PESO: The Defiant Ones

2022-11-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola 
They are still hanging in there.

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 K-5 IIs, smc DA 18-135 mm F 3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC WR
Comments, criticisms, questions, and suggestions are invited and
appreciated.

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PESO 2022 - 205 to 224 - GDG

2022-11-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi 
Another fun set of photos from lens testing with the Leica M10 Monochrom ... I 
saw a review on the Lomography "Lomo LC-A Minitar Art Lens 32mm f/2.8" that 
piqued my curiosity. This is a small, light, inexpensive lens, same or similar, 
I believe, to what is fitted on the "infamous" Lomo 35mm compact camera, housed 
in a metal M-mount with rangefinder coupled focusing. It has a (cheap) simple 
diaphragm mechanism, and a similarly (cheap) click-stopped focusing lever. It 
makes the M4-2 or M10-M pretty small and light ... not so much so as the MS 
Optics Aporia 24mm f/2, nor is it up to the same build quality or optical 
quality, but then it's less than a quarter the price. 

Anyway it piqued my curiosity and was cheap enough that I felt I should give it 
a try. I went out for two walks with it fitted to the M10-M and pulled together 
a little album of 19 photographs that I found interesting out of what I'd 
exposed. 

A few of the exposures that I like:

  Condo Castle - Santa Clara 2022 :: https://flic.kr/p/2o1HUN1
  Fire Exit - Santa Clara 2022 :: https://flic.kr/p/2o1HxYs
  Banister and Railing - Santa Clara 2022 :: https://flic.kr/p/2o1HUPD

Here's the gallery of all 19 Minitar test photos… 
  Lomo LC-A Minitar Art Lens Test 2022 :: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAgkcQ
  
Enjoy! 

G
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"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
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Re: PESOs (5) - Minneapolis Foshay Tower

2022-11-22 Thread ann sanfedele 
p.s.  I like the 4th photo for reflections more than the third for the 
same reason I like the 2nd photo.. I wonder how long those older short 
buildings will survive.  Nice doucmentary series, Rick!


ann

On 11/22/2022 8:42 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:
I'm always attracted to reflections of older structures reflected in 
the glass towers in New York - i'd like to see your 3rd photo 
lightened up a bit and with more contrast..
 LIke the tower reflected in the tall glass building in the first 
photo and the contrast in architechtural forms in the second.  Not 
fond of glass rectangles I'm surrounded with more and more in New 
York.. but the building in the background on the right .. looking like 
it is inspired by Mayan towers,

is kinda  appealing.

disappointing to read that FDR commuted Foshay's sentence.

ann



On 11/21/2022 9:16 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
Wilbur Foshay was a 1920s businessman who made his fortune buying and 
selling utility companies. He celebrated himself with the 
construction of this tower in 1929. It is the size and shape of the 
Washington Monument.  Near the top Foshay had his name is chiseled 
into each side in 10-foot letters. He left Minneapolis for Salida, 
Colorado when the stock market crashed in 1929.


Alas his gains were ill-gotten, as he had operated a pyramid scheme 
with his companies. He was tried in 1932, convicted, and sentenced to 
15 years in Leavenworth. He only served three years, though, because 
Franklin Roosevelt commuted 10 years of his sentence, and he had two 
more years deducted for good behavior. He then settled in Colorado, 
where he continued a career as a shameless promoter until his death 
in 1957.


His tower was the tallest building in Minneapolis until it was 
surpassed 1974. It now houses a posh hotel. $10 gets one a ticket to 
an observation deck, which disappoints my having only small square 
portholes for viewing.


Here are views in each direction from the tower. I liked the 
reflections off the irregular glass tower across the street in the 
third photo. The last photo looks east—it’s pretty flat out there.


https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Oct2022/2022-10/Minneapolis-10-22/Foshay-Tower-View/ 
 



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Re: PESOs (5) - Minneapolis Foshay Tower

2022-11-22 Thread ann sanfedele 
I'm always attracted to reflections of older structures reflected in the 
glass towers in New York - i'd like to see your 3rd photo lightened up a 
bit and with more contrast..
 LIke the tower reflected in the tall glass building in the first photo 
and the contrast in architechtural forms in the second.  Not fond of 
glass rectangles I'm surrounded with more and more in New York.. but the 
building in the background on the right .. looking like it is inspired 
by Mayan towers,

is kinda  appealing.

disappointing to read that FDR commuted Foshay's sentence.

ann



On 11/21/2022 9:16 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

Wilbur Foshay was a 1920s businessman who made his fortune buying and selling 
utility companies. He celebrated himself with the construction of this tower in 
1929. It is the size and shape of the Washington Monument.  Near the top Foshay 
had his name is chiseled into each side in 10-foot letters. He left Minneapolis 
for Salida, Colorado when the stock market crashed in 1929.

Alas his gains were ill-gotten, as he had operated a pyramid scheme with his 
companies. He was tried in 1932, convicted, and sentenced to 15 years in 
Leavenworth. He only served three years, though, because Franklin Roosevelt 
commuted 10 years of his sentence, and he had two more years deducted for good 
behavior. He then settled in Colorado, where he continued a career as a 
shameless promoter until his death in 1957.

His tower was the tallest building in Minneapolis until it was surpassed 1974. 
It now houses a posh hotel. $10 gets one a ticket to an observation deck, which 
disappoints my having only small square portholes for viewing.

Here are views in each direction from the tower. I liked the reflections off 
the irregular glass tower across the street in the third photo. The last photo 
looks east—it’s pretty flat out there.

https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Oct2022/2022-10/Minneapolis-10-22/Foshay-Tower-View/ 


Comments always appreciated!

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