Some mornings the light looks delicious. When I have checks to deposit at my bank, and I have the time to forgo electronic banking, I like to park on the edge of our downtown and walk to the center where my bank has their offices. It's old fashioned but I like handing my deposit slip across the counter to a teller, discuss the weather and get a receipt. It's another excuse to walk instead of doing things the easy way.
It was warm and as humid as ever this morning. But the light was really sweet. Not too intense but not gloomy either. I photographed a few little scenes until I got to the spot above and then I realized that I really liked the giant chimney in the foreground and the cloudy speckled sky in the background so I stopped and comped up a shot. As I was started to shoot a woman walked through the small patch of sunlight that was illuminating a small part of a wall. It was just right.
I liked the square of light just in the right spot so I walked closer and tried a few variations. I liked all of them. It only takes a day or two of rain in Austin for all the green to stand up straighter and look refreshed. The clouds were right out of "landscape photograph central casting."
I traveled light today. No big camera and no big lens. Just a diminutive Leica CL and the quirky looking TTArtisan 17mm lens. After walking around with bigger, heavier cameras I was barely cognizant of the CL's presence. But I like the way it renders photographs. It can be really nice.
MJ is playing with a monochrome version of the Sigma fp over at theonlinephotographer and I'm very interested to see how he likes the camera and the 45mm lens he's using. I never thought about it before but it might be the perfect black and white camera. Mods or not. Worth taking a look at...
And now, a few hours later, we're in the middle of a torrential rain storm!!! Thank goodness we got the primer on the doors when we did. Only weather resistant lenses and IP54 rated cameras outside right now!!
ReplyDeleteI love it: author commenting on his own blog!
ReplyDelete"Mods or not."
ReplyDeleteOften you use phrases I'm not familiar with. Normally, I close the screen at that point and move on to something else.
In this post, however, the unfamiliar phrase occurs in the last paragraph, and, having looked already at the TOP article and being interested in the camera, I'll take the time to ask what the phrase means!
Thanks,
Richard
Really? Modifications. As in modifying the sensor to shoot only black and white.
ReplyDeleteI thought that was resolutely mainstream. I must be hanging out with too many engineers lately.
I can't imagine that I use too many weird or obscure words but maybe it's a regional difference.
Now.... what is TOP?
"Really? Modifications. As in modifying the sensor to shoot only black and white."
ReplyDeleteOK, that makes sense!
I thought that was resolutely mainstream. I must be hanging out with too many engineers lately.
Perhaps I am not mainstream enough! I need to find some engineers to hang out with.
I can't imagine that I use too many weird or obscure words but maybe it's a regional difference.
"Weird" or "obscure" are too strong... "unfamiliarity" is better. Normally I'm too lazy to look them up. I searched in this case, and found nothing. Over at DPR (Digital Photography Review) "Mods" is used often to refer to the forum "Moderators" but that didn't seem to apply here.
Now.... what is TOP?
Ah Ha! Well, those are the initials for "The Online Photographer," which stand out in a different color in the heading. They also appear in the right column under "Portals."
There! Everything is clear.
Richard