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Landscape

Monday January 7, 2013

SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA – I spent the afternoon bicycling on the beach in Santa Monica and Venice. Here’s an image toward sunset taken with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Summilux lens.

Santa Monica Beach
Santa Monica Beach

On this day last year: Ten Mile River.

Ten Mile River
Ten Mile River
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Portrait Street

Sunday January 6, 2013

VENICE CALIFORNIA – We had a shopping and eating day today on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, which is said to be one of the best shopping streets in the world. By whom I don’t know. Perhaps someone who has never been to Paris or Milan. But it really is kind of funky and fun. Images taken with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Summilux lens.

Haberdasher
Haberdasher
Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Abbot Kinney Boulevard

This with my iPhone and then “percolated”

Brewed in Percolator
Brewed in Percolator

On this day last year: Risotto alla Milanese. Home cooking. Have I mentioned that I’m a foodie?

Risotto alla Milanese
Risotto alla Milanese
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Animals Portrait Travel

Saturday January 5, 2013

SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA – We started the day in Manhattan and ended it in Santa Monica. Maria is here on business and I’m tagging along to explore Santa Monica and Naples and to drive up to Camera West in Rancho Mirage to trade my extensive Phase One and Alpa technical camera gear for a Leica S medium format camera. The technical camera actually brings out the worst in me – my shooting gets cramped and stilted (to my eye) once I put the camera on a tripod. More on this in future posts. For today I shot this fellow artist on the Santa Monica pier (a refuge for harmless sleaze) with my Leica Monochrome and a 35mm Leica Summilux wide angle lens.

Artist
Artist

Here’s a no-no. A pet. Basil, our splendid Norwich Terrier. I’ve sworn never to post pictures of pets or cute kids, so this is bad behavior on my part. Taken with my iPhone and processed a bit.

Basil
Basil

On this day last year: a travel day at Midway Airport.

Chicago
Chicago
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Landscape Urban

Friday January 4, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Taken with my Leica Monochrom and 18mm Super Elmar lens – one of my very favorite lenses.

Grating
Grating

On this day last year: Earthship.

Earthship 1
Earthship 1
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Landscape Urban

Thursday January 3, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Taken with my Leica Monochrom and a 1945 vintage Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm Sonnar lens.

Lipstick
Lipstick

On this day one year ago: Taos Pueblo. I occasionally use a cropped version of this images as a header for this blog.

Cemetery Taos Pueblo
Cemetery Taos Pueblo
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Landscape Religion Urban

Wednesday January 2, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I walked around our neighborhood today looking for pictures. These are taken with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Summilux lens. This is three frames stitched:

Brick Church
Brick Church

No stitching here:

Local Law 10
Local Law 10

this with my 90mm Elmarit lens, two frames stitched:

Sunset
Sunset

On this day last year: Wheeler Wilderness.

On the trail
On the trail
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Portrait

Tuesday January 1, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – New Years day. Slightly hung over and out of sorts. I took exactly one picture today, a picture of Maria walking the dog. On reviewing it I was horrified to find out that it looked like a terrible ’50s snapshot – harsh and over exposed in the bright sun. This with my Leica MM and 35mm Summilux lens, demonstrating that good equipment doesn’t make good pictures. I downsized it, moved to my iPhone and processed with Plastic Bullet, which adds a bunch of grunge. It looks pretty much like a ’50s snapshot badly processed.

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On this day last year: Taos mountain.

Taos Mountain
Taos Mountain
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