↑Nikon D810 + Nikon 300mm f/4E PF ED VR.
Shot on Leica M8 :)
2016, Beyond 200 feet of My House™, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 75mm Summarit f/2.5, Leica M8 (CCD Lives!), Print, Street
↑Leica M8 (CCD Lives! – Prosophos Open Letter to Leica) + Leica 75mm Summarit f/2.5.
Hands.
Film, Inspiration, Kodak BW400CN, Leica - Black Chrome Special Edition, Leica - Kanto, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait, Print, Scanner - Plustek 120
Canada.
Inspiration, Nikon, Nikon 300mm f/4E PF ED VR, Nikon D810, Print#WeTheNorth.
Pier to Nowhere.
2016, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Minolta Autocord CDS III 75mm Rokkor f/3.5, Print, Scanner - Plustek 120“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever… it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off–then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.”
―Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale.
Between Scylla and Charybdis.
2016, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Minolta Autocord CDS III 75mm Rokkor f/3.5, Print, Scanner - Plustek 120
Close Connection.
Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Minolta Autocord CDS III 75mm Rokkor f/3.5, Print, Q&A, Rolleinar 2, Scanner - Plustek 120, Teaching pointThere’s another close connection going on here…
I’ve attached a Rolleinar 2 close-up lens kit to the Minolta Autocord to get this shot.
This is the first test image with the combination. The buttery-smooth bokeh of the Rokkor f/3.5 is impressive, given the concomitant sharpness in the in-focus areas. It’s one of the reasons I sought out the Autocord in the first place. It’s rare to find such sharp-but-smooth rendering — often you only get to have one of these attributes in a lens. The only other lenses I know of that are as well balanced are the Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH and the Mamiya RZ 110/2.8.
—Peter.
1.
Inspiration, Leica - LHSA, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M9(P)/M-E (CCD Lives!), Print
Rainbow Arc.
2016, Favourite, Inspiration, iPhone, Life's Little Moments, PrintSometimes, your attempts will fall a little short of your dreams.
(image created 62 minutes ago)
—Peter.
Solitude.
Inspiration, Leica M9(P)/M-E (CCD Lives!), Print“We live as we dream—alone….”
—Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness.
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Spiritus Mundi.
Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Life's Little Moments, Mamiya RZ 110mm F/2.8, Mamiya RZ67 Professional Pro II, Print, Scanner - Plustek 120“How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.”
―Theodore Roethke
Otherworldly.
2015, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summicron ASPH f/2, Leica M9(P)/M-E (CCD Lives!), Lighting- Nissin i40 Compact Flash, Portrait, Print
It rolled itself in pain…
You will see light in the darkness
You will make some sense of this…“
—The Police, Secret Journey.
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ALDS Game 1 – Opening Ceremonies.
Baseball, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summicron ASPH f/2, Leica M9(P)/M-E (CCD Lives!), Print, Sports, StreetIn celebration of the Jays’ win tonight to even the series 2-2, here’s one more from Game 1.
Back to Toronto they come to play the deciding game on Wednesday.
Does anybody want to donate their tickets to a family of 5?
—Peter.
Floral Interlude.
2015, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica M3, Print, Scanner - Plustek 8200i, Undisclosed Lens #3
Freedom.
2015, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica M3, Port Elgin, Portrait, Print, Scanner - Plustek 8200i, Street, Undisclosed Lens #1
Onward and Upward.
2015, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica M9(P)/M-E (CCD Lives!), Print, Q&A, Undisclosed Lens #1A plane-against-the-evening-sky shot.
This is courtesy of my undisclosed lens, with the aperture wide open (focus set to infinity).
The image below represents a 50% crop of the original.
—Peter.
Dandelion (100% crop).
2015, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica M Monochrom (CCD Lives!), Print, Q&A, Undisclosed Lens #1100% centre crop from a 55-year-old lens that costs less than a Leica lens filter!
(the focus point is right at the centre of the dandelion, and this was shot wide open… I kid you not.)
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And here is the original image (ISO = 1250, 1/180 sec, aperture = I’m not telling):
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Pretty cool, eh?
This is a lens that most Leica shooters would likely never consider.
My guess is that it’s due for a massive price adjustment.
—Peter.
The beautiful game – contemplative.
2015, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica M Monochrom (CCD Lives!), Portrait, Print, Sports, The Beautiful GameReflections, revisited.
Prosophos 