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Wednesday May 18, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – My path took me through Grand Central Terminal today, one of my favorite places to photograph. This was captured with my Leica M9 + 50mm Summilux. Three frames stitched.

Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal

On this day one year ago: Chateau Mouton Rothschild.

1983 Ch. Mouton Rothschild
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Interior Landscape Urban

Tuesday May 17, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – A building lobby on my way to some meetings. Taken with my Leica M9 and a 28mm Summicron lens.

Building lobby
Building lobby

On this day one year ago: Graduation.

Alexander, Laura and Maria
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Landscape Out my window Urban

Monday May 16, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’m writing this about a week after I took the picture for May 16. The one week delay in posting gives me a chance to sort through images hopefully making an non-rushed decision on what to post. The scene out my window was the same as it was then and has been unchanged all month. We’ve had the rainiest May in memory. It’s as if the weather system has its coasts mixed up – you might expect this in Seattle but not here. This is three frames stitched with my Leica M9 and 135mm APO Telyt.

Rooftops in the fog
Rooftops in the fog

On this day one year ago: farm stand.

Farmstand
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Landscape

Sunday May 15, 2011

WARREN CONNECTICUT – This was another in a seemingly endless string of rainy, foggy days. This is actually a continuation of the months of very heavy precipitation that we had during out long, hard winter. In reality the rain is a blessing. Steven Solomon’s book Water suggests that we’re on the verge of a global crisis where in many parts of the world the supply of clean water will not meet the needs of expanding population. The North Eastern United States is one of the regions of the world with a water surplus and enough rain to permit agriculture with little irrigation. Of course in Connecticut “agriculture” means digging massive stones out of the earth and fighting frost in May and October . . .

This is Lake Waramaug from the Hopkins Inn taken with my Leica M9 and the Bokeh King.

Lake Waramaug
Lake Waramaug

Earlier in the day I caught this with my M9 and a 135mm APO Telyt lens.

Spring Rain
Spring Rain

On this day last year: Trump Bar.

AT&T Building
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Garden Landscape

Saturday May 14, 2011

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Our wildflower cultivation in Connecticut seems to be limited to dandelions, at least this season. I set my Leica up on a tripod with my 24mm Summilux lens framing a field of dandelions from about 2 feet away to the horizon. I then took 7 exposures focusing at various distances, and combined the images in Helicon Focus, “focus stacking” software. The combined images are sharp from the close forground all of the way to the tree line 150 meters away.

Dandelions
Dandelions

On this day one year ago: Another pedestrian image. Raises the question of why am I doing this. There are good streaks and bad streaks.

AT&T Building
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Landscape Urban

Friday May 13, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – We had a break in a long stretch of rainy weather and I had a break in a long stretch of around the clock meetings, so I walked up to the Conservatory Garden at 105th Street and Fifth Avenue. I’ve been here before with a camera. Gardens in bloom in the spring, while appealing to a photographer, haven’t really brought me to any artistic insights – I should probably stop doing this. But anyway, here’s the view of construction at Mount Sinai Medical Center from the Conservatory Garden taken with my Leica M9 and a 35mm Summicron v. IV lens (the Bokeh King).

Conservatory Garden
Conservatory Garden

On this day last year: great midtown light on the Seagrams Building.

Seagram Building
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Street Urban

Thursday May 12, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – We’re having a run of seriously stormy weather which has driven me inside with my camera. I caught this between meetings with my Leica M9 and a 28mm Summilux lens.

BlackRock
BlackRock

On this day one year ago: Gary Fisketjon.

Gary Fisketjon
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