Landscape – Page 516 – Woody Campbell

Wednesday January 13, 2016

BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS – Here again and still shooting with legacy Carl Zeiss Jena lenses. Today I strapped the tiny 2.8 cm (28mm) f8.0 Tessar from 1937 onto my Sony 7rii. The best image of the day was a shadow selfie with security camera, but because of the difficulty of managing and shooting with this odd lens it was slightly out of focus. It’s ok at web resolution so I’ve presented here flaws and all. Also some images of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank in brutalist light. Did I mention that turning the Sony color images into something that looks like my work is a huge time sink.

Day 2281 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Day 2281 of one picture every day for the rest of my life. — Selfie and Security Camera

On this day six years ago (day 90): Poets Walk, Central Park. A common tourist shot for a good reason, reasonably well executed here. One of the commenters on Twitter on this image referred to The Third Man, the fabulous film noir from 1949. Indeed this film has been an important influence on my visual style. Ironic that I’m shooting now with lenses from that era.

Day 90 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life — Poets Walk Central Park

Monday January 11, 2016

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent some time today on the Upper West Side, ending my walk at St. John the Devine. Ok light (curtain filtered sunlight) so ok images. All shot with antique Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, mostly a 28 mm f8.0 Tessar from 1937 (the lens actually quotes its focal length in centimeters – 2.8 cm – which is the norm for pre-war Zeiss lenses). This was amazingly wide for its time – overall not a bad lens. The 28mm perspective is similar to an iPhone.

I’m shooting these lenses on my Sony 7Rii, which I don’t much like as an object and purely as a camera, but it has developed into a universal platform for legacy lenses of all types, as a result of very good support by adapter manufacturers. Its 42 meg sensor oversamples most lenses that aren’t designed for it or other very high resolution applications. But I’m tedious spending hours in Lightroom and Photoshop converting the Sony files to B&W and making them look like my images.

Day 2279 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

On this day two years ago (day 1549): More fog

Day 1549 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life. — Trees and fog

Sunday January 10, 2016

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Still shooting with old lenses. I went out today with my Carl Zeiss Jena 13.5cm f4.0 Sonar, an antique from 1936. Here’s what it looks like mounted on my Leica Monochrom:

Day 2278 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

On this day two years ago (day 1548): Francesca.

Saturday January 9, 2016

WARREN CONNECTICUT – More images with my Carl Zeiss Jena 5 cm (50mm) f1.5 sooner lens, an antique from 1936. This lens, which has many limitations and is a major POA to shoot with, does render beautifully. The second image is six frames stitched in Photoshop.

Day 2277 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

On this day six years ago (day 86): Drifts Taken with a digital Hasselblad, which I subsequently sold in favor of more compact Leica gear. Originally posted in color. The black and white conversion is a much stronger image.

Day 86 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life. — Barn

Friday January 8, 2016

NEW YORK NEW YORK and WARREN CONNECTICUT – I’m shooting today with an antique lens, a Carl Zeiss Jena 5 cm f1.5 Sonnar from 1936. Both of today’s images are stitches from multiple frames.

Day 2276 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.