Last week, I didn’t manage to post anything as I was away in Italy, where I was doing some snowshoeing. It’s something that I love to do as it can take you into the depths of the countryside in conditions that you otherwise couldn’t walk in. That’s when you find some of the most magical conditions for photography.

Here are a few images I shot on my trip. I can’t tell you where they were or which mountains they are. All I remember is that they grabbed my attention, and I had to capture the scene.

This was captured using my Olympus EM5 Mark 3 and Panasonic 14-140 Lens at 81mm. It’s a handheld exposure of 1/500 second at f/6.3 and ISO200.

This next image was taken the previous day to the one above while trekking up a valley near my accommodation. At the top of the trail was this amazing peak.

This was also taken using the Olympus EM5 Mark 3 and Panasonic 14-140 lens at 81mm (that’s a complete coincidence). It’s a handheld exposure of 1/640 second at f/6.3 and ISO200.

Finally, we have this shot, which I converted to black and white.

This is again with the Olympus EM5 Mark 3 and Panasonic 14-140 lens but at 40mm. It’s a handheld exposure of 1/400 second at f/6.3 and ISO200. I did the conversion to black and white using Nik Silver Efex Pro.

I took the last shot above from the cable car on the descent after our final day’s trekking. If you are wondering why I didn’t get any reflection from the glass, it’s because I was standing outside, on top of the cable car. This was something of a personal victory for me because I hate cable cars.

As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, I find the little Olympus EM5 Mark 3 my perfect travel camera. I love trekking with this because it’s so small and light. And this time, because I had it paired with the Panasonic 14-140 lens, it was lighter and more compact than ever. This was the only lens I used whilst trekking. Although the performance isn’t as good as my Leica 12-60 lens, it was fine for most of the images.

I hope you like my holiday images and have a great weekend.