Category: Photo of the Month

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Apple iPhone 6
Apple 4.15mm f/2.2 
4.15mm, 1/500 Sec at f/2.2, ISO32
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom V5.7
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.10.1

My photographs of the months have been from a variety of equipment over the last year, from Hasselblad, Nikon, Leica, but over Christmas we went for a winters walk round some of the local villages, like many people whilst I had no camera with me I did have a modern smart phone.  At several points during the walk I just grabbed my phone and held it above the hedges and took quick snaps.  I would not call any of these high art but its surprising what you can to do today with phone, so for my last picture of the month of 2014 here is a quick snap from my phone.

Leica M8
Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M
50mm, 1/80 Sec at f/2, ISO160
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom V5.7
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.10.1

Leica M8
Leica 35mm f/3 Summicron-M
35mm, 1/15 Sec at f/2, ISO320
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom V5.6
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.9.4

Leica M8
Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M
24mm, 1/125 Sec at f/4.8, ISO160
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom V5.6
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.9.4