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graphic designer, photographer, videographer

Sod Farm Studies

I’ve driven past this location a dozen times; always thinking I’ll have to stop and photograph it. A couple weeks ago I finally did stop. The temperature hovered around five degrees as I hunted for the arrangement of those qualities which attracted my attention. At the moment I’m unable to choose which view sums up those qualities into a single frame; I guess it takes time.

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Though I think this, the second, the square, really does sum up the visual appeal; or maybe I need the door as seen above.

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Leica M Monochrom, 50 mm Summilux Asph, and 28 mm Summicron Asph

Been working with trees…

Weeks have passed with very little photography.

Been digging around in tool bags quite different than the camera bags.
Rather than reaching for the correct focal length lens, choosing ISO and shutter speeds, and apertures…
I’ve been choosing saw blades, planes, chisels, gouges and trying to find a taper jig for the table saw.

Laid the new hardwood on the step to transition into the kitchen.

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 The fan finally arrived and is a delight to look at as it transitions to the cedar.

Quite immersed in the beauty, and smell, of oak and cedar trees…

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Did manage to share coffee and a few stories with fellow photographer, Troy Freund;
who offered up a couple “Magic Arms” in exchange for a large vanilla bean coffee from Stone Creek.
Troy had rented an Leica M (240) and asked me about my take on Leica focusing vs. auto focus DSLRs.
I handed him my Olympus EVF to clip on his rental M. That was my answer and he “got it” instantly.

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 Blending the eclectic, perhaps even eccentric…
Searching for solutions to return to true and plumb in a world where the concept seemed irrelevant.

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Fitting and finishing… you’d hardly know that short wall was twisted in two different directions…

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The joy of craftsmanship, the smell and feel of wood being formed and fit…
accompanied by a certain melancholy…
as the arthritis whispers of aging, and trigger fingers lock up around the gouges and mallets…
back now seems chronically in pain… aging does not favor weeks of bending over the work…

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Leica M, 35 mm Summilux Asph

Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-R 1:1.4 / 50 on Leica M: including a Friday Flower

Just like the 35 mm Summicron-R the Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-R 1:1.4 / 50 makes a beautiful, relatively small, well balanced kit, with a great feel, fit and finish, when mated to the Leica M(240). The 50 mm Summilux also provides a respectable 20″ close focus possibility along with its classic, creamy Summilux bokeh.

The first few of these examples display the wrong exif data because I forgot to reset the Manual R Lens Detection to the 50 Summilux. Rest assured all the images in this post were made with the 50 mm Summilux_R on the M(240).

This may be the most remarkable walk around lens/camera kit I’ve had the pleasure to use. This relatively small and light combination handled every situation while delivering superb results; including a commercial studio product shoot.

Next up: Leitz Canada Summicron-R 1:2 / 50. A lighter lens than the Summilux, though about the same size.

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We can see this is a lovely lens for working in close at that 20″ mark.

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Again focused at the 20″ mark; though this is a very small section of the Full Frame (seen below);
and certainly demonstrating the quality of both the 50 mm Summilux-R and the M(240) sensor.

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In this last example I put the 50 Summilux-R on the R Bellows.

Leica M, Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-R 1:1.4 / 50