Late January found me wrapping up two and a half weeks in Colombia, but instead of heading straight to my next stop in Uruguay, I made a last-minute detour through Bogotá to visit a new friend I’d recently made in Canada. Colombia had already offered up a few curveballs, so this was just one more to add to the list.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been enjoying a slower pace in Punta del Diablo, a small fishing village that’s now a popular tourist spot on Uruguay’s northern coast. The story of how I ended up here can wait for another day. What’s important is that this relaxed setting finally gave me the chance to try out one of my newest lenses, the Olympus 75mm f/1.8, which I snagged just before leaving Canada.