Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
p.1297 #1Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Allen, I also had to look it up and came away with the same answer as Edward. Kind of out of the photojournalism loop for a while, and never that deep in the US space...
M240 & APO-Telyt 180/3.4, last two 90AA.
M240 & APO-Telyt 180/3.4, last two 90AA.
Mar 27, 2016 at 10:53 PM
p.1297 #3Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Thanks Edward!
M240 & APO-Telyt 180/3.4, 90AA, CV35/1.7M
M240 & APO-Telyt 180/3.4, 90AA, CV35/1.7M
Mar 27, 2016 at 11:39 PM
p.1297 #4Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
edwardkaraa wrote:
Awesome shots, Ron!
I agree. I can't remember ever seeing ice form this way around branches here in Sweden even though we certainly have a lot of winter.
Awesome shots, Ron!
I agree. I can't remember ever seeing ice form this way around branches here in Sweden even though we certainly have a lot of winter.
Mar 28, 2016 at 12:35 AM
p.1297 #5Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
joakim wrote:
I agree. I can't remember ever seeing ice form this way around branches here in Sweden even though we certainly have a lot of winter.
It's mainly due to temperature inversion (as in A-typical weather, hot fronts coming in at higher altitudes and thus having cold air trapped closer to the ground). Happens a lot in Ontario. Also happens here in California. Though with Toronto it results in freezing rain which causes the coating of ice on branches, grass, houses.. Well everything really.
i kinda miss seeing it. It's beautiful as you can see by the way Ron has captured it.
In California it turns into fog. I've had less luck capturing beautiful fog. I'm never up early enough :P
edwardkaraa wrote
Awesome shots, Ron!It's mainly due to temperature inversion (as in A-typical weather, hot fronts coming in at higher altitudes and thus having cold air trapped closer to the ground). Happens a lot in Ontario. Also happens here in California. Though with Toronto it results in freezing rain which causes the coating of ice on branches, grass, houses.. Well everything really.
i kinda miss seeing it. It's beautiful as you can see by the way Ron has captured it.
In California it turns into fog. I've had less luck capturing beautiful fog. I'm never up early enough :P
Mar 28, 2016 at 01:56 AM
p.1297 #6Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
The Place To Be by Werner Utsch, on Flickr
Mar 28, 2016 at 04:44 AM
p.1297 #7Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
adamdewilde wrote:
I agree. I can't remember ever seeing ice form this way around branches here in Sweden even though we certainly have a lot of winter.It's mainly due to temperature inversion (as in A-typical weather, hot fronts coming in at higher altitudes and thus having cold air trapped closer to the ground). Happens a lot in Ontario. Also happens here in California. Though with Toronto it results in freezing rain which causes the coating of ice on branches, grass, houses.. Well everything really.
i kinda miss seeing it. It's beautiful as you can see by the way Ron has captured it.
In California it turns into fog. I've had less luck capturing beautiful fog. I'm never up early enough :P
Adam is totally right here in his explanation of the weather here in Ontario last Thursday. The patterns were extremely local. On my drive to work (about 100 km) I went from wet conditions, to ice like Ron caught here, to fog. The ice often causes havoc--and the road and for power lines--but it is very lovely. I still have some of my favourite shots from an ice storm here just over two years ago.
Beautiful shots Ron.
joakim wrote
edwardkaraa wrote
Awesome shots, Ron!i kinda miss seeing it. It's beautiful as you can see by the way Ron has captured it.
In California it turns into fog. I've had less luck capturing beautiful fog. I'm never up early enough :P
Adam is totally right here in his explanation of the weather here in Ontario last Thursday. The patterns were extremely local. On my drive to work (about 100 km) I went from wet conditions, to ice like Ron caught here, to fog. The ice often causes havoc--and the road and for power lines--but it is very lovely. I still have some of my favourite shots from an ice storm here just over two years ago.
Beautiful shots Ron.
Mar 28, 2016 at 05:41 AM
p.1297 #8Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
edwardkaraa wrote:
John H White 
(Not that I had any idea who he was, but google knew
)
We have a winner. Not only an amazing photographer but a great man.
airfrogusmc wrote
Another hint he received a Pulitzer Prize....(Not that I had any idea who he was, but google knew
)We have a winner. Not only an amazing photographer but a great man.
