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Garden Landscape Urban

Friday April 8, 2011

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Still looking for Spring I took a walk today in the Conservatory Garden in Central Park. I actually found Spring here. A quote from Wikipedia:

The Conservatory Garden is the only formal garden in Central Park, New York City. Comprising 6 acres (24,000 m2), it takes its name from a conservatory that stood on the site from 1898 to 1934.,,The park’s head gardener used the glasshouses to harden hardwood cuttings for the park’s plantings. After the conservatory was torn down, the garden was designed by Gilmore D. Clarke, landscape architect for Robert Moses, with planting plans by M. Betty Sprout;[2] constructed and planted by WPA workers, it was opened to the public in 1937. . . . After the Second World War the garden had become neglected, and by the 1970s a wasteland. It was restored and partially replanted under the direction of horticulturist and urban landscape designer Lynden Miller, to reopen in June 1987. . . . The high-style mixed planting was the first to bring estate garden style to urban parks, part of the general renewal of Central Park under Elizabeth Barlow Rogers of the Central Park Conservancy.

This taken with my Leica M9 and a 24mm Summilux lens. I’ve used a crop of it for my banner.

Conservatory Garden
Conservatory Garden

On this day last year: Hydrangias.

Hydrangias
Hydrangias
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Landscape Urban

Thursday April 7, 2011

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I took a walk this morning looking for signs of Spring in Manhattan. Not much luck on the Upper East Side. A few flowering trees in early stages of their Spring displays. Not impressive. This with my Leica M9 and the Bokeh King.

Looking for Spring
Looking for Spring

On this day last year: Fort Green near the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Fort Greene near the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fort Greene near the Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Landscape Urban

Friday April 1, 2011

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Here it is, April Fools Day, and it snowed briefly this morning. I took the subway to the Highline to see if I could find even a trace of Spring. Not much going on, plant-growth wise. This is what I captured with my Alpa TC and a Hasselblad 60 meg back and Schneider 36mm APO lens.

A hint of Spring on the Highline
A hint of Spring on the Highline
Spring makes a valiant effort
Spring makes a valiant effort

On this day one year ago: West 42nd Street. Captured with my Hasselblad. This image was not well rated by visitors to this site but I continue to like it.

West 42nd Street
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Landscape Urban

Wednesday March 30, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I took a walk around midtown with my Leica and the “bokeh king” lens this morning. My best image from my last couple of days is a fragment of the Rockefeller Center statue of Prometheus with the background deliciously out of focus.

Promethius
Promethius

Just for reference, here’s the other famous Rock Center statue, Atlas, which depicts Atlas supporting an armillary sphere, rather than the Earth. Taken at a few minutes earlier with the same equipment.

Atlas Rockefeller Center
Atlas Rockefeller Center

On this day one year ago: The bokeh king does Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal
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Landscape Out my window Urban

Wednesday March 16, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – You’ve seen this before – it’s the view out of my dining room window – and I guaranty that you’ll see it again. Hasselblad has finally released a production version of the firmware for its 60 meg back that permits it to be used on a technical camera. (I had previously been using a beta version of the firmware.) I attached the 60 meg Hasselblad back to my Alpa 12 Max camera and a Schneider 36mm digital lens and spent a couple of hours exploring the limits of this combination out of the window of my dining room. Here’s a typical image. This good landscape test image for me because there is a wealth of fine detail and the streets are orthogonal (eliminating focus as an issue). The Alpa Max permits the camera back to be shifted. Here I’ve used this feature to move the horizon down – to emphasize the sky. This could have been accomplished by pointing the camera up, but then the vertical lines would have converged. Technical cameras like the Alpa are often used to photograph architectural subjects because the facilitate composing while maintaining horizontal and vertical lines in the buildings parallel.

Out my window
Out my window

On this day one year ago: Cash for your Warhol in Beantown.

Cash for your Warhol
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Landscape Urban

Monday March 7, 2011

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Duvel Green? Not as bad as it looks – this Belgian beer is not actually green. Captured with my Leica M9 and a 90mm elmarit lens.

Duvel Green?
Duvel Green?

On this day one year ago: Joshua Tree National Park in the snow.

Joshua Tree snowfall
Joshua Tree snowfall
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Infrared Interior Work

Monday February 7, 2011

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent most of the day in the office, so I spent a bit of time lurking around the halls with my Leica M8.2 and an IR filter, looking for things to photograph.  I caught this in the elevator lobby on my floor.  Shot with a 35mm pre-aspheric Summicron v. 4, known as the “Bokeh king” for creamy quality of the out of focus portions of the images it creates.  If you think I’m kidding on the Bokeh king thing try Googling it and see what you get. This lens is also an outstanding lens for infrared.  Here’s the image:

pLIMPton
Plimpton

On this day one year ago: Too cold to go outside

Warren
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