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Landscape Urban

Sunday September 30, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Back home. Out the window of a taxi on the ride back from the airport.

Overpass
Overpass

On this day one year ago: Bus.

Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle
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Family and friends Landscape Street Travel

Saturday September 29, 2012

PAGET BERMUDA – We’re staying at the Coral Beach Club, which we were given an introduction to by a friend’s aunt way back when we were first married. We’re actually here with our children to celebrate our anniversary (today) and Maria’s birthday (yesterday). Still chugging along with my Monochrom. The weather was cloudy today – remember what I said about the reliability of the weather in Bermuda? Anyway, some images, first of the church of the oldest Protestant congregation in the Western Hemisphere:

The oldest church
The oldest church

An interior of the same church (done with the Monochrom and my 18mm Super Elmar):

Oldest church interior
Oldest church interior

The barista gets athletic:

The athletic barista
The athletic barista
Laura
Laura

On this day last year: Food.

Chicken Eggplant Swiss Chard
Chicken Eggplant Swiss Chard
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Landscape Travel

Friday September 28, 2012

PAGET BERMUDA – Still here. The great thing about Bermuda is that it’s close for us: two hours flying time from New York. The not great thing is that it’s too far North (the same latitude as North Carolina) to have reliable weather. Anyway, here are a few more images with the Monochrom.

Beach
Beach
Rope
Rope
Big rock
Big rock
Scale invarient
Scale invarient

On this day last year: Maria has a birthday.

Maria has a birthday
Maria has a birthday
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Family and friends Landscape Travel

Thursday September 27, 2012

PAGET BERMUDA – I’ve done something weird. Here we are on this island paradise and the only camera in my bag is my Leica Monochrom. That’s the one the shoots only in black and white. Here in pastel mecca. But for better or worse I’m here with the Monochrome and four lenses, a terrific light travel kit.

I’ll start with a sunset and then move on to a mini gallery of images from today without comment.

Bermuda sunset
Bermuda sunset
Rocks
Rocks
Clouds
Clouds
Storm
Storm
Umbrella
Umbrella
Clouds
Clouds
Maria
Maria

On this day last year: Morgan Library.

Morgan Library
Morgan Library
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Family and friends Landscape Street Urban

Monday September 24, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Fuji has furnished a firmware update for the XPro-1 which I installed last night so I took the Fuji out for a spin today. The autofocusing is improved as promised. The problem with this camera, though, is that there are not a lot of lenses for it – the 50mm equivalent is terrific but that’s about it. Later in the day I met up with Maria and some friends for dinner and carried my Leica Monochrom and an f.95 Noctilux lens. The Monochrom fits my shooting style much better than the Fuji – I suppose that I’ll be putting the Fuji up for sale soon.

First with the Leica Monochrom:

iPhone light
iPhone light
Candle light
Candle light
You'll need a bigger one than that to impress her
You’ll need a bigger one than that to impress her

Now with the Fuji:

Apple store
Apple store
745
745

On this day last year: Pudong at sunrise.

Pudong at sunrise
Pudong at sunrise
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Garden Home Landscape

Sunday September 23, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – More trees at our place in Connecticut – at least they aren’t birches. In the warm light at sunrise there’s a hint of fall color – a trailer for coming attractions. I’ve been shooting with my Leica Monochrom recently but went out this morning with my Leica M9 and 90mm Elmarit lens. I struggled with this lens yesterday but got better results today. Maybe it just takes practice. I focused my attention on a park-like area to the West of our house – an area that we created by mowing the underbrush in a stand of major maples and oaks. This is what they looked like in black and white and color:

Park - Black and White
Park – Black and White
Park - Color
Park – Color

On this day last year: One child policy.

One Child Policy
One Child Policy
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Landscape

Saturday September 22, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Not a very productive day on the photo front. I’m not sure why this happens, but it seems to be hard to sustain interesting work with complete consistency on a day in and day out basis. Today I put my 90mm Elmarit on my Leica Monochrom and carried it through my day.

It may be that I just don’t resonate with this focal length. I tend to do best shooting wide. Anyway, I settled for some birches:

Damned birches
Damned birches

On this day one year ago: Spin.

Spin
Spin
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