Author: Woody

Friday February 17, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday February 23, 2012

GASPARILLA ISLAND FLORIDA – I spent the afternoon looking for non-beach, non-bird, non-sunrise, non-sunset images on this barrier island on the west coast of Florida. As noted in a previous post I’m packing my Sony Nex-7 and a variety of Leica lenses. Today I stuck with the 24mm Summilux, which is roughly the equivalent to a 35mm on the Nex-7 – a good all around focal length. This island is a colorful place so I’ve indulged my typical lack of editorial discipline and included three images:

On this day one year ago: Out my window.

Tags Church, Florida, Gasparilla

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Thursday February 16, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday February 22, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK and GASPARILLA ISLAND FLORIDA – We woke up today in New York, boarded a morning flight to Ft. Myer Florida, arrived there and drove to Gasparilla Island in time to be on the beach in the late afternoon. There is a lot of Florida that we don’t much care for but a 1980 legislation has protected Gasparilla from high density development – it’s like Nantucket with palm trees. I took my Sony Nex-7 and a selection of Leica lenses. Here is sunrise in New York (taken with a 135mm APO-Telyt lens) and a sunset on Gasparilla (taken with a 24mm Summilux lens).

I’ve done a number of these, including a sunrise on February 14 last year.

On this day last year: Hoboken taken with my Alpa TC.

Tags Florida, Gasparilla, Manhattan, Sunrise, Sunset

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Wednesday February 15, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday February 21, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Well. Another long day at my day job. I managed to get out for a few minutes and catch this at Lever House with my Sony Nex-7. Not brilliant (the light was flat and ugly today frustrating my attempt to get something decent on the street at sunrise, but it’s a picture and I’ve promised you a picture a day.

On this day last year: the lady wears red.

Tags Lever House, Manhattan, New York, Park Avenue

Home Out my window

Tuesday February 14, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday February 21, 2012

NNEW YORK NEW YORK – A busy day of meetings. II got home and still hadn’t taken my picture (except one iPhone image from a meeting but I decided that it would be unprofessional to post it to the web. So I set up my Sony Nex-7 on a tripod in the dark with a wide lens (the 15mm Voigtlander) and did an image of out living room, draped with drop cloths, illuminated only by the light coming through the windows.

On this day last year: sunrise out my window.

Tags 1185 Park Avenue, Night, Night phography

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Monday February 13, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday February 19, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I had lunch with Alexander at Gallaghers so I found myself in the Broadway Times Square area after lunch. The light was magnificent. I had a very good several hours so I’ve made a mini gallery. All taken with my Sony Nex-7 and Leica 24 mm Summilux lens.

After a few weeks use I’m convinced that the Nex-7 and cameras like it (“mirrorless” designs with good ergonomics and build quality) are the way forward for owners of Leica lenses. Fuji has announced a similar design.

On this day one year ago: Dirty snow.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Times Square

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Sunday February 12, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday February 17, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I took a drive this morning in the good morning light in a random direction. I ended up at the Hopkins Vineyard, nice people at a lovely site who not surprisingly make not so great wines (the climate here is closer to Greenland than Bordeaux). I carried my Nex-7 and a variety of Leica lenses. These images are taken with the Leica 90 mm Elmarit. The second image is three frames stitched.

On this day last year: A lot of snow. Told you so.

Tags Connecticut, Vineyard, Vineyards, Warren

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Saturday February 11, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday February 17, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – We had a very light snow here. Very light indeed. About a quarter on an inch. 6 mm. The last big storm was the freak blizzard in October. I captured it in process with my Son Nex-7 and a Leica 90 mm Elmarit lens. Compare and contrast with last year – a Connecticut winter shot from 2011 will be last year’s picture tomorrow.

23rd Street.

Tags Connecticut, Snow, Warren, Winter