WARREN CONNECTICUT – Further work around the house with my Noctilux.
Day 2418 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day 3 years ago (day 1322): Look up
Sunday May 29, 2016
Saturday May 28, 2016
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Another day with the Noctilux. I’m shooting a bit wider with it today, taking multiple images and sticking. The lens has a lot of vignetting at f.95. This isn’t a flaw – it results from the laws of physics applied to very fast lenses. Before stitching I correct for the vignetting and then add it back after stitching.
Day 2417 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 591): Field photographed with a digital Hasselblad. It was made from nine separate images that were focus stacked. I subsequently gave up medium format in favor of my Leica Monochrom because the Monochrom makes black and white images at least as good as medium format (although I haven’t compared it to the current crop of 100 meg cameras), and I prefer the Leica’s rangefinder viewing and its form factor. The original was in color and drab (wildflowers are a bit subtle sometimes); the conversion to black and white below is more successful.
Friday May 27, 2016
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Weird. A productive day today shooting with my Noctilux. A year ago I had productive day shooting around the World Trade Center.
Dat 2416 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 2051): World Trade Center II
Thursday May 26, 2016
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Another rushed day of work with my Noctilux lens.
Day 2415 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day six years ago (day 224): Carnegie Hall
Wednesday May 25, 2016
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent the day out with one camera and one lens: my Leica Monochrom camera and the amazing f.95 50mm Leica Noctilux. Apart from its prodigious size and weight it’s my favorite lens. I daylight I shoot with a .9 neutral density filter (effectively sunglasses) so I can shoot wide open without overexposing.
Day 2414 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 588): Fifth Avenue
Tuesday May 24, 2016
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Lovely light out my window. Taken with my Leica Monochrom and Noctilux lens.
Day 2413 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1683): Storm in Warren Connecticut.
Monday May 23, 2016
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I shot water tanks out my window today, stitching frames shot with a long lens.
Day 2412 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 2047): Late freeze Looking back over the past 6 years May 23 has been a visually poor day for me – not much to choose from.
