Catching up

This post isn't for the squeamish, but I am crazy behind on editing and thought I'd share these anyway. A few weeks ago, Nicole Franzen and I met up in Brooklyn, because it was getting ridiculous that we hadn't met up in person yet, despite all our online interaction. I love a good excuse to go to the Blue Bottle there, where I almost always get the New Orleans Iced Coffee. That time, I tried an adorable s'mores sandwich too.

We then headed to the piers in Williamsburg where we saw a few men fishing. Yes - fishing in the East River. We got lucky and witnessed them catching this pretty sizable striped bass. These shots were taken in less than ideal conditions at f/4.0, 1/4000s on Kodak Portra 400.

Yum yum.

The high line's second phase

The second phase of The High Line runs from about 20th to 30th street and has some neat things going on for it. I schlepped over there one late afternoon to finish off a roll in the Contax. I seriously counted more film cameras than digital up there! I guess it just attracts that kind of photographer. I especially love the views from above and down the streets.

Just having a little fun with this artist tape I found via Ez's post here. I only wish The High Line weren't so damn far from me. It's a great place to just plop down and people-watch or read. I ended up loading another roll and taking another dozen shots or so, so I expect I'll have a second part to this post.

Hope your weekends are great!

Looks can be deceiving

Would you believe this below shot was taken at a five-second exposure? We don't get very much light in this apartment (the next one hopefully won't disappoint in the light category!), so this was taken with this silly set-up. Then I shot tethered for a bit to humor J who was really into tethered shooting. (Though I must admit, shooting tethered was fun and useful for fixing little things like the focus being slightly off.)

50mm | ISO 100 | f/8.0 | 5.0 sec

Please excuse the horrendous "styling." This was only for experimental kicks, and to show off some our Greenmarket goods. Gosh, those donut peaches were ridiculous. So... peachy. I don't know how else to describe 'em, but they taste like a couple of normal peaches concentrated together. Sadly, those dahlias are now a dried mass in the trash. It's so sad how these cut flowers from the Greenmarket never last.

Below is just a closer up look at the detail. Pretty frickin' sharp for a five-second exposure, eh?