Despite the rain, I was able to get out for after work, with my camera today, and make a few images from scenes around my neighborhood. Rainy days can provide creative opportunities in the form of reflections.
1/200 sec at f/4.0, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/100 sec at f/3.5, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/100 sec at f/3.5, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/400 sec at f/4.5, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/80 sec at f/3.2, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/250 sec at f/4.5, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/50 sec at f/2.8, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
I’ve often considered working on a water tower series. I ought to do it. I find their stance, shape, and vintage signage so photogenic. It seems most of them are quite old; their paint bleached by the sun. The one in my images below, is no longer in use and has developed some great colors through it’s decay. The underbelly of that tank specifically. To me, those interesting colors are part of the allure of the urban decay genre, and why I enjoy shooting it so much. I like the thought that these complimentary colors, tones, and textures developed organically, so very slowly over time. Perhaps, just waiting for me to come along this afternoon and freeze the scene.
1/500 sec at f/5.0, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/500 sec at f/5.0, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/800 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
Enjoyed myself today, making these images. I’m loving the effects created by the circular polarizing filter I have been using in front of my lens. It really makes those clouds punchy and pulls more contrast out of the scene. I love this old farm and enjoyed crawling all through it.
1/250 sec at f/5.0, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/200 sec at f/4.5, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/640 sec at f/2.2, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/500 sec at f/2.0, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
…Catskills that is. (My quick fix when I’m dying to get out in the mountains with my camera). From my house, to the Adirondacks is a long 340 miles. This place is an easy 180 miles and worth the 3.5 hour drive. I threw the sleeping bag in the back of the Outback and will most likely sleep at the Slide Mountain Trailhead Parking Lot. I hope that’s ok. This will be my first time sleeping inside the Outback and I’m stoked to see how it goes. My -20 bag is so thick and comfortable, I am already looking forward to sleeping!
1/250 sec, at f/4.5, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/125 sec at f/4.0, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/640 sec at f/3.5, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2
1/150 sec at f/3.2, ISO 160, 23mm, Fujifilm X100v. Using circular polarizing filter.
A reach back to September of 2020. Long Lake, New York. This 1952 Cessna 195 sitting silently in the mountain lake.
1/500 sec at f/11, ISO 200, 16mm, Sony A7 III
1/450 sec at f/5, ISO 160, 23mm, Fujifilm X100v
Merry Christmas folks! Winter Storm Elliot swept across the states this week dropping the temperature down to 8° F this morning! Winter’s colder temperatures usually discourage me from getting outside and shooting. It’s usually just too cold for me to stay still making images. However, I’ve really been wanting to get out and shoot. Despite the cold temps, the morning light got me out of bed, into my long underwear and out the door. I’ve been meaning to take a walk down the tracks in my neighborhood to see what there is to see. I thought I’d return home with some boxcar photos but instead I found an old MACK truck and had fun shooting it! I really love it’s tomato soup tone and Fujifilm’s Classic Chrome film simulation is so fun to shoot in! What do you think?
1/320 sec at f/2.0, ISO 160, 23mm, Fujifilm X100v
1/60 sec at f/3.2, ISO 250, 23mm, Fujifilm X100v
1/150 sec at f/3.2, ISO 160, 23mm, Fujifilm X100v
1/60 sec at f/4.0, ISO 320, 23mm, Fujifilm X100v
1/280 sec at f/2.0, ISO 160, 23mm, Fujifilm X100v
Don’t forget to get down to the lanes and “throw some rocks”. Really dig the texture created by the bricks in this building.
This morning I passed by Weaver’s Ice Cream Shop just outside of Williamsport, PA and had to double back for a few quick snowy snapshots. The image below was shot using the Fujifilm X100f’s built in MINIATURE filter, found in the Advanced tab within the Drive menu. This is a pretty gimmicky attempt at the type of image produced using a tilt shift lens and I find the linear blurring north and south of the image centerline to be quite limiting. Nevertheless, it’s fun to play with the filters, which are one of Fujifilm’s selling points. I love the built in film simulations and the ability to enter your own custom “recipes” to emulate the filmic look of your preference. It’s really making photography fun for me again.
Weaver’s Ice Cream & Pizza. 16635 US-15, Allenwood, PA 17810
1/850 sec at f/13, ISO 800, 23mm, Fujifilm X100f
1/450 sec at f/5.6, ISO 800, 23mm, Fujifilm X100f
1/2500 sec at f/5.6, ISO 800, 23mm, Fujifilm X100f
1/1400 sec at f/6.4, ISO 640, 23mm, Fujifilm X100v
Enjoy a Coke.
1/140 sec at f/3.6, ISO 800, 23mm, Fujifilm X100f
Again; the Javelin. This car is parked around the corner from my house, and I can’t seem to pass by it without snapping some images. Still, I seem to always leave this scene feeling a little frustrated with the way I’m framing my shots. Either I am realizing the constraints of using a 35mm focal length or I am just really not seeing an interesting/enticing angle. Nevertheless; here are a few more snaps from this misty, rainy morning. (Oh, and I’m ticking the box for today, on my daily photo posting challenge!)
1/240 sec at f/3.6, ISO 640, 23mm, Fujifilm X100v
1/450 sec at f/4.0, ISO 640, 23mm, Fujifilm X100v
1/340 sec at f/4.0, ISO 640, 23mm, Fujifilm X100v