August Photo: Incense in Vietnam
If you like photography and visit Vietnam, you can't miss the place where the incense sticks are made. These are very colorful images that, although they have been photographed thousands of times, never lose their charm. I wanted to show the woman placing the sticks, but with her hands hidden; and I wanted to show her face without her looking directly at it. I used a wide aperture to achieve a shallow depth of field and focus attention on the human figure.
Camera: OM Digital Solutions OM-1 Zuiko Pro 40-150mm F2.8 lens. ISO 640, 1/200, and f/4.5. Author: Yolanda Moreno
July photo: Dry tree in the Dead Vlei desert, Namibia
To get this photo, we had to leave before dawn, arriving just before the sun illuminated the dunes. There were only two other people there at that time, so we were able to photograph calmly until the sun illuminated the entire scene. We had time to take photos with and without lighting in the dunes, from various angles. After taking several photos with my Panasonic m43 camera, it occurred to me to take one with my cell phone, to take advantage of its 48 MP sensor. I chose an isolated tree, with a slightly low vantage point. The result is really good, with amazing resolution and sharpness.
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Camera. 6.86mm f/1.78 lens. ISO 100, 1/2500, and f/1.8. Author: Juan Abal
June Photo: Interior Design
Sometimes you find curious images in the most unexpected places: we were having breakfast in a traditional Japanese hotel when we saw this scene on one of the room's walls. They look like paintings, but they're actually openings in the paper walls that lead to a garden. It's a curious, minimalist, very Japanese scene.
Apple iPhone 14 Pro camera. 6.86mm f/1.78 lens. ISO 80, 1/160, and f/1.8. Author: Juan Abal
January Photo: Kestrel searching for prey
We were walking along the coast of Asturias and saw this kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) perched on a fence while searching for prey in the nearby fields. It let us get very close, and we were able to take this portrait with a great background blur.
OM Digital Solutions OM-1 camera. Olympus 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 lens. ISO 320, 1/1600, and f/6.3. Photographer: Yolanda Moreno