For the first time, in over 50 years, I left home without a Leica within arms reach. I decided to take the lightest possible bag: the iPhone, 3 iPro lenses, a tiny tripod, ID, headphones, post it note pad and two pens. Never travelled this light before. 15 mile ride. 7 of them soaking wet. […]
Category Archives: Daily thoughts
Tree frog and rainbow
The tree frog seemed to find great comfort in the plastic tub containing the deck furniture cushions. I continue to marvel at the view from my front door; as well as the very human scale architecture of Cedarburg (after the rain). (click photograph for larger view) Leica M, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit – R […]
Friday’s flowers with iPro 2X Tele and .45X Super Wide
Curiosity drives exploration. The ProCamera app, and many others, on the iPhone 6S, allows manual control of ISO, Shutter Speed and more. And what about these other two lenses in my pocket? iPhone 6S, iPro 2x Tele, ISO 32, 1/15, f:2.2 iPhone 6S, iPro .45x Super Wide, ISO 40, 1/15, F:2.2 iPhone 6S, iPro .45x […]
Last day of “summer vacation”
Yesterday… cycled to the Out ‘n’ Out to meet Tanya and Sophia… Last day of summer vacation for Sophia… After her mac’n’cheese and chocolate malt… Sophia waded in Cedar Creek… below the rapids… attempted to capture micro minnows… swimming upstream… in a tiny school… as I experimented further with the iPhone 6S and the “Slow […]
Creative Encounters
What do i “see,” or fail to see, within my frame of reference? What do i include or exclude from consideration? What may be revealed to me if i choose to add or remove a filter, or to step back a hundred feet or forward a few, or turn this way or that way, as i encounter life minute to minute? What […]
Friday flowers; and iPhone camera part two
One must “practice” to “learn” the attributes, limitations, possibilities, and handling properties of any new tool. (click photograph for larger view) iPhone 6S
About those iPhones
So I phonally acquired one a dem dare “smart” phones. I could say a whole lot about the damn thing; how the $5 Runtastic Cycling App synchs with my $30 heart rate monitor and maps and charts my cycling runs; or how I’m re-enjoying “my music” while cycling. or… oh hell you long-time-users already know all this. So […]
One of those nights
when I look up and feel wonder; and quite small and alone as I bathe in the moonlight (click photograph for larger view) Leica M, 350 mm Telyt – R
Friday. A flower.
just outside our back door standing in the rain Leica M, 100 mm Macro Apo Elmarit – R
Little Free Libraries
The Little Free Library movement started in 2009, when Todd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin, built a model of a one room schoolhouse and filled it with books. You can read more of this history here. You can also find a map of all the “registered” Little Libraries; plans to build one; ready mades; et al. While cycling, and/or […]