They were found together on the pavement, on a rainy afternoon.
On a technical note, this particular shade of red reminds me very much of the native output of the M8; it apparently can be coaxed out of the M240 after some post-processing.
And on another note, this image marks the return for me of the Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH.
—Peter.
↑Leica M240 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
Prosophos 
Feels like an early discovery along the sometimes twisty path from here to home..
Well stated Greg.
What a beautiful picture, Peter. And yes, that lens is rather special.
Thank you Jose.
Having both the M8 and the M240 I can see what you mean about the red color. I can see it in the brown as well. So with some subjects and some post processing they can look very much alike. In other instances they can seem like night and day.
I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts about the Summilux on the M240. There seem to be differences about how it performs/renders on my M8 and the M240. Especially wide open. Steve Huff mentions his experience that the lens is less crisp than on the M8/M9. Maybe it’s just the added megapixels finally showing the limits to the performance of the lens wide open, but I have had moments when I actually thought there was something wrong with either the lens or the M240 because the performance was different than I’m used to.
One thing that I usually see in M240 pictures is the shinyness of objects. Sure, the leaves were wet, but they seem even more shiny than I remember just regular fallen leaves to be. I work the highlights in post process to tune down this shinyness.
Anyway, thanks for your thoughts and your pictures. I find both to be inspiring.
Dear Pieter,
The acknowledgment that the 50/1.4 is “less crisp” on the M240 is a subset of the general acknowledgment that *all* lenses on the M240 are “less crisp” – it’s a CCD vs. CMOS thing 🙂 … and it’s consistent with what I’ve been saying for a very, very long time.
I agree about the brown in this image – very M8-like indeed. I focused my comments on the colour red because it’s such a difficult colour to represent well on digital (it’s not a coincidence that 3 of my last posted shots were a study in red; I know if I can tame this colour on the M240, I can tame any colour). The M8 made red easy. Interestingly, the M240 is in some ways more faithful to reality, but less faithful to “artistry” (for lack of a better word), unless you play with the files a bit.
Thank you for your very thoughtful comments.
Peter.
PS. The shine on the leaves was purely secondary to the water, but I’ll keep my eye out for this phenomenon in my other images.
Cher Peter,
First, glad to see that you get your “lens Heart” …
Your image is just perfect … as is the message which vehicle! (I hope the translation works)!
It’s funny to see this picture on your website today … I posted on the “DPR” yesterday, 4 images, 2 representing “dead nature”! Autumn leaves, I treated my way … But with a 50 Summicron!
BTW, I wish you lots of happiness with your new “combo”, which I have no doubt, will do wonders in your hands … for our pleasure at all!
Good week my friend!
Hugues.
Thank you dear Hugues. I no long visit DPR, for many reasons. I’ll make an exception for you, however!
I feel like I could just touch those leaves. Well done.
Funny enough, the effects of the extra dynamic range are evident even in a simple shot like this, and with the proper processing lends a greater air of “realism” to the subject(s).
Heartbreaking. Heartfilling. Beautiful.
Thank you h!