Category: Landscape

Tuesday September 5, 2017

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent the better part of the day downtown in the World Trade Center area. Some good images at the 9/11 Memorial. Some touristy images around the Oculus transportation hub. All images shot with a 24-70 zoom on my Sony A7Rii. I don’t ordinarily work with zooms because they are never as good corner to corner as the best primes shooting wide open, which is where I like to work. This one is pretty good, but is heavy and bulky, negating the small size advantage of the Sony.

Day 2882 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

On this day three years ago (day 1786): Hmmm . . .

Sculpture
Sculpture

Sunday September 3, 2017

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I took a walk today in a neighbor’s woods where he stores disused farm equipment. Shot with my Sony A7rii and my Leica f.95 Noctilux lens (used wide open in this image), which results in characteristic edgy bokeh. Converted to black and white with my own formula, an attempt to match film response. The Nocti is actually easier to focus on the Sony than it is on a Leica body.

Day 2,880 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

On this day seven years ago (day 323): Infrared abstract on 57th Street.

57th Street

Wednesday August 30, 2017

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent the day shooting with my Sony A7rii and the very good (but large and heavy) native f1.4 50mm lens, translating to black and white in post. Technically the results are pretty satisfying. I’m going to have to do some more serious work on black and white translations.

Day 2,876 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

On this day six years ago (day 685): Edward Hopper light translated to black and white.

Tuesday August 29, 2017

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I strapped my Leica 50mm f.95 Noctilux onto my Leica Monochrom camera today and went out to the Conservatory Garden in Central Park. The concept was to shoot it wide open with an neutral density filter, using live view to focus, rather than the rangefinder which isn’t that reliable at f.95. From a focus standpoint the results were fine, but I’m finding that I don’t really care for the swirly bokeh – the look of the out of focus portions of the image – that characterizes this lens. Judge for yourself.

Day 2,875 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

On this day seven years ago (day 319): Food Market, Nairobi

Sunday August 27, 2017

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I’ve discussed before my struggles trying to render the Eastern deciduous landscape. Today I spent a few hours wandering through the woods with a camera, shooting handheld bracketed shots to turn into HDR images. I shot with my Sony a7rii. Interestingly the dynamic range of the Sony is sufficiently wide that the HDR’s offered little dynamic range advantage, and of course introduced some digital artifacts.

Day 2,875 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

On this day last year (day 2,505): Farm fresh eggs.

Tanner farm

Thursday August 24, 2017

BRONX NEW YORK – We stopped in the Bronx on the way to Connecticut to visit the Dale Chihuly works in the New York Botanical Garden. I’d seen this installation in the daytime. See Chihuly sculpture. The idea on this trip was to catch it at might. Chihuly is sensational – he speaks importunely with his own unique voice. Like James Turrell, another favorite artist of ours, Chihuly works in his own medium away from New York and Los Angels. An amazing evening.

Day 2,870 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

On this day two years ago (day 2,139): Apple Store at the Plaza. This is now al closed off for construction of a new Apple Store.