And carry a big stick.
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↑Leica M2 and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
Portrait
Glow.
Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, PortraitOutward, and inward.
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↑Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
Contact.
Inspiration, Portrait, Zeiss ZM 21mm f/2.8 T* BiogonPedal-face synapse.
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↑Leica M9 and Zeiss ZM 21mm @ f/2.8.
Bedtime stories, revisited.
Inspiration, Leica 50mm Noctilux f/1, PortraitFast asleep, courtesy of mommy and the magic of Harry Potter.
The original Bedtime Stories, which was shot with film, is here.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Noctilux @ f/1.0.
Scavanging for seagrass.
Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, Portrait(please click on the image to view)
↑Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
Beautiful dawn.
Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, PortraitBeautiful dawn – lights up the shore for me.
There is nothing else in the world,
I’d rather wake up and see (with you).
Beautiful dawn – I’m just chasing time again.
Thought I would die a lonely man, in endless night.
But now I’m high; running wild…
—James Blunt, High
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↑Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
Lap of luxury.
Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, PortraitAn early evening nap, after an eventful day.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 35mm Summilux @ f/1.4.
The photographer.
Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, PortraitShe, at dawn. This was one of those special little moments I wrote about here.
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↑Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
A little Honey.
Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, PortraitHoney situates herself between the heat of the radiator and the smell of the shoes.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 35mm Summilux @ f1.4.
The singer.
Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, PortraitIn between songs on a hot, humid night.
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↑Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
Ghosts on the beach.
Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, PortraitCorporal forms haunt the shore, within that quiet meeting place of night and day.
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↑Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2, 1/4 sec, ISO 160.
Twists and turns.
Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, PortraitShe’s full of them.
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↑Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
The tractor driver.
Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, Portrait, Teaching pointThat warm glow imbuing every element in this scene is courtesy of the rising sun.
When photographing, it’s all about the light — you have to work to find it, and you can’t fake or photoshop it. In this scene, it’s permeating everything: his face, the tractor, the clouds… like dabbles of fluorescent paint.
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↑Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
Blue.
Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, PortraitThere’s a story going on here.
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↑Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
The jogger.
Inspiration, Leica 135mm Tele-Elmar f/4 (1966), Portrait, Teaching pointIlluminated by a glorious sunrise.
Even @ f/5.6, this 1966 Tele-Elmar 135mm is capable of producing some seriously shallow depth of field… the runner looks like he’s a cut-out figure pasted onto the scene.
By the way, I’ve tried using the Tele-Elmar at its widest aperture of f/4, but the rendering there isn’t as sharp.
This is definitely a daylight lens, but a great daylight lens.
Also, I’ve been pleasantly surprised to find that — despite the longish 135mm focal length — the Tele-Elmar has proven easier to focus accurately than many of my mid-range lenses.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica Tele-Elmar 135mm f/4 @ f/5.6.
The parade.
Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, Portrait, Teaching pointTaken during the 2011 Santa Claus Parade, in Toronto, Canada.
The Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, when shot wide open on the M9, yields a unique visual imprint that I find quite interesting. It is, for example, quite different from what I get with the Noctilux f/1.0.
If anybody out there can articulate the differences, I’d be happy to read your thoughts. To view a small (and not-so-rigorous) comparison between these two lenses, please see here.
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↑Leica M9 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
L – A portrait.
Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summarit f/2.5, PortraitTextures. Cold. And warmth.
Once again, taken with the very underrated Leica 35mm Summarit.
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↑Leica M9 and Leica 35mm Summarit @ f/2.5.
In powder blue.
Inspiration, Portrait, Voigtländer 35mm f/1.2 NoktonHere comes the cold
Break out the winter clothes
And find a love to call your own
You, enter you
Your cheeks a shade of pink
And the rest of you in powder blue…
– John Mayer, St. Patrick’s Day.
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↑Leica M9 and Voigtländer Nokton 35mm @ f/1.2.
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