Greetings, this blog is dedicated to my life in photography. I want to make this a place to stop and relax. In the hope that this will help in these trying times
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Photo of the day, Jan. 24 2010 Nikon D700
My summer lunch. Hard Italian bread, is there any other kind of bread? with sea salt from Sicily and Italian olive oil. Sliced plum tomatoes also spinkled with salt and oil. The cheese is Sicilian primo sale pepato and the olives are also Sicilian from Castelvetrano. A touch od oregano could have been used but it can be too overpowering at times. Really delicious. Shot with the D700 and the 60mm f 2.8 Micro Nikkor. Just natural window light, no fills of any kind.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Photo of the day Jan, 23 2010 Fuji S2 pro
Thursday, January 21, 2010
In memoriam Grazia D'Ancona , my beloved aunt.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
OSKAR BARNAK AWARDS
Oscar Barnak, the inventor of the Leica will always be in the heart of anyone who appreciates fine photography i.e anyone familiar with the Leica mystique and cameras . Leitz Wetzlar came upon hard times due to but not solely to the digital revolution, and eventually, after many reorganizations, it finally sold the Leica name, factory, patents etc to a new company known simply as Leica. Their high standards have been maintained but their prices are , as usual, astronomical. The M8 and M9 along with the NF S2 are the results of the new venture. So now Leica has offered an Oskar Barnak Prize. It applies only to young photographers; shades of age discrimination? But it's nice to know that Oskar Barnak is being honored and remembered.
Cut and paste this address to get details.
http://www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com/#/en/applying/to-take-part
Cut and paste this address to get details.
http://www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com/#/en/applying/to-take-part
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Photo of the day, Jan 18 2010 Canon 20D
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Photo of the day, Jan 18 2010 Canon 5DII
Please don't get tired of the face of my dog Charlie. I'm still fooling aroung with the 5DII and this time I used a portable LCD panel, the dlc Video and DSLR LED Light [DL-DV60]. The reason why I bought it is not because of its versatility as a fill light but as a focusing light. I do jobs in very dark rooms, cocktail receptions, for example. In these venues, there really is no light to speak of. The LED panel could come in handy. We shall see. The setting used was Tungsten WB and it did give a bluish tint that could be ameliorated by dialing in a higher Kelvin color temperature.
The lens was the SIGMA 50mm Macro 2.8 abd the ISO was 800. There was no noise. The RAW image was processed by Canon's Photo Professional.
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These shots were As I go through my old cd's to re burn them, I keep fingid many great shots with the S1. It always amazes me what that ...
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There was something right about the skin tones of the D 1-X. Only the Fuji S2-Pro did better. The Nikkor 35-135 F 3.5-4.5 was used.
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Yes indeed, old photos from Sicily. I will be posting new ones very soon. The above photos were shot with Tri-X and with the Canon Ft and...