Tag: New York

Monday March 12, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday March 19, 2012

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – This morning I worked out a trade, exchanging my 35mm Schneider XL lens for a Rodenstock 32mm at Fotocare. The Schneider has some technical issues with the IQ 180 back that I’ve been fight for some time. The light was slightly hazy with nice transparent shadows. Fotocare is in the flatiron district so I did some shooting on my way there and then test drove the new lens to make sure that I was comfortable shooting it hand held (its a pound and a half heavier than the Schneider).

Heres the Flatiron building (actually its shadow) shot with the Schneider. The issues are fairly subtle and don’t show up in a black and white image at web resolution.

These are with the Rodenstock:

On this day one year ago: Hopkins Vineyard.

Tags Flatiron Building, Manhattan, New York

Landscape Out my window Urban

Sunday March 4, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Saturday March 10, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – We got home from Connecticut and had a quiet dinner with our daughter, Francesca, who is pictured in context here. Sony Nex-7 and 24mm Leica Summilux.

On this day one year ago: out my window with a 135mm Leica APO tele-elmarit.

Tags Manhattan, New York

Icon Landscape Urban

Wednesday February 29, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday March 7, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – It’s leap day. Also known as Sadie Hawkins Day. Another busy day at my day job but I managed to get out to incorporate a new sculpture in the garden of Lever House into a straight up cityscape. Shot with my Sony Nex-7 and a 24mm Summilux lens.

If you are expecting a picture from this day last year of course you will be disappointed because there wasn’t a February 29, 2011. But I decided to look back four years in my archive to 2008 (before I started the one photo every day project), and I found some images from a wine tasting hosted by Christian Moueix at Dominus vineyards in California. Christian owns Chateau Petrus and a number of other Pomerol and Saint-Emilion properties. Here are the wines that were served at the tasting. Taken with my Leica M8 and a Leica Wide Angle Tri-Elmar lens.

Tags Lever House, New York, Park Avenue

Landscape Urban

Monday February 27, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Saturday March 3, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – So there’s a camera app for the iPhone called Percolator which I’ve used occasionally to perk up my daily photo. See for example here. I’m pretty restrained using it. Here’s a more radical example. Walking down Lexington Avenue I passed a store front that had be decorated with circles in more or less exactly the percolator proportion using more or less percolator colors. Is this an iPhone app influencing the real design world, or do they have a common antecedent? Taken with my Sony Nex-7 and Leica 24mm Summilux lens.

On this day last year: Snowy day.

Tags Architecture, Manhattan, New York, Stores

Street

Friday February 24, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday March 1, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – A dreary rainy day. I finally got out with my Nex-7 and a Leica 50mm Summilux lens in the early evening. Grim.

On this day last year: Central Park reservoir.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Rain

Landscape Urban

Thursday February 23, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday February 29, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – You may have noticed that I’ve been shooting with a Sony Nex-7 and Leica lenses for the past three weeks. I decided today to return to my Leica M 9 for a quick comparision. The first thing I noticed was that the Leica seemed heavy and the shutter release seemed rough and noisy compared to the Nex-7 (!!). No kidding. The Leica. But it’s also a pleasure to focus in good light and the frame lines are really a terrific way to see – not a surprise since I’ve been shooting Leica Ms for most of my life. I spent the day looking up at facades with a 35mm Summilux lens. What I noticed when I got the images home is the files are supurb. Mostly in focus and well-exposed. Beautifully detailed and nuanced. The old M9 body still has some life in it. I really do like the 18 meg files produced by the Leica more than the 24 meg files produced by the Nex-7. Here are a couple of examples.

On this day last year: attractive woman at the Knick.

Tags Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York

Icon Landscape Urban

Wednesday February 15, 2011

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday February 21, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Well. Another long day at my day job. I managed to get out for a few minutes and catch this at Lever House with my Sony Nex-7. Not brilliant (the light was flat and ugly today frustrating my attempt to get something decent on the street at sunrise, but it’s a picture and I’ve promised you a picture a day.

On this day last year: the lady wears red.

Tags Lever House, Manhattan, New York, Park Avenue