Author: Woody

WARREN CONNECTICUT – For the past couple of weeks I’ve been shooting exclusively with my f.95 Noctilux. It’s an unusual lens to say the least. It’s praised for its bokeh – the quality of the out of focus portions of the image – but this has been illusive for me. I have many images from this lens with certifiably crumby bokeh. See March 12 for example.

It turns out, I think, that the bokeh near the plane of focus is creamy and lovely (as in this image of Oscar below), while the more distant bokeh is jagged and unpleasant. The lens also has serious vignetting wide open (to be expected), which can read as a hot spot in the center of the image, illuminating the subject in the center. So this is the magic of the Nocti, which we see on display in this image.

So this is the Noctilux. I’m giving it a rest now (and saving my back) and returning to my every day shooter, my 50mm Summicron APO.

Day 5633 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back exactly 3 years to portrait of Andrew at the Penumbra Foundation. Day of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

WARREN CONNECTICUT – A perfect foggy day here. I’m seeing a lot of fog-isolated lone trees on Foto, Substack and Indstagram so I’m going to have to stop doing this.

Day 5632 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back exactly 365 days to London. Day 5267 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Tanner Hill Road, shot with my Leica Noctilux lens, which I’ve been using exclusively for a bit more that a week.

Day 5631 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back two years to Central Park. Day 4300 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

NORTHVILLE CONNECTICUT – Looking up from a parking lot here with my Noctilux at f.95 and a 3 stop ND filter.

Day 5630 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back exactly 13 years to a board room in Boston. Day 882 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

WARREN CONNECTICUT – I’ve been shooting for the last week exclusively with my f.95 Noctilux on my Leica M11 Monochrom. To not very good effect. Here’s an image exploring focus accuracy and bokeh: focus is ok – I’m shooting exclusively at f.95 (using a neutral density filter if necessary) – but the bokeh (the quality of the out of focus image) is jagged in this image, particularly in the trees in the background on the right.  Not an effect that I like.

Day 5629 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back to out my window on this day exactly 16 years ago. 215 days before the start of my one photograph every day project.

LITCHFIELD CONNECTICUT – The Congregational Meeting House on the green here.

Day 5628 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back the Queen Maude’s Land, Antarctica, on this day exactly 22 years ago. Seven years before my one photograph every day project.

WARREN CONNECTICUT – An oak tree. Shot with my Noctilux; four frames stitched.

Day 5627 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

Looking back exactly 11 years to a freezing evening in Manhattan. Day 1609 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.