Wednesday November 27, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – More fog. Leica Monochrom and a major legacy lens. I’ve told the story of this lens previously. The lens cell was made by Carl Zeiss Jena in 1945. The Soviets relocated the Carl Zeiss business to Kiev as war reparations. The lens cell was put in a Leica screw mount focusing mount and sold in the west, probably on the gray market. It’s a remarkably high performance lens with a lovely signature, one of few in existence. It’s rendering works particularly well on gray days.

More fog
More fog
Late fall planting
Late fall planting

On this day last year: The Opera.

The Opera
The Opera

Saturday November 23, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Laura, Alexander and Baby V joined us here for the weekend so you’re getting . . . a gallery of baby pictures. The first is with my Leica S2 medium format camera and 120 macro lens. Focus with the lens hunts like the devil in an application like this. It’s frustrating. I’m tempted to chuck the whole thing and buy a Nikon. The rest are with my Leica Monochrom and f.95 Noctilux lens. Remember that I have a love hate relationship with this lens.

Infanta Victoria
Infanta Victoria

Skype

Maria reads
Maria reads
Fussy moment
Fussy moment

On this day last year: Still on Mustique. Also taken with my Monochrom and Noctilux.

Photographer
Photographer

Friday November 22, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – A day of getting very close with my iPhone – which does well as a macro camera. Today I shot light sources around the house. The stripes on the wall of the square one are an artifact of a 60 cycle flicker of the LED light source. This was a “make something out of nothing” day.

Light Bulb
Light Bulb
Light fixture
Light fixture

On this day last year: Mustique.

Hike
Hike

Thursday November 21, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I got up early and walked down Park Avenue — my morning commute — to a day of meetings. I got sunrise out our window with a Leica M and 280mm lens (which is fussy to use because focus is critical and it demands good tripod technique), more sunrise on Park Avenue with my Leica Monochrom, and a grid within a grid out the window of a conference room later in the day with my iPhone. I’ve posted them in reverse order because I like the grid image best.

Cells
Cells
Grazing light
Grazing light
Sunrise
Sunrise

On this day last year: The Grenadines.

Shadow
Shadow