MANHATTAN – We drove back from Connecticut today in poor weather. It’s still winter. This out my window with a long lens later in the evening.
Day 3426 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date nine years ago (day 139 of one photo every day): Salton Sea California.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – I’m totally bored with winter. We’re under a cover of permanent snow and ice here. I spent an hour shooting tire tracks in the snow.
Day 3425 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date 9 years ago (day 138 of one photo every day): Joshua Tree National Park.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – I’ve got a jam-packed weekend preparing for a jam-packed week next week )none of this having to do with my photo project), so I had fairly limited time here to advance my visual interests. Scrounging around the house I came up with a surprisingly strong image of a piece of pottery.
Day 3424 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date two years ago (day 2695 of one photo every day): Times Square at night.
MANHATTAN – I spent the evening with our daughter and grandson. The big news, as you will see, is that he has a tooth. Shot in failing light with my Sony A7riii using eye focus – don’t leave home without it!
Day 3423 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date seven years ago (day 866 of one photo every day): Oliver and Francesca.
MANHATTAN – Out running errands today with my iPhone X in my pocket.
Day 3422 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date two years ago (day 2692 of one photo every day): Selfie from drone.
MANHATTAN – I got two strong images today – images that feel personal to me – like they are “mine” as opposed to coming from somewhere else. In reviewing February 26 images from past years I found a number of strong candidates, so February 26 appears to be a good date for me.
Day 3421 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date three years ago (day 2325 of one photo every day): Fun feet.
MANHATTAN – I’ve been experimenting for the last few days with simplifying my equipment. I’m carrying my Sony a7riii with one lens, the Sony GM 24-70 f2.8 zoom.
I generally don’t like zooms, they suffer from image quality issues relative to prime lenses, and they tend to be bulky. This lens is indeed bulky but it’s easier to manage than three primes and it covers the focal lengths that I use on a daily basis. Also if I want tighter than 70mm the camera’s 42 meg sensor facilitate cropping in a pinch, and for wider than 24 I can stitch frames (which I do all the time).
It turns out that this lens performs well corner to corner by f4.0 at focal lengths 35-70mm and at 50 to 70mm is actually fine wide open (“fine” is high praise from me). It’s very good corner to corner at 28mm but much less so at 24mm, so a decent strategy is to limit wides to 35mm and stitch. I’ve been torturing it with back lit situations and shooting bokeh oriented images – it’s actually excellent to my eyes in both respects. So I’ll keep going with it for a while to further understand its quirks in actual use. The images below are both at 24mm.
Day 3420 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date nine years ago (day 133 of one photo every day): Times Square at night.
