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.
Sense satiating.
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iPhone 6s
iPhone 6s, using panning feature
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).
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Leica M, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit – R
iPhone 6s
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 Super Wide, ISO 25, 1/350, F:2.2
Every photographer, artist, musician, crafts person asks themselves, either consciously or subconsciously, “What can my tools do? What marks, or sounds, or tones can they produce; in my hands?” The iPhone camera qualifies as a photographic tool; a camera; which fits in your pocket, and includes a built in digital darkroom; as well as a publishing and distribution house. Remarkable to say the least.
Scheider Optics saw fit to provide iPhone photographers with a set of lenses which widens the optical choices and expressive possibilities of an already remarkable photographic tool. The iPhone and these add on lenses do not replace your so-called professional full frame, and/or medium format digital cameras. Though they do make for an extremely compact kit; which serves as one hell of a fine photographic, grab it, sketch book, tool.
The photographs seen below were all post processed in Lightroom on the desktop computer. The rainbow photographs simply used the camera sans auxiliary lenses. The flowers and dead bug made use of the iPro Macro Lens Series 2. Over the next few days I will put the 2x Tele and .45x Super Wide Lenses to some testing. Stay tuned.
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iPhone 6S
iPhone 6S, Using built in Panning Feature
iPhone 6S, iPro Macro Lens Series 2
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Leica M, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit
Leica M, Leitz Wetzlar 160/-4/0.10
Leica M, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit
Leica M, Leitz Wetzlar 160/-4/0.10
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 Shutter” app… attempting to capture a sense of moving water.
iPhone 6s
Leica M8, 40 mm Summicron with B+W 092 Infrared Filter
One must “practice” to “learn” the attributes, limitations, possibilities, and handling properties of any new tool.
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iPhone 6S
when I look up
and feel wonder;
and quite small and alone
as I bathe in the moonlight
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Leica M, 350 mm Telyt – R
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Leica M, 60 mm Macro Elmarit – R
The turk’s cap lily (Lilium superbum)
seems extremely happy this year
twice the blooms as last year
greeting us at the back door
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Leica M, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit – R
