A working kitchen


Multi Media


Another world


Blue Hills Reservation


Industrial


Bird House


Window light

Coda, A working kitchen is a lovely, evocative image. Wonderful.

I needed a dose of warmth.

That's a winner, Coda. What a spectacular sky!

What lens did you use for that shot?

Thanks guys. That shot was taken with the Sony RX1. It has a fixed 35 mm lens.

It seems Industrial was deleted:


I worked another summer picture today. I removed two cars, an old milk crate, and an ugly boat. I exposed for the foreground and put a negative exposure gradient on the sky to bring out the colors. The blue channel luminosity was turned down too.











This is the original picture before working it.

For what it's worth, I can see Industrial in post #45, Coda. It doesn't appear to have been deleted ... at least not from my view. It was always visible to me.

today's lunch - fried chicken


Ron, I had to upload a new picture to Flickr so you must be viewing the original from your cache.

There wasn't enough room to take this picture correctly. This is a six shot panorama. Notice the distortion, it was the best I could do. I need a wider lens.

Apologies for the large size. I changed the setting back, future uploads will be smaller.

Here are a few shots from Hawaii, from the beginning of our 49th Anniversary Tour. Yes, I'm wearing a sweater ... a first for me on the islands. There was a cool breeze at brunch, following a considerable rain.

I'm enjoying a Hawaiian Mimosa (made with Passion Fruit juice) and a 4-Pepper-Bacon Eggs Benedict.




Peppercorn and Peppercorns



Misty Ko'olau Mountains



Water Droplets on Ironwood Tree

Life is 'rough' in Hawaii, ain't it?

BFrank wrote:Life is 'rough' in Hawaii, ain't it?

Terribly rough, Brooks! Someone has to step up to the plate, though. It might as well be me.

I'm so glad that it is you and Patti, Ron!!! and thanks for the fabulous pictures. I'm enjoying Coda's as well. lots of breathtaking photos. what a pleasure.

Ron Thorne wrote:

BFrank wrote:Life is 'rough' in Hawaii, ain't it?

Terribly rough, Brooks! Someone has to step up to the plate, though. It might as well be me.

Thanks for 'taking one for the team', Ron!

A few images from my trip last weekend to Utah to see Robt. Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" in the Great Salt Lake.

I agree, really nice work.

Ron, I clicked on your link too. Keep sending your pics, I get a lot of enjoyment looking at them.

Thanks, guys!

We should have a group show somewhere.

Coda wrote:I agree, really nice work.

Ron, I clicked on your link too. Keep sending your pics, I get a lot of enjoyment looking at them.

Thanks, Coda. I brought 5 lenses* with me to Hawaii, so expect more shots here and on 500px.

*Lenses
14-42mm Olympus Zuiko f3.5-5.6
50mm Konica Hexanon f1.7
55mm Konica Hexanon Macro w/tube f3.5
35-70mm Konica Hexanon f3.5
135mm Konica Hexanon f3.2

Remember, each lens is 2X the stated focal length in view of the micro 4/3 sensor size being ½ that of a full frame sensor. So, the 14-42 is a really useful wide angle + (28-84mm); the 50mm is a wonderful portrait lens (100mm), etc.

Summit Ave, Brookline MA. It's the house to the right of the overlook area. It's the shot less taken.

edit: making it smaller. Is this better?

Yes, it's better.

My (landscape) photos above are 800x600 pixels. I never post larger than 1024x768, to prevent the need to scroll on laptops. I think that's the size you posted. Right?

I went back, this time using the sigma DP2M. It's not where it needs to me, I need an even wider lens.



It's a four image stitch. I need to get it down to two. There is a building at my back and trees up above so I can't stand back any further.

Ron, I set the short edge of these updated jazznet pics to 1,800 pixels. I would like to see your pics larger but...it's really a crap shot as to what's the best size to use for the web. It really depends on the end user's system. New monitors have a lot more resolution than the older systems, even on laptops. I use 3200 pixels for the short edge when sending to my iPad photos library on the 8x10 screen. It gives me enough room to zoom in and still keep the file size reasonable.

I'd love feedback from everyone. Let me know if you want them larger or smaller as a standard size. It's an easy update to make going forward.

Coda: you're killin' me!! aside from the quality of the compositions, they're taken at my old stomping grounds! doesn't Summit Ave. run through Brighton as well?

Thanks Valerie. Summit is parallel to Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon Street. It's right between Allston and Brookline.