Mar 28, 2016 at 07:30 AM
p.1297 #9Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Leica ME zeiss 50mm 1.5
Couple of my kids and my crazy dog.
Where ever my son goes this dog is right there.
Shit sorry those are massive
Couple of my kids and my crazy dog.
Where ever my son goes this dog is right there.
Shit sorry those are massive
Mar 28, 2016 at 08:41 AM
p.1297 #10Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Thanks guys!
Yes, ice accumulation was fairly localized, at least in my area (Hamilton). But the storm did affect a large area of Southern Ontario. In the area where I live, which is closer to sea level, we got rain. Most of the images posted were shot a few km away, up on the edge of the Niagara Escarpment that's maybe 50-100m higher, but enough of a difference to result in accumulation on the top vs. minimal in the area just below (at least in my area). Right at the edge of the escarpment was some really great ice accumulation due to wind/storm direction coming from the east (normally comes from the west). Just maybe 1-2km from the escarpment edge, accumulation tapered somewhat, with some areas being thinner or spotty in accumulation.
On Thursday however, I was in the Vaughan (north Toronto) area where they got a lot more freezing rain. The drive in was quite nasty and very slushy (luckily main roads had been adequately salted). By the end of reception coverage, the car was thoroughly coated in ice and the trees around the reception hall were super coated and looked really pretty. I was tempted to return to that area on Friday, but being unfamiliar with area for conservation lands with public access and good photo potential, as well as a late riser following a 15-hour event like this wedding, I decided to stay local. In our area where I did the photos, the ice was already in significant decay by Friday evening, but based on some news reports, seems some areas still had a lot on Saturday.
The last similar ice storm was around Christmas 2014 and IIRC, created far more infrastructure havoc. The ice also stuck around longer because it was much colder.
The images above were of bent over grasses that normally would stand 1-1.5m high. I found these to be some of the more interesting motifs due to the repeating patterns, etc. The multitude of coated tree branches were very impressive to see, and were everywhere. But it was for me very much information overload and from which difficult to find decent compositions. Sometimes it was just random bits here and there, other times I found something more structured, like the images on the previous page. After the initial 'cool factor' of grabbing lots of gratuitous ice shots, the challenge was reducing compositions to something visually appealing, at least for me.
By the end of Friday I found a number of examples like the first one below, that I found amusing, in which the ice had separated from what it originally coated, but retained the object's shape.
M240 & 50 Lux ASPH, APO-Telyt 180/3.4
More ice/bokeh shots with 90AA:
90AA f/8ish vs. f/2ish:
As much of an inconvenience the ice storm was to everyday life, as well as potentially damaging to trees, wildlife, etc., once again, it was a great display of the beauty that can often be found in nature.
Yes, ice accumulation was fairly localized, at least in my area (Hamilton). But the storm did affect a large area of Southern Ontario. In the area where I live, which is closer to sea level, we got rain. Most of the images posted were shot a few km away, up on the edge of the Niagara Escarpment that's maybe 50-100m higher, but enough of a difference to result in accumulation on the top vs. minimal in the area just below (at least in my area). Right at the edge of the escarpment was some really great ice accumulation due to wind/storm direction coming from the east (normally comes from the west). Just maybe 1-2km from the escarpment edge, accumulation tapered somewhat, with some areas being thinner or spotty in accumulation.
On Thursday however, I was in the Vaughan (north Toronto) area where they got a lot more freezing rain. The drive in was quite nasty and very slushy (luckily main roads had been adequately salted). By the end of reception coverage, the car was thoroughly coated in ice and the trees around the reception hall were super coated and looked really pretty. I was tempted to return to that area on Friday, but being unfamiliar with area for conservation lands with public access and good photo potential, as well as a late riser following a 15-hour event like this wedding, I decided to stay local. In our area where I did the photos, the ice was already in significant decay by Friday evening, but based on some news reports, seems some areas still had a lot on Saturday.
