NEW YORK NEW YORK – Some new experiments. My Leica Monochrom produces very high resolution. Most of the images that I post here have the capacity to be printed at 24 x 36 inches with ease. What if I crop aggressively: if I’m only interested in web resolution I can crop to very small areas. Here’s an example from today:
On this day last year: ground fog.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – A perfect early Autumn day. I had a meeting in offices above Bryant Park and captured a view of the park (three frames stitched) and the inside of the offices with my Leica Monochrom and Luxochron lens. Here you go:
Remember my post on Mallomar Season. It’s here! Note the follow display at Fairway:
On this day one year ago: Staten Island ferry.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – My desktop. This lets you know where I am. Leica Monochrom and Luxochron lens.
On this day last year: Overpass. A decently high mojo image.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – We went to the opening of the New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall tonight – we saw Captain Phillips which is a sensation. Dinner before was at the Leopard, a long-time New York restaurant that has fairly recently located itself in the former Cafe des Artistes space. Still a remarkable place to enjoy a meal. Taken with my Leica Moncochrom and Luxochron lens. Two frames stitched.
On this day last year: Bermuda.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I had a drive through MISERABLE TRAFFIC to drop our car off for service on the far west side (this week is the opening of the UN session which makes New York a mess), and then walked back cross town to my office. Not too much going on visually because of a high bright overcast but the sun broke through for a moment and I got this with my Leica Monochrom and Luxochron lens.
On this day last year: Bogy in my dreams.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I walked today. First on Park Avenue where the light was doing good things with some of the Albert Paley sculpture on the islands. Then into Central Park where I fairly predictably got some mundane images – Central Park is tough. The best image that came out of walking most of the length of it was a detail that looks like a nose.
On this day last year: iPhone light.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I shot a bunch of different cameras today. My iPhone, shooting an anniversary present: a silver Tiffany bowl from the early 1930s; the engraver misspelled Maria as “Marcia”; this would be hard to explain to Maria so I sent it back to be re-engraved; it won’t be ready for our actual anniversary on September 29. Tough luck. My Leica Monochrom with my Luxochrom lens on the street; I’m consistently getting my strongest images from this combination. My Sony RX100 II: the setup for an anniversary party (given by us for us) at the Knickerbocker Club. Same camera: an image of me and two friends at the party taken by one of our guests. I didn’t shoot at the party because I really did have to connect with everyone there and photography gets in the way. It’s the difference between being and observer and a participant. I’m usually happy to be an observer (delighted, actually, being an observer feeds my inner introvert) but tonight I need to participate.
On this day last year: Park-like area in Warren.
