September 2023

Red Broom

Micro Four-Thirds /

In Summit, NJ I found this interesting red broom behind a business on Springfield Ave in downtown. I thought that it was interesting with the color of the bristles, but it needed a different perspective. So instead of the normal 12-40/2.8 lens (a 24mm FF FOV lens), I put on the 7.5mm Laowa super-wide, which is like a 15mm. The 7.5mm lens is odd and I don’t know whether it is my copy or the lens itself. I bought it used and when I first made shots on my Olympus m43 E-M1 Mk2, I tried to use it like a […]

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Lone weed

Abstract /

Again in Morris Plains, NJ. A lone weed growing over a guardrail next to a parking lot. Not winning any competitions, but I liked the minimalistic composition. I tried a black-and-white version, but I thought the subtle blue-gray of the guardrail and the green plant added something to me.

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Meters in panorama

Film, Film - Color /

Not super photogenic, but I liked the scene taken in the panoramic format. This was taken with the Noblex 135U film panoramic, swing-lens camera on Portra160. Another of my random photos of the back of urban NJ businesses. I liked the yellow pole in the middle bifurcating the scene. I with that there was nothing on the right side, but that’s what was there and I not into making up backgrounds by wholesale Photoshop tools, so this is what I got.

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Yale Bricks & Railing

Abstract, Micro Four-Thirds /

Walking around Yale University for the New Haven Road Race I happened upon this little stairway down to a basement on a random Yale building. It was a little dull, but I bumped up the saturation a little to bring out the colors, especially the green splotches, which are probably algae. This is, as usual, taken with my Olympus E-M1 mk2 with the superb 12-40/2.8 lens. This is really a fabulous lens that is so very versatile. I carry this lens along with a 7.5mm Laowa and possibly a 60 macro of a 40-450/4. But given the 12-40’s great performance

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Colored Vents

Abstract, Micro Four-Thirds, Minimalism /

These two photos are from two different cities, but reflect the commonality of functional architectural details. I assume that these are HVAC vents and these two have very different walls, but similar functions. Just like I like windows and doors and standpipes, I’ll probably start hunting for interesting wall vents going forward. The brown one is from Boston down by the financial district. The green one is from Summit, NJ, if I remember right.

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Whippany Train Station

Abstract, Micro Four-Thirds /

The Whippany NJ Train station is a train station that is now unused with regular service. The line that used to serve the station was closed a long time ago. But the train station is now a railroad museum with a dozen or two cars, exhibits, etc. I think they also have some steam engine rides from time to time. This is a photo of the train station taken on digital and converted to black and white. I did a bunch of smoothing and massaging to emulate fine-grained film with a little glow, as I remember it.

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Shadows and Sunbeams

Shadows /

Walking in the financial/tourist district of Boston, right around Milk St, there are lots of narrow buildings. I was in Boston at the Omni Parker House a few weekends ago walking around in the morning and the sun started coming and going in between the buildings. I waited at one street until the last little bit of light peeked around the building and took several photos and this was the best. I had to clean up some stuff on top with Ps generative fill, but otherwise it was just a straight high contrast black and white conversion

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Reflections in Stripes

Abstract, iPhone /

At the Rumson country club, where we recently attended a wedding. It had just rained pretty hard and as you walked up the stairs to go into the wedding venue, the floor was made of a decking material. The decking had cupped, as they usually do, and the water was pooling in the cupped deck planks. This guy, probably one of the band members, walked outside to grab a smoke and I snapped this with my iPhone. Of course, it was upside down, so I flipped it both Horizontally and Vertically so he would be looking left-to-right and right side

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Urban Minimalism

Abstract, Micro Four-Thirds, Minimalism /

Minimalistic images. Most minimalistic images that I see in the magazines or websites are more often than not of nature scenes, long docks out on the water, lone trees, a single subject on a long exposure of water or similar shots. Those don’t present themselves to me much because I don’t go to such places with the limited time that a working life affords me. So I wonder around urban scenes, the backs of storefronts, etc. If I look long enough, lots of scenes present themselves like the two below. The left on was on the back of a store

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Yellow Window & Detritis

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Boston MA. Just a random scene in the main tourist area near the Omni Parker House hotel in downtown Boston. I loved the Yellow echos of the window, the pole, and whatever that is on the left. Also love the blue and green items, otherwise it would have been too monochromatic. I had mixed results from feedback on this image from Instagram, but I think people just get tired of seeing these sorts of urban disorganization photos. iPhone 14Pro

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