Author: Woody

Friday March 16, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday March 22, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – We stayed in town tonight (rare for us on a Friday) to take some Swedish friends to the Red Rooster, a restaurant owned by celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson. “Celebrity chef” is used without irony here. Marcus is a sensation and his success is well-deserved. Think of the dinner as an “event” in very poor light. I shot the following with my Sony Nex-7 waring a 50mm Leica Summilux lens.

On this day last year: The familiar view out my window. A brick wall torture test for a new lens.

Tags Harlem, New York, Restaurant

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Thursday March 15, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday March 21, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I had a bit of time to day to get to know my new lens a bit better. Here’s an image taken in our living room. I’ve used a technique called focus stacking: taking 6 (in this case) images with differing focus points and combining them (using specialized software) into a single image. This was taken with my Alpa Max; I’ve leveled the camera and shifted the lens downward about 12mm to get a pleasing composition with a prominent foreground (a common strategy for shooting wide angle lenses) at the same time keeping vertical lines true.

Here’s what my Alpa TC looks like with the new Rodenstock 32mm lens and my Phase One digital back. As you see it’s a handful, but actually quite manageable.

On this day one year ago: Beantown.

Tags Manhattan, Out my window

Landscape Urban

Wednesday March 14, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday March 21, 2012

BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS – Out my hotel window again. This time at 4:30 AM. Sony Nex-7 with 24mm Leica Summilux lens.

On this day last year: Bloomberg Building.

Tags Boston, Night, Night photography

Landscape Urban

Tuesday March 13, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday March 20, 2012

BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS – Bach here in Boston for some meetings. Captured out my hotel room window with my Sony Nex-7.

On this day last year: Tree.

Tags Boston

Landscape Street Urban

Monday March 12, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday March 19, 2012

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – This morning I worked out a trade, exchanging my 35mm Schneider XL lens for a Rodenstock 32mm at Fotocare. The Schneider has some technical issues with the IQ 180 back that I’ve been fight for some time. The light was slightly hazy with nice transparent shadows. Fotocare is in the flatiron district so I did some shooting on my way there and then test drove the new lens to make sure that I was comfortable shooting it hand held (its a pound and a half heavier than the Schneider).

Heres the Flatiron building (actually its shadow) shot with the Schneider. The issues are fairly subtle and don’t show up in a black and white image at web resolution.

These are with the Rodenstock:

On this day one year ago: Hopkins Vineyard.

Tags Flatiron Building, Manhattan, New York

Landscape

Sunday March 11, 2012

WASHINGTON CONNECTICUT – I went out looking for barns this morning and found a local farm with a really nice collection. Here’s a sample taken with my Alpa and 35mm Schneider XL lens. It was late for this sort of shot and the light was not noteworthy. Have to get up earlier as longer days approach.

On this day one year ago: Petco.

Tags Barns, Connecticut, Washington CT

Landscape

Saturday March 10, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday March 16, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Winter is closing down here, which means that the days get longer, which means that you have to get up earlier to get the best morning light, which means that you’re probably going to see more sunsets from me. Nonetheless I managed to get up early enough today to catch some very nice light at the construction site near us. Taken with my Alpa TC and a 35mm Schneider lens.

On this day last year: Tulips.

Tags Connecticut, Construction