People Taking Pictures Of People Painting People Taking Pictures Of People…

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on April 15, 2013 by johnbuckley100

People Taking Pictures Of People Painting

 

Leica M, 50mm APO-Summicron-Asph

Last week, when we posted pictures of the Cherrypalooza on the Mall, our friend Ted Leonsis posted on his blog “Ted’s Take” a link to Tulip Frenzy, entitled “Pictures of People Taking Pictures On The Mall.”  This is a picture of someone making a painting on the Mall, and we admire the artist’s skill.

If you have any question, though, about what a sharp combo the Leica M and 50mm APO-Summicron-Asph make, check out this 100% crop — and we mean really check it out via clicking on it.  We note the photo was taken using the rangefinder focus, not the EVF.

People Taking Pictures Of People Painting 100%

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STRATA Photographer Chris Suspect Featured In The Leica Camera Blog

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , on April 15, 2013 by johnbuckley100
Chris Suspect is an amazing D.C.-based photographer who is part of the STRATA collective of street photographers.  One of his images was awarded Best In Show at the Leica Store D.C.’s juried exhibition, which will run until the end of the month.  This morning, the Leica Camera Blog ran an interview with him.  You should check it out.  (And if in D.C., go see the show.)

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Of Course We Found The Tulips In Frenzy At Dumbarton Oaks

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

All pictures Leica M and Noctilux wide open with an ND filter.  Raw conversion in LR4, sharpening in Nik Sharpener Pro 3, and then some fooling around in either Viveza or Color Efex Pro 4.  As always, click on the photos, especially if you are reading this on an iPad with Retina Display, to get the fullest sense of the image.

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It has been our experience that if you want to find the tulips in frenzy, you need to head to Dumbarton Oaks. Now some may remember that we love Dumbarton Oaks in the autumn for the way it can can be rendered in black and white, as we did last fall with the Leica Monochrom.  But if you really want to find the tulips at their most colorful, especially in what seems to be a bit of an off year, you have to go to the Oaks…

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We found them in full riot, though importantly, only in those portions of the garden that got lots of sunlight.

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Where they were bright, they were very, very bright.  And we found ourselves drawn to the cooler parts of the garden, which are just now coming alive.

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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.

Leter B

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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.

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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.

Crying Baby

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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.

 

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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.

Captain Adorable

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