u/leejanesburns

Hi all. I've grown 4 different herbs on my first attempt with my auk mini. Everything has grown great, but everything seems to be really lacking flavour, even in comparison to supermarket bought herbs, and definitely compared to outside-grown.

There's just the faintest flavour of what the herb actually is, along with a very generic, slightly bitter 'green' flavour.

Has anyone else had this issue and have you managed to resolve it?

See pic- basil, red orrach, dill and parsley.

I picked up an aging Olympus EM-5 mkii mostly to take pictures of Warhammer miniatures, but am really enjoying using it out and about and trying it in different environments, and then editing the RAW files a bit in Affinity.

So far I've just got the 14-42 Olympus kit lens and the 40-150 to get a bit of reach, all of which was pretty cheap. I've ordered an old Helios 44-2 off eBay for some retro fun.

I'm wondering what lenses people really like and would make a sensible next step? I guess what I'm missing is something that would work well indoors or in low light at a wide aperture.

I'm also interested in just how much of a step up pro lenses are in comparison to cheaper stuff.

Few early pics for your consideration - any pointers or comments gratefully accepted.