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Landscape Urban

Tuesday April 2, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Carrying the big guy today, my Leica S medium format camera and a new 24mm super wide lens (this completes my trade out of my former Phase One medium format kit). A very, very capable camera, but it doesn’t sing to me the way the Leica rangefinder cameras do. I’m continuing to work on this. In reality it may be that I see in black and white and shouldn’t be trying to shoot color with this camera.
Chelsea
Chelsea

On this day last year: Tennessee.

Tennessee
Tennessee

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Landscape

Monday April 1, 2013 (really this time)

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Yeah. OK. The last post was an April Fools prank. Lame? Whatever. I actually did spend some time on Randall’s Island with my new Leica M as well as my trusty Leica Monochrome, and three lenses. It was a poor day for landscape because there was a high, bright overcast sky that made the light flat and dull. I nonetheless had a sensational time. Here’s the 59th Street Bridge taken with the Leica M and a 21mm Super Elmar M Lens and converted to black and white in Lightroom, followed by some color from the same camera and lens.
59th Street Bridge
59th Street Bridge
Randall's Island
Randall’s Island

On this day last year: More Tennessee.

Tennessee
Tennessee

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Landscape Urban

Monday April 1, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I took my new Leica over to Randalls Island today but OMG, disaster has struck. For some reason all of the images are coming out of the camera upside down. Help me out someone. What to do?
Problem
Problem

On this day last year: BBQ Joint.

BBQ Joint
BBQ Joint

Categories
Garden

Sunday March 31, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I’ve had a bit of trouble getting into the moment today, so I’m stuck with this nondescript image of a wall on our property, taken will taking the dog for a quick walk with my Leica M and an 18mm Super Elmar M lens.

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On this day last year: Nashville.

Diana
Diana

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Garden Home

Saturday March 30, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I spent part of the day getting to know my new camera, a Leica M, also known as the M240. With this camera Leica dropped the number after the “M” on their rangefinder cameras (so just “M” not “M10”). Marketing genius. Whatever.

I’m starting to get pretty good results from it. It’s operations are the smoothest and quietest of an Leica M ever. There’s not much of a learning curve. Here it is with my f.95 Noctilux strapped onto it with a neutral density filter that lets me shoot in daylight wide open. Below (the yellow tulips) is with a 1939 Carl Zeiss Jena 85mm f1.5 Sonar, a famous lens that doesn’t couple properly with the Leica rangefinder so it requires live view to be focused (the new M is first Leica to offer live view).

Angel
Angel

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On this day last year: Spring. March 30 seems to be tulip day. Mayan wheel of time?

Spring
Spring

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Landscape Street Urban

Friday March 29, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Here we are, on the street in Manhattan in bright early Spring light, with my new Leica M and a 21mm Super Elmar M lens. This is familiar territory working through the plusses and minuses of a new Camera.
57th Street
57th Street

Same lens (21mm) but three frames stitched.

Third Avenue
Third Avenue
Bikes
Bikes

On this day one year ago: Dinner at the Fours Seasons.

Dinner at the Four Seasons
Dinner at the Four Seasons

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Family and friends

Thursday March 28, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Here we are at a dinner party for David Young, and English friend who has been here for an extended period of time but is now moving back to London. Shot with my Leica M.
Flowers
Flowers

On this day one year ago: Where is Caravagio. The Whitney Biennial. Mostly evanescent art. I asked the question “When future generations look back on us who will be Caravagio?”

Biennial I
Biennial I

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