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Monday December 31, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday January 6, 2013

WARREN CONNECTICUT – Another day of showshoeing – this time in a different direction. We revisited the junk truck that I’ve posted on this site previously, and later did some work comparing lenses shooting our house from a tripod. Both images taken with my Leica MM and 35mm Summicron lens, which I subsequently sold. I purchased a copy of the current Leica 35mm Suumicron to test side by side with my Leica 35mm Summilux Asph lens. After a couple of weeks of shooting both i decided that I like the rendering of the Summilux better so I sold the Summicron. Buying and selling good used Leica lenses involves very little cost because the market is so robust.

On this day last year: Party on!. New Years Eve party in Taos with my iPhone.

Tags Junk yard, Rabbit Hill Road, Snow, Warren

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Monday December 3, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday December 9, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I enforce a “no pets or cute kids” rule. Really. Well I’m making a sort of exception today for an image that started out as a picture of a standing vase from Spin in Shanghai in interesting light but ended up as a picture of Basil the Norwich Terrier. He’s a pet for sure so the picture breaks the rule. I’ve added a two frame stitch from the scuzzy stretch of Broadway in the 20s in case you’re a stickler and don’t want to look at a transgressive dog image. Your choice. Both taken with my Leica Monochrom; Basil with a 35mm Summilux FLE lens and the building with a 50mm Summilux, which is just back from a cleaning and adjustment from Nippon Photo Clinic.

On this day last year: iPhone Gallery.

Tags 1185 Park Avenue, Basil, Broadway, Manhattan, New York, Pets

Garden Home Landscape

Saturday December 1, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Friday December 7, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – A chance to recharge in this rustic corner of Connecticut. Here’s our gate (which is grander than we are) taken with my Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summicron lens on a tripod. Three frames stitched.

On this day one year ago: the iPhone does architecture.

The Russian Orthodox Church in North America

Tags Connecticut, Warren

Home Interior

Friday November 2, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday November 8, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – My Leica Monochrom has been my constant companion now for two months. It’s developing a bit of patina. For those of you who aren’t photo gear nuts you should know that this camera is entirely manual. No autofocus. It has a rangefinder – you align a split image in the middle of the viewfinder. I’m modestly astigmatic, which makes aligning the split image problematic. I’ve finally gotten glasses that correct my astigmatism so I’ve been walking around practicing focusing with them. Here’s from a bathroom in our apartment shot with my 35mm Summilux lens af f1.4 (which provides very shallow depth of focus). I intended to focus on the tiles and that’s how it came out, with the towel a little out of focus. So I’m still in business with the Leica.

On this day one year ago: Blahs.

Tags 1185 Park Avenue

Garden Home Landscape

Sunday September 23, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday September 30, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – More trees at our place in Connecticut – at least they aren’t birches. In the warm light at sunrise there’s a hint of fall color – a trailer for coming attractions. I’ve been shooting with my Leica Monochrom recently but went out this morning with my Leica M9 and 90mm Elmarit lens. I struggled with this lens yesterday but got better results today. Maybe it just takes practice. I focused my attention on a park-like area to the West of our house – an area that we created by mowing the underbrush in a stand of major maples and oaks. This is what they looked like in black and white and color:

Park - Black and White — Park – Black and White

On this day last year: One child policy.

Tags Leica M9, Trees, Warren

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Tuesday September 4, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday September 10, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – The long weekend has boilixed up our schedule so we’re holding our typical Sunday family dinner on Tuesday. Here’s Laura taken with m Leica Monochrom and a 50mm Summilux lens.

On this day last year: Rainy day. I’ve cropped this image, one of my favorites since I started this project, as a header.

Tags Sunday Dinner

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Monday September 3, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Sunday September 9, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – -Look’s like Francesca’s back home again. She has interrupted her post-bar pre-work travel to come home to have here broken foot repaired at the Hospital for Special Surgery. She’s cheerful under the circumstances. Taken with my Leica Monchrom and 35mm Suumilux lens. The Monochrom continues to wow me.

On this day last year: Terry Tanner’s Barn.

Tags 1185 Park Avenue, Francesca, Out my window