NEW YORK NEW YORK – That’s right . . . the date above says April 15. Tax day in the US. Ugh . . . We pay our first quarter estimated taxes today and it turns out that the recent tax increases have real teeth. I may have to give up photography for chalk drawing on sidewalks. My heart’s certainly not in imagery. Here’s what seems to be my best photo effort for the day.
On this day last year: More damned Spring color. Stop doing this you idiot.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – We’ve had a pattern here in the past few weeks where most days have a high overcast, but at sunrise the sun peeks under it for a few minutes. So here we are in lovely early morning light looking straight up with my Leica M and an 18mm Super Elmar M lens.
Two takes on the same subject. Same camera but with my 35mm Leica Summicron v.IV, a lens from the 1970s known as the “bokeh king”.
On this day one year ago: Spring in Connecticut. Spring is arriving at least three weeks later this very cold year. But last year at this time . . . this year I’m working with my Monochrom a lot to avoid the Spring colors trap.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – You call this spring?! This is an outrage! I want my money back. The snowdrops (galanthus) have just poked their heads up. Six full weeks later than last year. The forsythia haven’t bloomed! I might as well be in Minnesota.
I shot the snowdrops with my iPhone – that’s how I get close to small things.
On this day last year: 11th Avenue.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Driven inside, mostly, by a freezing rain.
On this day one year ago: Out my window.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – A busy day – no time for niceties like taking pictures. I did my end of a long day thing with my iPhone around the house. Here’s a pretty good looking dragon.
On this day last year: Basketball.
WASHINGTON DC – I’m here in DC at some client meetings. They start around 8:00 AM but that let’s me get up and catch the morning magic hour with such monuments and flowering stuff (there’s a lot of it) as are within walking range of our hotel. These are all with my Leica M and an 18mm Super Elmar M lens – my go to wide these days. That’s the same contrail in the first two images.
On this day last year: Blond. Yawn . . .
WASHINGTON DC – Still here. Meeting. But slipping out in the early morning to catch the AM magic hour and some magnolias. The cherry blossoms are also out but they are concentrated on the Tidal Basin, which is uncomfortably far from my hotel given my tight schedule. So I settle for magnolias. These are with my Leica M and 18mm Super Elmar lens. This is a nice travel kit, by the way. The Leica is a camel in terms of battery capacity. I’ve been shooting a week on a single charge.
On this day last year: Hartsdale house.
