
It’s hot in Nuremberg, really really hot. So hot that this morning I decided to ditch my original plan to go shooting in the city. I did a bit of running in woods behind the house and then….nothing. As I have my “Around the world in 12 days” business trip coming up Tuesday I actually enjoy a bit of downtime. Summer vacation is still 6 weeks away. Not that we don’t have some refreshing seawater in Nuremberg. I’d just need to go to the Zoo. This would be really nice right now, taking a swim with our Dolphins in the beautiful open air lagoon that opened a few years ago.
The photos were taken with my Olympus OM-D E-M1 with the Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300mm F/4-5.6 Zoom. Shooting at the far end of the zoom range I dialed in 1/1250 sec shutter speed to make sure I get sharp shots of the ever fast-moving dolphins. For both images the Oly selected the largest available aperture, f/5.6 at the tele end of the zoom. Auto ISO gave me 1000 for the first photo and 1250 for the image below. Not great, but acceptable. I shot with center point autofocus (most reliable in this situations) in burst mode (increases your chance to get a good image when the subjects move fast).

Have a great weekend!
Marcus
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I hope that it’s cooled down some! We’ve had some unseasonably hot days here as well. I love dolphins. Great shots Marcus. π
Actually my wife told me it supercooled this past week down into the 60’s, but seemingly now the Summer has returned to Nuremberg.
Great captures.
Thanks ππ!!
We have had three really hot days, but I am not going to moan, its lovely. Love the tail shoot, and yes they cool you down at a glance π Lynne
Thanks, Lynne π ! Marcus
Stay cool there! Las Vegas had 116 again yesterday, and 113 on tap for today. The AC is going to work hard again!
Ok, I get it, I’m being a whimp here….But then, the concept of air conditioning isn’t known in Germany π
No, not a wimp at all. Heat is heat. Humidity augments it. No AC?
Air conditioning isn’t really a thing in Europe… more heating
True, for those ten days that are hot π
Haha HA yes !
No AC, neither at home nor in the office….it’s supposed to cool down tonight anyway….
Nice and cool, Marcus! Beautiful action shots.
Sending you a cooling breeze from Norway. π
Thanks, Dina, much appreciated :-), also the breeze π
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