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, August 29, 2020
Friday, August 28, 2020
The dying of the light
At the end of the day at daylight's last gleaming the prosaic can become interesting. This is such an example. A cloudy evening and the sky just lightened for an instant because the clouds lost their homogeneity and a brief cone of light shone on the top of this otherwise dull building making what I think is a nice shot possible. You have to be at the right place at the right time and must be ready with your eyes and your camera. Who said it was easy; actually it's not too hard.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Japanese cherry blossom festival
Every year the city's Japanese community celebrates a Japanese cherry blossom festival at the famed Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Alas, this year it had to be cancelled. These images are from a few years ago. It is a wonderful event featuring traditional costumes, food and many Japanese cultural events. Like everything in New York, it's very crowded and one must get there early in order to park. Fortunately the subway has a Brooklyn Botanic Garden stop that is very convenient.
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Monday, August 24, 2020
Candid portrait
This shot depicts a woman who, like myself, had been invited to a friend of mine's birthday party. She was sitting and waiting for the festivities to start. I was taken by the subject's pride and dignity. She was also elegantly attired. Photography is perfect for capturing such a state of mind. She was not aware that I took the photo but afterword I told her and she was pleasantly surprised. I just love this image. It must be added that in using digital, I was able to take advantage of the auto white balance of my Nikon D2-H. With film this shot would only have been in black and white.
Sunday, August 23, 2020
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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...