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by Mark Bohrer | May 17, 2018 | Equipment, How to shoot, Leica, Photographic physics |
Mine came without caps. There were a few scratches, but the soft front coating was mostly intact. Most important, there was no visible haze when I blasted a flashlight through it. Buzz at home – vintage 90mm f/2 Summicron v2 (1959) Old lenses are cheap. You can...
by Mark Bohrer | Mar 6, 2018 | Equipment, How to shoot, Leica, Photographic physics, Travel, Zeiss |
I was running around in headless chicken mode, preparing for a trip to Pagosa Springs, Colorado. I knew I’d be shooting the night sky, but wasn’t sure which wide-angle lens to take. Conventional wisdom told me to bring the 25mm f/2.8 for a wider field. But...
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by activelight | Mar 2, 2017 | Ancestral Puebloan, How to shoot, Photographic physics |
They Got Here First He threw seeds into the shallow pits he had dug. Chanting a prayer for abundant growth and good harvest, he carefully covered them and sprinkled precious water over the top. Then he turned towards the Turtle Mountain and thanked the gods for his...
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by activelight | May 19, 2016 | Equipment, Leica, Night Sky, Photographic physics, Travel |
Cameras without SLR mirrors aren’t new. From Oskar Barnack’s first Leica in 1913, photographers have wanted small, light cameras and lenses to reduce their load. Desert cottontail, Petroglyph National Monument Fuji X-E2 camera with Fuji M-adapter and Leitz...
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by activelight | Mar 24, 2016 | Equipment, Photographic physics, Wildlife |
It’s tough to get close enough to skittish ducks or shy ground squirrels for frame-filling portraits. Bald eagles especially seem to want you at least three counties away from them. To get the shot, you need knowledge of your quarry’s habits, good stealth...
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by activelight | Mar 6, 2016 | How to shoot, Landscape photography, Lightroom, Photographic physics |
Everybody shoots them. Intense colors you get twice a day, unless you’re stuck inside working. You’d like to capture them, yet for one reason or another, you miss what you saw. How do you get the shot? Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California How do you...
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