WARREN CONNECTICUT – More images with my Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summilux lens. I’m basically black and white shooter so the Monochrom is a dream. It took some balls in Leica’s part to build it – it’s the only black and white digital camera ever and it was probably fairly expensive to develop. It really is a breakthrough.
Our garden is very productive this time of year:
Not an exciting image, but a test of high dynamic range capability. I’m in heaven.
On this day last year: Subway stairs.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Here are some more iPhone images – the first two are percolated.
On this day one year ago: an intense conversation.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Still working with my iPhone. Here’s a still life from the kitchen.
On this day one year ago: dinner party.
WESTHAMPTON, NEW YORK – More with the Leica and the 50mm Summilux. I’ve been shooting a lot in the past month with Alpa and a 35mm Schneider which for a number of reasons facilitates images with a lot of depth of field and corner to corner sharpness. The Leica lets me rebel from that a bit. today (and yesterday) I generally shot with this lens wide open at f 1.4, producing large far out of focus regions. Steve’s house seemed to call out for this treatment.
Like most modern Leica lenses the 50 mm Summilux has optimum sharpness at its widest aperture, f 1.4 (lenses from other manufactures often need to be stopped down two stops for maximum clarity), this is one of the reasons why these lenses are so expensive. The out of focus portions of the of 50mm Summilux images have a lovely, creamy character, a quality that is referred to as “good bokeh”. I also like the way it renders colors. I don’t often write effusive praise for lenses. I guess I just got carried away by this one.
By the way, sorry about the dog. You know how I feel about pictures of dogs and cute kids.
On this day one year ago: big boat.
WESTHAMPTON, NEW YORK – I carried my Leica M9 with a 50 mm Summilux lens around all day. I’m often surprised and delighted by the images that this combination produces – I think that if I were to limit myself to a single camera and lens this would be it.
On this day one year ago: a not so magic moment.
