LYME ROCK CONNECTICTUT – I stopped here in terrible weather to take some pictures on our way to dinner in Sheffield Massachusetts. Don’t the weather gods know that it’s the middle of March? I had trouble editing these so I’m including three images from today.
Day 1,976 of one photograph a day for the rest of my life.
On this day four years ago (day 515): Bloomberg building. Converted from the color image that I showed four years ago.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Typical distant street stuff for me today, shot with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Leica Summicron Asph. lens. Two frames stitched.
Day 1,975 of now photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 1,610): Look up through the ice. Still winter.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m xperimenting today. I bought an 85mm Nikkor P f2.0 lens on eBay; it arrived today so I decided to try it out. This is a famous lens. It’s from the mid-1950s. David Duncan Douglas was on assignment in Japan in 1950s; his Zeiss Contax 85mm lens developed a problem so in desperation he bought and shot with the Nikkor 85mm. He and his editors at Life Magazine were amazed at the quality of the images; the lens became a photojournalist workhorse and Nikon’s business took off. This lens is in a Nikon rangefinder mount, which is an approximate copy of the Contax mount. I have an adapter the lets me use Contax mount lenses on my Leica gear (an extremely exotic item) but the rangefinder doesn’t couple so I attached the lens to my Leica T which focuses through the lens. There is also an issue with infinity focus that the Leica T permits me to address.
The images are crisp with terrific micro contrast in the midtones. It’s sharp corner to corner by f4.0 – it’s quite impressionistic at f2.0. Bokeh is lovely. Today’s image is a test shot out my window taken with this impressive 70-year old performer mounted on my Leica T and converted to black and white.
Day 1,974 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.
On this day three years ago (day 878): Flatiron. Shot with a Phase One IQ 180 back on a technical camera.
BOSTON MASSACHUSETSS – Still here attending meetings. Not the best state of mind for photo work. Here’s a fairly pedestrian changing light at sunrise.
Day 1,973 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 1,608): Borough Hall.
BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS – Not much going on in Boston other than construction and a lot of dirty snow. Here you go:
Day 1,972 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 1,607): Downtown. One of my favorites from last year.
BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS – Dear diary: I had an heretofore unscheduled trip to Boston today. As you may know I’m not at my best on travel days so I’m stuck with “what the hell is this?” images taken on both ends of the trip. Good luck guessing on this one.
Day 1,971 of one photo every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1,241): Lots of snow. Thankfully, last year’s image was pretty strong.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Another snow covered day, but at least today we have some sunlight.
Day 1,970 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day four years ago (day 509): Weston. A Cole Weston print. One of my favorite images. Question: How did Clarice get into this position without leaving any marks in the sand? Original posted in color. As usual the black and white image is stronger.
