if the breeze would subside for a classic mirror image of the clouds on the water, but the bugs were too much of a nuisance.
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