Picture of the day (June 28, 2010)

I also love old cars! I don’t shoot them very often, though, as I find I’m not very good at finding the correct angle and framing to make the shots look good. But this one I particularly liked!

Fiat 124 Sport Coupé (1964-1975), 1.8 ltr, 128 hp | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/1000 sec, ISO 160

The M8 is increasingly becoming my main camera, and the E-P1 is increasingly getting out of use – at least for my daily shooting. I just love the quality of the M8’s files, and the fabulous rendering of the Biogon. But I will keep the E-P1 for those situations where the M8 is just not appropriate or suited for. (I just LOVE the Lumix 45-200 tele zoom on the E-P1, for example!)

EDIT: On second thought, I find this particular shot to have quite a film-like quality! I’ve often heard this said about the M8’s and M9’s files, but didn’t see it in my own shots yet. This one, though, looks like it could’ve been shot on film, doesn’ it?

Picture of the day (June 26, 2010)

Took a picture of something that won’t be pissed off and threatening to take my life – a window! :-)

"Window of opportunity" | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/3000 sec, ISO 160

Picture of the day (June 24, 2010)

“SCHLAAAND!” My wife and mother-in-law cheering for “SCHLAAAND” to make it to the last sixteen :-)

"SCHLAAAND!" | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/45 sec, ISO 1250

Picture of the day (June 21, 2010)

I brought my wife some flowers! (Well, not real ones, but a picture of real ones at least :-))

Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/2000 sec, ISO 160

I shot this against the sun, so there was quite some flare in the top half of the picture, which I removed via the burn tool in Lightroom, adding a slight green tinting as well. I also pushed contrast considerably and added some vignetting.

Picture of the day (June 20, 2010)

Due to the rather chilly and unsettled weather yesterday, we went for a trip to our favourite shopping center.

"Taking a break from shopping" | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/125 sec, ISO 160