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The Tulip Frenzy Is Here

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , on April 14, 2013 by johnbuckley100

It’s the most. Wonderful time. Of the year.

So it’s a little bit of an odd Tulip Frenzy.  Because it has been so cold, and then suddenly we hit 90 degrees, the orderly, though delayed process of tulips emerging in DC seems to have been overly hastened along.  So tulips went from heavy bulbs to post-peak in the span of a single day.  Colors are muted.  And just as there are always funny stories when a baby boom follows nine months after a big snowstorm, we can’t help but notice that there seem to have been fewer bulbs planted in Our Nation’s Capital last fall.  Hmm, autumn of a presidential year.

We will report back in later in the day.  But this is an early taste of what D.C. is like on the namesake day for our blog.  Leica M, 50mm Noctilux, ND filter.  Yes, we had some fun processing it in LR4, sharpening the tulip in Nik’s output sharpener, and then fooling around in Color Efex 4.

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The Tulip Frenzy Approaches

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , on April 13, 2013 by johnbuckley100

We are mere hours away, people.  Get ready. Leica M, 50mm Noctilux, ND filter.

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A Perfect Letter B, Or The Diversity Of Crowds At The Cherry Blossompalooza

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , on April 13, 2013 by johnbuckley100

Leica M, 50mm APO-Summicron-Asph, ND filter, wide open.

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Wonderfully Put: Sebastiao Salgado’s “Gods Eye View Of The Planet”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , on April 13, 2013 by johnbuckley100

The Telegraph weighs in with a wonderful interview with Salgado, continuing his triumphant opening week of the “Genesis” exhibit in London.

Not Everyone Is Getting What They Want

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , on April 12, 2013 by johnbuckley100

At the Tidal Basin, midway through Cherry Blossompalooza. Leica M, 50mm APO-Summicron-Asph, ND filter, f/13.

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At The Museum Launch Of “Genesis,” The BBC Interviews Sebastiao Salgado

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , on April 12, 2013 by johnbuckley100

Sebastiao Salgado’s epic show “Genesis” launched this week in London, kicking off what will undoubtedly be the most important collection of images brought to the world this year.  Salgado is getting the attention, and the critical acclaim, he deserves.  Happily, there is an interview with him from the BBC that not only allows you to listen to him tell how he got some of the shots, but gives you a sense of the intimacy of the show that kicked off at the Natural History Museum in London earlier this week.

For more information on the show, here is a separate BBC blog post, with images.

Finally, for an early preview of what to expect from “Genesis,” we refer you back to this piece we posted in January, after meeting Salgado at the Brazilian Embassy in D.C.

 

Holding Hands With Captain Adorable

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , on April 11, 2013 by johnbuckley100

Every once in a while a photo just comes together.  It’s easy to understand how this little girl caught our eye in the crowd, but that we were able to focus and capture her holding hands with Captain Adorable is an example not of skill but kismet.  Yeah, the dress makes the photo, but check out the dappled light and the soft background bokeh.  Leica M-240, the 50mm APO-Summicron-Asph, and a 3X ND filter, shot at f/6.8.  This is not what Joel Meyerowitz would call a “tough shot,” as anything with kids in it is, by definition, potentially sentimental.  But we love this shot.  Hope you do, too.

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Cherry Blossom Time As En Plein Air Portrait Studio

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on April 10, 2013 by johnbuckley100

All pictures Leica M-240 with 50mm APO-Summicron-Asph.  Click on picture for detailed viewing.

It’s Cherry Blossom Time in Washington, D.C. and everyone is enjoying the nice weather.

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It’s a time for relaxation in the suddenly gorgeous spring, which given how consistently cold the winter was, provides immediate happiness.

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But it’s also a time in which people come to the Mall to have their picture taken, and everyone is either posing for a picture…

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taking a picture…

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Or reviewing a picture.

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The mass  phenomenon of people taking pictures of themselves is a byproduct of the Smartphone Revolution.

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But everyone loves getting their picture taken during Cherry Blossom Time, even if it’s not by the person to whom they thought they’d given the assignment.

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It can all be a bit much.  Until you see how happy it makes everyone.

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Peak Day For Cameras Blossoming In The Nation’s Capital

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , on April 10, 2013 by johnbuckley100

This may be apocryphal, but we read somewhere that 80 percent of all the photos ever taken were taken in the last five years.  It is true that since the advent of smart phones, there are more people taking pictures than ever.  Tonight was the peak of this year’s bloom of… photographers taking pix of the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin.  Leica M, 50mm APO-Summicron-Asph, ND filter.  More tomorrow.

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Speaking Of Hot German Products…

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , on April 8, 2013 by johnbuckley100

Tulum, Quintana Roo.  A vintage bug worth circling back to photograph.  Leica M, 50mm Summilux, ISO 3200.

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