Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Most Saturday’s after walking the dog I sit at at local cafe and have a coffee. I often see this young woman and she’s always working hard on her computer.
Taken with a Panasonic Lumix GF-1 and Lumix G Vario 45-150mm f4.0-5.6.
Our friend has a house, the rear of which overlooks a wetland area. On it’s edge stand these two heron statues. I first took this picture some time ago and in its first incarnation the statues were just a silhouette. I recently re-worked the picture to show more detail. I think it’s an improvement.
Taken with a Sony Nex 5N and Minolta 50mm MD f1.4
That’s her name.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.
I was taking some pictures of the fountain in the Plaza at Lincoln Center in New York City when I noticed these water trails. The fountain itself is quite fascinating. It goes through cycles: starting with one that is quite innocuous where the level is quite low, and progressively getting higher and higher. The problem is that as it get higher the spray is more and more likely to get caught by the wind and blown onto the plaza. While this can produce interesting abstract patterns (as in the picture) it can also be quite dangerous, creating a very slippery surface in the vicinity of the fountain. If fact while we were there a child slipped and fell.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.
We went into New York City to see a production of what turned out to be an extremely good production of “Kiss Me Kate”. I was waiting for my wife in Grand Central Terminal – leaning on a railing at the top of an escalator. As I looked down it occurred to me to take a picture of the people on the escalator. There was also a small triangular area (top left in the pictures) where people would from time to time pass by. I wanted to include that too.
These two pictures are what I ended up with. The first one clearly show the two women on the escalator as well as the man passing by. However, it doesn’t give much sense of movement. The second also shows figures on the escalator and in the triangular area. It shows the movement much more, but I think it’s a bit too blurry and indistinct. I don’t think either of them is quite right, but I prefer the first one. If I had it to do again I think I’d try to come up with something in between: something that captures some of the movement (but not too much).
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.