NEW YORK NEW YORK – Out afoot in Manhattan with a 24mm lens. As is often the case I looked up. Also, the Knickerbocker Club and the Apple store on GM Plaza.
Day 1,621 of one picture a day for the rest of my life.
On this day one year ago (day 1,265): Ice.
NEW YORK NEW YORK = It’s Alexander’s birthday. I didn’t get anything that I really liked at his celebration at Blue Smoke, but walking downtown to join him there (from the Apple store on 5th Avenue where I took a computer in for some warranty work) I caught this. The building is Tiffany, which appears to have developed a tattoo.
On this day last year: Yankees. Yankee stadium. That’s back when the Yankees were healthy. It’s sad to see how far they’ve declined in one year.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – A Christmas shopping day on Fifth Avenue. I spent an hour at the Fendi shop – when I told the salesman about my photo a day project we took me to the second floor fur salon where there is a wonderful view of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Taken with my Leica Monochrom and 28mm Elmarit lens. Three frames stitched.
On this day last year: Winter.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – More productive work with my Leica Monochrom. (By the way that’s the way Leica spells it.) I’ve shot rolls of T-Max 100 and Ilford Delta 100 (with my M4) of X-Rite color checker and of real landscapes. The comparison with the Monochrom has helped be devise presets in Lightroom that provide a more film-like, less digital look. Some examples:
On this day last year: hallway.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I took a walk along upper Fifth Avenue on this rainy day with my Leica M9 and 50mm f.95 Noctilux lens. Since I’ve calibrated the rangefinder on the camera (and switched shooting eyes from my astigmatic right to my good left eye), I’ve been getting uniformly interesting results with this lens, which has the ability to render the mundane as poetry. Some examples:
On this day last year: Trump.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I had a productive day walking from my office to our apartment via Central Park, so I’m posting multiple images; all taken with my Leica M9. Here is a sunbather on Sherman’s statue in the Plaza taken with my Leica and a 90mm lens.
The Metropolitan Club. Founded by JP Morgan for his steel baron clients who couldn’t get into the Union Club. Captures with my Leica and a 90mm lens.
A lazy summer afternoon shot in Central Park with my Leica and a 90mm lens.
Finally, the Metropolitan Museum. Three frames stitched shot with my Leica and a 35mm Summilux lens.
On this day last year: Party at Gus’s.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Club at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 60th Street. The club was organized in the late 19th century by JP Morgan for his steel baron clients who were generally not welcome at the Union Club, the bastion of New York society at the time. From Wikipedia: “JP Morgan served as its first president. Other original members included William K. Vanderbilt and James Roosevelt. Its 1912 clubhouse, designed by Stanford White, stands at 1-11 East 60th Street, on the northeast corner of 5th Avenue. The land on which the Clubhouse stands – 100 feet fronting on Fifth Avenue and 200 feet on 60th Street – was acquired from the Duchess of Marlborough who signed the purchase agreement in the United States Consulate in London. Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who represented the Governors, signed for the Club.”
Leica M9 with 90mm Elmarit lens.