My beautiful Dusty

Dusty dear Dusty, how I miss thee. I'm a unapologetic animal lover. I love dogs but I adore cats. Sadly, My beautiful Dusty passed away at age 19; so I look at the pictures and rekindle my memories. I just wan  to share this with you. Have a nice Saturday and please be cautious.

Have a beautiful weekend

Digital's advantages in color imaging

I realize that there are still many who find digital deplorable and many of these are instructors in schools. The reason is teachers are not real photographers who struggled with film's many quirks. I worked with film for over 30 years in various formats and have many good things to say but there are things we could never do with film. The ability to change color balance while keeping the same ISO or ASA as we used to call it is one example. If I were shooting Kodachrome and needed to balance for 3200 K I would have to change roll. I could have used filters but they would lose at least one stop. Try losing one stop on Kodachrome whose speed was 25! I will not mention reciprocity failure. The ability to use incorrect light balance as shown in the third image is also one of digital's advantage. All images were shot within a few minutes right after sunset. 
However, this mainly applies to color images. Black and white is a different story. Although we can emulate many films with software and convert images to black and white, the real weakness of digital is in the prints. I have yet to see a really good black and white digital print that can compare to one made in a chemical darkroom. The depth and tonality of these prints are incomparable. That is something I miss.

Afternoon light

The light is everything as it can change the prosaic into the interesting.

Jackson Height

Queens is New York City's most diverse borough and Jackson Heights is Queens' most diverse neighborhood. These images are from the Indian section and shows vegetable shopping on 37th Avenue. It's an amazing experience and the prices are very cheap. These images go back a few years but the prices are reasonably priced and the produce is very fresh.

prices are very cheap. Of course these images were shot a few years ago but the vegetables a fresh and very reasonably priced. 

Tutti a tavola, si mangia

Come to the table, we'll eat. Some food shots of what I cook that will appear in this blog. It's still a photo blog.

Beef pizzaiola

Maccu, fava dry fava beans minestra

Penne rigate alla Norma. Vincenzo Bellini's Favorate dish named after his famous opera

Trofie al pesto. Ricetta tipica genovese

That wonderful American porch

I'm always fascinated at the beauty and simplicity of that unique all American front porch that reaches it's full glory in the summer months. This porch, in Honesdale, Pennsylvania  is typical of this architectural genre.

 

Have a great week

Have a great Sunday

Nikon FTn and Micro Nikkir 55mm F 3.5 lens on Kodachrome II