WARREN CONNECTICUT – More with the Leitz 5cm Elmar lens from the early 1950s.
Day 5,869 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Looking back exactly 13 years to fog in Manhattan. Day1,121 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – More work with an old lens: a Leitz Elmsr 5cm f 3.5 from the early 1950s.
Day 5868 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Looking back six years to the beach at Naples Florida. Day 3676 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – I decided to spend a week or so shooting old lenses on my Leica Monochrom. Today I’m working with a 5cm Carl Zeiss Jena Sonar from 1945, judging from its serial number. This is an odd lens indeed. There was very limited Zeiss production in 1945, and the Soviets were in the process of dismantling the Zeiss Jena facility and moving it to Kiev as part of the war reparations program. The lens cell is in a aircraft alloy focusing mount for a Leica screw mount camera. There is no depth of field scale. It looks like a one-off. The lens is coated (the newest technology then) and a perfect condition. The focusing cam works perfectly with the modern digital body.
The early sonar rendering is lovely.
Day 5,867 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Looking back four years to a major Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Day 4,406 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Nothing too challenging today. A favorite view on the way home.
Day 5,866 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Looking back precisely 11 years to trash in Manhattan. Day 1,848 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
DANBURY CONNECTICUT – Still in the hospital. There are ethical issues photographing here: I really do need to respect the privacy of other patients and their families, so you’re getting a picture of a wall today, with a clock as a bonus! If I were here a bit longer I could work on some better ideas, but I talked my way out of here, so tomorrow will be back to normal.
Day 5,865 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Looking back four years to London and the exquisite exhaust manifold of a friend’s 1932 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750. Day 4.404 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
DANBURY CONNECTICUT – Today I found myself admitted to the Danbury Hospital for observation, after what turned out to be a minor health episode. Days like these that provide challenges for my photo a day project. Here’s Maria hanging out in my pleasant, sunny room. Shot with my iPhone, the only camera I had with me.
Day 5,864 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Looking back exactly 15 years to an epic woman on Park Avenue, New York. Day 385 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – It got cold last night. This is the beginning of the end for the hostas (and a lot of other tender plants).
Day 5,863 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Looking back exactly 16 years to Leonello. Day 19 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
