Leo Gayola OM magazine

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INTERVIEW
O LY M P U S M A G A Z I N E | J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 1

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Léo Gayola

Putting the M.Zuiko 150-400mm F4.5
TC1.25x IS PRO lens to the test, Léo
discovered local photo opportunities
Photographer bio
How did you get into wildlife and
nature photography?
When I was 20 I took a course in
environmental education where I was
able to test out some professional
photo equipment, too. I fell in love
with nature photography!
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Country: France
Speciality: Nature & wildlife
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Talk us through some of your
favourite photographs.
On a photo trip I went to the Lofoten
Islands in Norway last year. The
patterns on the black sand mixed
with salt-water inspired me, so I used
my M.Zuiko 7-14mm F2.8 PRO lens at
7mm to capture the scene in all its
dramatic atmosphere (3).
When I was in the Camargue on
a photo course that I supervised,
we found a small group of agria
dragonfly perched on the dry grass.
They were about ten metres into the
middle of the pond, so I decided to
put my M.Zuiko 300mm F4.0 IS PRO
– which has a 600mm equivalent –
to the test. The sky was grey which
meant I could overexpose the shot to
create a really bright effect. Shooting
at 1/25 sec handheld, I was able to
capture this magical moment. The
trainees couldn’t believe it (1)!
During my test of the new M.Zuiko
150-400mm F4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO lens,
I set out to find the little owl (2) in
its natural environment in the Ecrins
national park near my home. I
was able to locate my subject and
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I used my M.Zuiko 7-14mm
F2.8 PRO lens at 7mm to
capture the scene in all its
dramatic atmosphere
(1) OM-D E-M1 Mark III | M.Zuiko 300mm
F4.0 IS PRO
1/25s | F8 | ISO 400
(2) OM-D E-M1X | M.Zuiko 150-400mm F4.5
TC1.25x IS PRO MC-20
1/40s | F10 | ISO 320
(3) OM-D E-M1 Mark III with M.Zuiko 7-14mm
F2.8 PRO
1/80 | F13 | ISO 500
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