Landscape – Page 643 – Woody Campbell

Friday September 9, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I took my Leica to the office today and captured Ray Bari Pizza in pretty good light. In the late afternoon I was back uptown with my Alpa, a 47mm Schneider XL lens, experimenting with a center filter on the lens. A Center filter is a glass filter that’s darker in the middle – it compensates for the natural light fall-off that wide lenses have, but requires increased exposure. I found that the necessary 2 stop increase in exposure made the Alpa much harder to hand hold so when I need the center filter I also need a tripod.

On this day last year: Second Avenue Subway construction.

Wednesday September 7, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – More rain. Really. A lot of rain. I walked around with my Leica and a 90mm lens looking for rain themes. The Leica isn’t billed as being “weatherproof” but it does tolerate the rain, especially if you sheild it with a coat or your body when you’re not shooting. A couple of examples:

On this day last year: Andy Berkman.

Tuesday September 6, 2011

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I dropped by the Matthew Marks Gallery to catch up with a show on landscape called La Carte d’aprês Nature. It caught my attention because it included a dozen or so images by Luigi Ghirri, who we collect. Interesting show. I was there with my Leica M9 and 28mm Summicron lens.

From the street walking back from the gallery.

On this day one year ago: New Milford Connecticut. I said that this is a crap town a year ago and I’m sticking with my story.

Rugs & Carpets Simmons Bedding Fine Furniture

Sunday September 4, 2011

WARREN CONNECTICUT – It was rainy and foggy today. The fog provides an opportunity to isolate elements of the landscape that might otherwise be lost in clutter. Here are three trees at the top of Tanner Hill Road in Warren. Taken with my Alpa TC and 72mm Schneider XL. Three frames stitched. I was unfortunately in flip flops (I was just on my way to buy a paper when I saw this) and there was poison ivy underfoot.

Sunset in Warren

Saturday September 3, 2011

WARREN AND KENT BULLS BRIDGE CONNECTICUT – Terry Tanner’s barn, taken with my ALpa TC, 72mm Schneider XL lens and Phase One IQ 180 back. Two frames stitched. The resulting pixel dimensions are 16,300 x 8000, for an astounding 130 megs of total resolution. Actual file size is 1.5 gigabytes, near the 2.0 gig limit for tiff files. Needless to say it produces a lovely very large print.

Later in the day John Novogrod and I took a hike on a segment of the Appalachian Trail. Taken with a Leica M9 and 28mm Sumicron lens.

On this day one year ago: More infrared. This one from Park Avenue and 57th Street.

Friday September 2, 2011

LITCHFIELD CONNECTICUT – I spent the late afternoon giving myself a walking tour of North Street in Litchfield. Here’s a link to the Wikipedia article on the Litchfield Historic District. Shot with my Alpa TC and 47mm Schneider XL lens. Two frames stitched.

On this day one year ago: Infrared image. One of the better examples of these.

Thursday September 1, 2011

HUTCHINSON RIVER PARKWAY – I drove up to Connecticut early today to visit the land use official in the Warren Connecticut Town Hall over some issues involving our land. On the way a stopped to fuel up. Captured with my Alpa TC and 35mm Schneider XL.

Pit stop on the Hutchinson River Parkway

From my occasional poker game later that night at the man cave of one of the players. Shot with my Leica M9 and 28mm Summicron lens.

On this day one year ago: Mike Bidlo work at Lever House.