Wednesday October 9, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – My college classmates here in New York annually celebrate everyone in the class’s birthday (on a arbitrary date). I’m part of a subgroup that brings better than OK wines. This year one of our colleagues brought four bottles of ’83 Lafitte. I brought a couple of magnums of ’97 Chablis “Les Clos”. One of our number served as our host at the Brook, a midtown club. Here’s a silver cup on our table given annually, judging from the inscriptions, for some achievement or other. I generally avoid in-focus people at affairs like this lest they be judged harshly for hanging out in such a stuffy-looking environment. This with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Luxochron lens.

At the Brook
At the Brook

On this day last year: Picture of a picture.

Very large picture
Very large picture

Tuesday October 8, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Some new experiments. My Leica Monochrom produces very high resolution. Most of the images that I post here have the capacity to be printed at 24 x 36 inches with ease. What if I crop aggressively: if I’m only interested in web resolution I can crop to very small areas. Here’s an example from today:

Free bird
Free bird

On this day last year: ground fog.

Ground fog
Ground fog

Sunday October 6, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Fall captured with my Leica Monochrom and Luxochron lens.

Tree
Tree

On this day last year: Leaf season.

Fall lack of color
Fall lack of color

I took a picture on the same spot yesterday – it’s very appealing this time of year – but with a less wide lens (the Luxochrom) and using selective focus to emphasize the birches. Which do you prefer?

No fall color 2
No fall color 2