M240
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Trains, Planes and….
No Cars! Just trains and planes. Two technologies… A Century and 30k feet apart. Continue reading
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Duck!!!
HVAC Dream or Nightmare? Either way, I think they have the place covered. Continue reading
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Put Him In The Box..
I had to tell him what it was… and then show him how it worked… Old school tech gets ’em every time. Continue reading
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The Walls Are Melting
From the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Chicago. What a fantastic experience. It was a lot more than what I was imagining it would be. I might just go back. . . . . . Continue reading
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It’s Fest season.
Just a bit of fun at the fair. I like the mystery of the long exposure, not knowing whether you have the shot or not till you get back home. Reminds me of the film days. These images were taken with my Leica M240 handheld with varying shutter speeds from 1/2 second to 1/15th second.… Continue reading
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There’s a hole in me head!
I love reflections. It’s kind of like water when I’m not able to be by the water. Water is my favorite. I think I take inspiration from the surrealist like Renee Magritte. Reflections like water are a gateway to the subconscious. C’est n’est pas une pip. Continue reading
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Not bad for a 75-year-old….
Not bad for a 75-year-old…. lens. I’d like to make a clarification… To be perfectly clear… SHE IS NOT 75 YEARS OLD!!! I’m talking about the lens on my camera NOT my wife! Yes, I did get comments, mainly from Elise, that the post seemed to say she was 75 years old… She is NOT! … Continue reading
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Sorry… That seat’s taken
Waiting for the graduates to arrive… I arrived early for a good seat, a great angle, and to fry in the sun. A busy weekend with two graduations. Continue reading
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Sign of the Times
Unfortunately, a sign that is commonplace now and probably is here to stay. Graduation during Covid. Getting used all the organization. I know the date of my daughter’s graduation just not the time or location. It’s all TBD and “Need To Know” kind of stuff. As Master Sergeant Smith used to say “I’m so flexible… Continue reading
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955