Category: Landscape

Sunday December 21, 2014

WARREN CONNECITCUT – I stopped on College Farm Road today and shot stubble fields in a very light dusting of snow. College Farm Road takes its name from the fact that it passes through the Tanners’ farm; the Tanners hold the farm under a 500 year lease, dating from 1798, from Yale College. The lease is the first recorded instrument in the Warren Town Hall.

Day 1,893 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.

Terry Tanner's field — Terry Tanner’s field

On this day two years ago (day 1,163): Subway. This image was taken with my 1945 Carl Zeiss Sonnar f1.5 lens. More on this in a later post: reviewing this image inspired my to strap this lens onto my Monochrom again.

Tags Farms, Snow, Warren, Winter

Landscape Urban

Saturday December 18, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday December 25, 2014
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NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m actually writing this on Christmas day – remember that I post with about a week’s delay to give me some breathing room for editing. I found a number of good images today but only one of them, the facade of the Waldorf Astoria hotel, is even vaguely Christmas-oriented so I’ll lead with the Waldorf. There was odd (for here) diffuse rather Flemish-looking sunlight today which gave familiar sights softer features.

Day 1,890 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.

On this day two years ago (day 1,891): Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church from the second floor of the Fendi shop across the street.

Tags New York, Park Avenue

Landscape

Wednesday December 17, 2014

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday December 24, 2014
12 Comments on Wednesday December 17, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Another gray day with flat light and bright sky. Ugh. Not a good environment for cityscapes. I plod onward.

Day 1,889 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.

On this day two years ago (day 1,159): Grumpy Santa. Kinda says it all. I’ve done a tighter crop of this for my twitter feed.

Tags New York

Landscape Urban

Monday December 15, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Here’s one of my favorite views of New York at one of my favorite times of day to photograph.

Day 1,887 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.

On this day five years ago )day 61): Brooklyn.

Tags Chrysler Building, Manhattan, New York

Landscape

Sunday December 14, 2014

WARREN CONNECITCUT – Have I mentioned that it’s winter here. I often shoot long on days like today – the flattened perspective appeals to me in the flat light. Here I’m using a relatively recent acquisition, a Leica M 90mm Summicron, on my Leica Monochrom camera. This lens consistently delivers outstanding results.

Day 1,886 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.

Terry Tanner's stubble field — Terry Tanner’s stubble field

On this day last year (day 1,521): Winter.

Tags Snow, Warren, Winter

Landscape Urban

Friday December 12, 2014

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I went out and about today with one of my miracle lenses, a Carl Zeiss 15mm Distagon. This is truly wide and free of linear distortion, and free of optical artifacts and other junk corner to corner. But of course it’s extremely hard to control the images and its really important to keep it level. Here are a couple of ideas with it.

Day 1,884 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.