The last similar ice storm was around Christmas 2014 and IIRC, created far more infrastructure havoc. The ice also stuck around longer because it was much colder.
The images above were of bent over grasses that normally would stand 1-1.5m high. I found these to be some of the more interesting motifs due to the repeating patterns, etc. The multitude of coated tree branches were very impressive to see, and were everywhere. But it was for me very much information overload and from which difficult to find decent compositions. Sometimes it was just random bits here and there, other times I found something more structured, like the images on the previous page. After the initial 'cool factor' of grabbing lots of gratuitous ice shots, the challenge was reducing compositions to something visually appealing, at least for me.
By the end of Friday I found a number of examples like the first one below, that I found amusing, in which the ice had separated from what it originally coated, but retained the object's shape.
M240 & 50 Lux ASPH, APO-Telyt 180/3.4
More ice/bokeh shots with 90AA:
90AA f/8ish vs. f/2ish:
As much of an inconvenience the ice storm was to everyday life, as well as potentially damaging to trees, wildlife, etc., once again, it was a great display of the beauty that can often be found in nature.
Mar 28, 2016 at 09:40 AM
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p.1297 #11Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Ron we haven't had ice like that here in years. I think it's been like 3 or 4 years, very beautiful though
Mar 28, 2016 at 10:20 AM
p.1297 #12Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Thanks for the info on ice storms and such, weather is not only an interesting subject because it defines so much what and how we photograph but also because it behaves so differently around the globe.
We had a very young visitor this easter so I took this portrait. I have to admit that I converted it to b&w because skin tones on a baby turned out to be very difficult to master in color. Definitely a post-processing area that I need to improve.
Leica S-006 and 70 Summarit
We had a very young visitor this easter so I took this portrait. I have to admit that I converted it to b&w because skin tones on a baby turned out to be very difficult to master in color. Definitely a post-processing area that I need to improve.
Leica S-006 and 70 Summarit
Mar 28, 2016 at 02:08 PM
p.1297 #14Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Nice work up there
L1046139 by US Alpine Championships, on Flickr
L1046160 by US Alpine Championships, on Flickr
L1046139 by US Alpine Championships, on Flickr
L1046160 by US Alpine Championships, on Flickr
Mar 28, 2016 at 05:14 PM
p.1297 #15Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Charlie, these are both cool for their own compositional reasons. Too bad kid #2 blinked...
Allen, those eyes seem to have some stories to tell!
Joakim, thanks. I also know what you mean about photographing very young children. They tend to have fairly splotchy skin tones and IMO, CCD cameras like the M9, S006, Canon 1D (original), do not handle this very gracefully. A lot has to do with light quality. Fragmented spectrum artificial light only makes it worse, especially if it leans blue/green. But there also seems to be something with the spectral response of CCD sensors that complicates matters.
Before winter disappears entirely, here are some from Munich in mid-January while taking a Sunday afternoon walk with friends in the Englischer Garten. Got hit with a sudden blizzard for about 45 minutes. Was loads of fun!
M240 & 50 Lux ASPH
Allen, those eyes seem to have some stories to tell!
Joakim, thanks. I also know what you mean about photographing very young children. They tend to have fairly splotchy skin tones and IMO, CCD cameras like the M9, S006, Canon 1D (original), do not handle this very gracefully. A lot has to do with light quality. Fragmented spectrum artificial light only makes it worse, especially if it leans blue/green. But there also seems to be something with the spectral response of CCD sensors that complicates matters.
Before winter disappears entirely, here are some from Munich in mid-January while taking a Sunday afternoon walk with friends in the Englischer Garten. Got hit with a sudden blizzard for about 45 minutes. Was loads of fun!
M240 & 50 Lux ASPH
Mar 28, 2016 at 06:32 PM
p.1297 #19Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Great stuff on this page, guys! Very inspiring.
Mar 28, 2016 at 10:40 PM
p.1297 #20Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Thought I'd post my yesterday morning coffee view from North Eleuthera Bahamas to contrast all these winter photos! 
M-E, 35 Lux ASPH. (Aurora HDR)
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M-E, 35 Lux ASPH. (Aurora HDR)
Mar 29, 2016 at 06:49 AM