#75 | Friday was very stormy, so I could neither mow the lawn nor clean the rabbit cage. I also didn’t go outside — the only picture I took was this one.
 Leica M8 + Biogon 28/2.8 @ f/5.6, 1/750 sec, ISO 160 | Color Efex @ Kodachrome 64 #76 | Today I headed off to the in-laws to pick up Emil. During our evening walk, I saw the sun breaking through the clouds and momentarily illuminating these fields of grain.
 Leica M8 + Biogon 28/2.8 @ f/5.6, 1/1000 sec, ISO 160 | Color Efex @ Kodachrome 64 The lens coding on my Biogon had already started to wear off from many lens changes, so the camera didn’t read the code and didn’t correct the cyan colour shift in the corners of PAD #76.
Been to Leica Solms, which is rather unspectacular unless you intend to spend some money in the Leica shop or have an appointment for a factory tour (which I hadn’t, but will to sometime in the future). One of the more fascinating exhibits was this Apo-Telyt-R 1:5.6/1600mm, probably Leica’s longest, biggest, heaviest and most expensive lens ever.
 Leica M8 + Biogon 28/2.8 @ f/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO 160
I spent the afternoon at the very same ice cream parlour that I mentioned a couple days ago. In my opinion, they make the best ice cream in town (oh yes — I’ve tried them all! ;-)). I had a blueberry cup with fresh blueberries and fresh cream — that was extraordinarily delicious!
 Leica M8 + Biogon 28/2.8 @ f/2.8, 1/750 sec, ISO 160 | Silver Efex @ Ilford FP4 125
I was feeling a lot better already, so I decided to go outside for a little walk. About halfway a storm was coming up, and I got this picture of the sun being hiding behind the approaching clouds. Shortly after, it started to rain, and I found shelter in a new ice cream parlour that just opened up 
 Leica M8 + Biogon 28/2.8 @ f/5.6, 1/8000 sec, ISO 160 I have the week off — not because of my visit to the hospital, but because I originally wanted to visit my parents together with Emil this week. Now Emil is with his other grandparents, as it wasn’t clear on friday if I’d be out of the hospital by saturday. Well, I was, but now I’ve got a week for myself, which isn’t bad either. Let’s see what I’ll find to photograph this week — I might pay a visit to Leica in Solms, actually, so stay tuned!
I was lying in bed sick all day, and what I got to see all day long was our bedroom wall. Not very interesting, granted.
 Leica M8 + Planar 50/2 @ f/2, 1/30 sec, ISO 1250 | Silver Efex @ Kodak BW400CN
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May 28th, 2011, 8:16 pm | 
