Leica M8
Leica Summilux 50mm f/1.4 ASPH 6-Bit
50mm, 1/200 Sec at f/1.5, ISO160
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC2015.3
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.11.1
Photo of the Month – October
Leica M4
Leica Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH 6-Bit
35mm, 1/250 Sec at f/5.6, Ilford HP5 Plus ISO400
Processed in Kodak X-Tol developer
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC2015.2.1
On a MacPro, OS-X 10.11.1
I was after trying out some Kodak Tri-X film that I had just bought and the Leica M4 had only three frames left of Ilford HP5 Plus, my current favourite film, so I went for a quick walk round the village where I live in the hope of using it up.
Many of us in the village keep chickens and several of us either keep bee’s, have kept bees or are about to keep bees so this view from the high street attracted me. While personally for bee keeping I prefer a national hive with 14 x 12 brood box, an old english WBC hive as seen above is the prettiest and with the double skin practical for colder climates, but with the small brood chamber its not the most practical, thus many sit disused and used as ornaments in gardens.
Photo of the Month – September
Leica M8.2
Leica Elmar-M 24mm f/3.8 ASPH
24mm, 1/750 Sec at f/5.7, ISO160
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC2015.1.1
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.11.0
Photo of the Month – August
Leica M8.2
Leica Elmar-M 24mm f/3.8 ASPH
24mm, 1/2000 Sec at f/4, ISO160
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC2015.1 V6
On a MacPro, OS-X 10.10.5
Photo of the Month – July
Leica M8.2
Leica Elmar-M 24mm f/3.8 ASPH
24mm, 1/20 Sec at f/4, ISO640
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC2015.1 V6
On a MacPro, OS-X 10.10.4
Photo of the Month – June
Olympus OM-D E-M10
Olympus M 14-150mm f/4-5.6 Mk II
47mm, 1/250 Sec at f/8, ISO1000
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC2015.1 V6
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.10.3
Photo of the Month – May
Leica M8.2
Leica Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH
50mm, 1/180 Sec at f/8, ISO160
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC2015 V6
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.10.3
Photo of the Month – April
Leica M8.2
Leica Elmar-M 24mm f/3.8 ASPH
24mm, 1/1500 Sec at f/5.6, ISO260
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom V5.7.1
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.10.3
Photo of the Month – February
Nikon D800
Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8
70mm, 1/500 Sec at f/2.8, ISO100
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom V5.7.1
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.10.2
Photo of the Month – January
Nikon D800
Nikkor 105mm f/2.8
105mm, 1/60 Sec at f/8, ISO800
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom V5.7
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.10.2
So its now the end of January and time for my first picture of the month. Last year I ended on a quick snap from my iPhone, this time I am going to show one of my rejects from a macro photography day I did.
These flowers are really tiny and the shooting conditions were less then ideal, with wind moving the blooms. I used a mix of daylight and balanced flash, but this did not freeze the picture.
Still I thought with the degree of blur in this shot, it made it look quite romantic, so while not technically correct it is artistically pleasing.