One could discuss everything technically “wrong” with this photograph: Shot through a, not all that clean, double pane window; and a screen. Out of focus foreground objects partially blocking the subject. Perhaps too high an ISO. Severe Crop. Yet something also feels very “right,” or at least “natural,” too. We really do only catch brief glimpses of […]
Category Archives: Fawna
Robin, Shamrock, Fresh Warm Bread
Robin, Shamrock, Fresh, Warm, Bread … Surely a poem can be found between and around those words, in the morning, in the spring time, if I look long, listen, and smell softly. Leica M, 350 mm Telyt-R
A day with the Leitz Apo—Macro—Elmarit—R 1:2.8 / 100 on the M (240)
(click photograph for larger view) Dust to dust. Wabi (a quality of austere and serene beauty expressing a mood of spiritual solitude recognized in Zen Buddhist philosophy.) Sabi (“The concept sabi carries not only the meaning ‘aged’—in the sense of ‘ripe with experience and insight’ as well as ‘infused with the patina that lends old things their beauty’—but […]
The Leitz Wetzlar Macro-Elmarit-R 1:2.8 / 60 on the Leica M (240)
Locking the 60 Macro-Elmarit-R on to the Leica M, with M to R adapter, Multifunction Grip and EVF results in yet another relatively light, relatively small, very well balanced and extremely versatile kit. The ability to focus from 1:2 to infinity without additional hardware is very reassuring for a lover of close views of the […]
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 […]
Leitz Wetzlar – Super Angulon – R 1 : 4 / 21 on Leica M: Memories are made of these
Yet again I find I cannot choose my 21/4/SA in the M>R Manual Lens Menu. That’s 3 for 3 (the 350, 15, 21) I can choose the 19/2.8 or the 28/2.8. So I choose the 19 – another lens that I continue to lust after. I grew up with Schneider designed Super Angulons always in my bag. […]
An unexpected visitor…
I believe it’s an Eight-spotted Forester Moth. (click photograph for larger view) Leica M, 90 mm Rodenstock Apo Rodagon on Leitz Bellows II
See. Here’s the thing…
I pick things up. I don’t know why. These things sit around for years. Decades even. Ann gifted me with a wonderful novel for christmas Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. It’s about us; people; and monarch butterflies. It’s an important novel. It prompted me to photograph some stuff I picked up. Gifts. Really. Leica R8/DMR, […]
Friday: a fallen feather and frozen fragments…
continue to fascinate my fovea. Why? (click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 60 mm Macro Elmarit
Contemplating…
a poor choice? bad timing? karma? (click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit