Monday May 30, 2011 (Memorial Day)

NEW PRESTON, CONNECTICUT – Here’s the New Preston Congregational Church captured in profile with my Alpa TC, 36mm Schneider lens and 60 meg Hasselblad digital back. I’ve been here before with a camera – a full frontal view is the subject of my post for November 7, 2009 – in one of the early shots in my ongoing project on Churches in Litchfield County.

New Preston Congregational Church
New Preston Congregational Church

On this day one year ago: Boating on Lake Waramaug in our 1956 Chris Craft.

1956 Chris Craft

Sunday May 29, 2011

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I explored another rainy day in Connecticut with my Hasselblad and a 300mm lens. This combination is a handful and really requires a solid tripod – hand holding is out of the question. I particularly like the way that the Hasselblad renders greens. Here is a three frames stitch for an amazing 130 megs in pixel dimensions.

After  the rain
After the rain

This is another focus stack – nine images combined in Helicon Focus.

After the Rain II
After the Rain II

On this day one year ago: Lunch in Connecticut.

Marry Jo
Mary Jo

Thursday May 26, 2011

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – More work sorting through my medium format kit. Here is a test shot outside of Fotocare in New York of a Rodenstock 43mm lens on my Alpa. The Rodenstock had a fair amount of linear distortion, which isn’t evident in this picture because I used an Alpa plugin for Photoshop that corrects lens distortion.

22nd Street
22nd Street

On this day last year: Carnegie Hall.

Carnegie Hall