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Thursday February 2, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Well here we are on Groundhog Day. I had an early evening meeting in midtown just off of Fifth Avenue so I took the opportunity to walk over to Radio City Music Hall to capture this with my Sony Nex-7 camera and a Sony Zeiss 24mm lens.

Radio City
Radio City

On this day one year ago: /study date.

Francesca at work
Francesca at work
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Street Transportation

Wednesday February 1, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – One the Lexington Avenue local with my iPhone.

Subway
Subway

On this day one year ago: Third Avenue in vile weather.

Storm on Third Avenue
Storm on Third Avenue
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Landscape Urban

Tuesday January 31, 2012

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Met my daughter for breakfast on the West Side. Caught this view of The Majestic as I walked back through the park to my office. Captured with my Sony Nex-7 and my Leica 24mm Summilux lens. The cool thing about having 24 mess of resolution is that when you do extreme perspective corrections in Lightroom or Photoshop there is still enough resolute to print the image large (it took an extreme perspective correction to fix the converging vertical lines on this one – something that I had planned when I captured the image).

The Majestic
The Majestic

On this day one year ago: This is not a good portrait of a friend. Really. But some of the goofballs who follow this blog rated it four stars. Go figure.

Friend
Susan Kamil
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Monday January 30, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Well here I am in my office with my new Nex-7 camera and a Leica 35mm Summciron v.4 lens, the “bokeh king” (“let’s strap the king onto the new camera and see what happens”). So here’s my Lava Lamp. The photograph in the background (from the Jim Dow courthouse series) is out of focus and the bokeh looks pretty smooth – score another win for the king. Click through the bokeh link if you don’t have any idea of what I’m talking about. Anyway, here’s the Lava Lamp:

Lava Lamp and Jim Dow
Lava Lamp and Jim Dow

On this day one year ago: remains of the blizzards.

Reality
Reality
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Garden Small town

Sunday January 29, 2012

KENT CONNECTICUT – I dropped by to see my friend Greg at RT Facts here, picking up a side table and a fixed stand for our fire pit. Greg is an antique dealer specializing in architectural debris, much of it very large. I got a new camera body: a Sony Nex-7, a very compact little item with 24 megs of resolution from a sensor that’s about 2/3 the size of a standard 35mm frame. The idea is that I would use it with my Leica lenses. (A lot of people think like this – this is why Leica lenses are currently sold out at every dealer in the world.) This is with the Nex-7 and 24mm Summilux lens – these look like they were removed on the demolition of a 1930’s Federal building.

RT Facts
RT Facts

On this day one year ago: Mustique sky – three frames stitched.

Grenadines morning
Grenadines morning
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Saturday January 28, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I had a chance to try out my new Sony Nex-7 camera. This is a very compact body offering 24 megs of resolution with a sensor that’s about 2/3 the size of a 35mm frame. The crop factor is 1.5x – in other words a 24mm lens becomes the equivalent of a 36mm. It’s possible to use my Leica lenses on the camera (with an adapter). Here’s an image with the Nex-7 and my 90mm Leica Elmarit lens.

More Warren in good light
More Warren in good light

On this day one year ago: a friend on Macaroni Beach.

Judy Hamilton
Judy Hamilton

I edited this post on February 8, 2012.

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Friday January 27, 2012

NEWARK NEW JERSEY – I landed here on my return flight from Naples. This gave me a chance to drop by the airport customs office and complete the Global Entry process, which should speed going through customs and immigration on my return from foreign travel. There was very nice light for the ride on the monorail that connects the terminals at Newark. Taken with my iPhone, not the world’s best tool to shoot landscape with very high contrast lighting.

Newark
Newark

On this day one year ago: Macaroni Beach.

Picnic on Macaroni Beach
Picnic on Macaroni Beach
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