NEW YORK NEW YORK – Our lovely warm Autumn has permitted the begonias on the Park Avenue islands to grow longer and larger than I’ve ever seen them before – they are actually chest high. Taken with my Sony RX100 II, which I’m still carrying around after last night. Kind of a mundane image but keeps the photo a day thing alive.
On this day last year: Fall color. A lot of these this time of year. A lot of them in black
NEW YORK NEW YORK – First day back I’ve taken exactly one picture (Monochrom with Luxochron lens):
On this day one year ago: Debris.
FRANKFURT AM MAIN GERMANY – We flew here from Munich yesterday afternoon, making our way back home. There is little in Frankfurt that predates the war – the Alte Oper Haus is one of the few exceptions. The shell survived and the interior has been restored, and in the case of the hall itself modernized. Maria and I had separately had dinner at a restaurant there but were curious to see a performance on this our one free night in Frankfurt. It turns out that the event that we got tickets for was the launch of Latvian Cultural Days, sponsored by the ECB. No kidding. The Latvian National Orchestra was in attendance. Fine musicians doomed to play music of Latvian composers: the music could have been a sound track from a 1950s Disney feature-length cartoon. There were speeches by Mario Draghi (in nuanced English) and the Latvian Prime Minister (in German). We were in the third row. Security was heavy. An altogether odd evening but the acoustics in the hall were excellent. I did find out that Yelp works here – it led us to an excellent Thai dive for dinner.
Anyway, that was yesterday. Today I got up at dawn and walked around for three hours before leaving for the airport. Images of Frankfurt taken with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Luxochron lens.
On this day one year ago: Central Park.
SCHLOSS ELMAU – We hiked today, around 12 miles round trip from here to the Ferchensee, where there is an old fashioned Bavarian inn that served us freshly caught trout for lunch. Images from the trail – color with my Leica M and 24mm Summilux lens and black and white with my Leica Monochrom and Luxochron lens.
On this day one year ago: tall grass.
NEAR GARMISCH GERMANY – We arrived at Schloss Elmau, here in the foothills of the Tyrollean Alps, after an overnight flight from New York to Frankfurt, a rushed transfer to a flight to Munich and a two hour van ride. Lovely site. We arrived in time for sunset, taken with my Leica Monochrom and Luxochron lens. The snow is the aftermath of a freak early storm from two days ago.
On this day last year: Lexington Avenue in good light.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Some new experiments. My Leica Monochrom produces very high resolution. Most of the images that I post here have the capacity to be printed at 24 x 36 inches with ease. What if I crop aggressively: if I’m only interested in web resolution I can crop to very small areas. Here’s an example from today:
On this day last year: ground fog.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Fall captured with my Leica Monochrom and Luxochron lens.
On this day last year: Leaf season.
I took a picture on the same spot yesterday – it’s very appealing this time of year – but with a less wide lens (the Luxochrom) and using selective focus to emphasize the birches. Which do you prefer?
