Leica Q2 Monochrom

There was a Crooked house

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

Just over the bridge from last weeks shot I found this old farmhouse which time, the wind and snow, had worked away at for many years. The whole place was leaning over.

Leica Q2
PP Capture One 21

Big Silver Moose

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

Probably the worlds biggest at over 10 mtr.’s.There is always an argument going on with the Canadians other who has the biggest one. I don’t really care but it makes a nice motif.

Leica Q2 Monochrom
pp Capture One 21

Early one misty morning

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

My wife and I went camping. Unfortunately/fortunately I was woken up very early because of a cock crowing in a nearby farmyard. I made myself a drink and looked down at the river. An early morning mist was rolling along it so I walked down to the bridge and took this, The lady on the bridge was someone from the campsite with the same idea.It’s a rare landscape shot for me but I like it. I have some more to share in the following weeks stay tuned.

Leica Q2 Monochrom
PP Capture One 21

Alice’s wedding II

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

I thought before moving on from my stint as wedding photographer I’d share this shot. Alice is just adjusting her gown. This shot just worked for me, and originally this was a much larger 28mm shot which I cropped heavily. The huge sensor on the Q2 gives you room for this. I’ve never been a student of the “Never crop a photo.” school It’s my photo, my story. I’ll crop the shot to fit my vision.

Leica Q2 Monochrom

PP Capture One Pro 21.

Alice

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

This is my niece by marriage Alice. She got married 3 weeks ago. I took my Q2M along and didn’t get in the way of the official photographer. But I bet my Black and whites were better…ps only joking

Leica Q2 Monochrom
Minimal PP in Capture One 21

Rain dancing

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

This week has seen some very heavy rainfall. A local town near where I live received 82mm in 90 mins. That’s a Norwegian record.

Luckily for the first week of our 4 weeks holidays I’m at home. What to do in the rain? Have fun with my weather sealed camera, and getting to know my new photo editing software have been high on my list the past few days.

Take care.

Leica Q2 Monochrom
PP. In Capture One 21

Niklas

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

Meet Niklas, I’ve taken some shots of him before a fair while ago now. We got talking about photography in general and I couldn’t resist asking if I could take a picture of him with my new Q2M. I cropped it to remove the ear defenders he was wearing because they had lots of distracting text on them.I then printed it out at home and gave him a copy the next day.
It’s great in this digital age what a reaction you get when you present someone with a real picture not shown on a screen, or shared on some platform or other. Try going a little “Old school” and see for yourselves.

Leica Q2 monochrom
PP in Capture One (Which is great so far).

At an Exhibition

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

 

With lockdown easing here in Norway it was possible to attend an exhibition of treasures loaned to a local gallery by the closed National Gallery. There were some real Norwegian treasures to look at. A great day out.

Leica Q2 Monochrom
ISO 3200
PP in Capture One (Yes. I’m trying out new Software. I’ve always missed Aperture and never felt totally at home in LR). Why did Apple give up on it?  So, Tim Cooke when you read this, as I’m sure you do each week you will know my pain 😊