Searching for . . .

mask yourself for streetshooting, originally uploaded by topfloor.

the details that make a city. This time I was looking for reflections, a symbol for the city and a human element. When all fell into place, it was a simple click.

Preset Fuji Velvia 50 applied to the RAW file in Lightroom 3.

I wish you a wonderful week, go out and enjoy taking some pictures!

Carsten

PX70 Color Shade Film

what a burden . . ., originally uploaded by topfloor.

Playing around with the Polaroid SX70 at Rockefeller Center, NYC, last week. Such a graphic place never fails to attract me.

The PX70 film by the impossible project (at least the current flush) is dissapointing - weak in colors and contrast, artsy is the only excuse that goes along with this film. Hope, it'll improve with the next flushes they produce in the Netherlands.

Have fun,
Carsten

Polaroid infected

View of my hotel bed, originally uploaded by topfloor.

Today I visited the Impossible Project Gallery and Store on Broadway / Manhattan. The pictures they show are astonishing, they blow them up to an incredible size.

They have refurbished vintage Polaroid cameras for sale, a silver SX70 fell into my hands, together with some packs of PX100 bw and Milk4th color film. Looking forward to polaroid around in New York the coming days :-)

http://www.the-impossible-project.com/

Happy shooting, Carsten

Featured by Torontoist

LEVI's umbrella, originally uploaded by topfloor.

This bokeh hunt shot I made in Toronto during heavy rain made it as the Photoist selction of the group - thx to the adminds for that!

Have a look at the Torontoist website here http://torontoist.com/2010/09/photoist_september_29_2010.php

in Toronto now

Toronto Sky II, originally uploaded by topfloor.

fine City, good weather, fun on the streets . . .

I have been in the city of Toronto / Canada for three days now. Thanks to some nice contacts, I could explore the streets with other cool shooters and get to know a little bit of this town. Very enjoyable so far.

And I learned a few new little tricks in LR3 which is always a pleasure :-)

My new NEX5 behaves well and works with my Leica lenses thanks to the Voigtlaender adapter.

Happy shooting,
Carsten

New headphone - tech sidenote

Concert for one #3, originally uploaded by fortytwenty.

On my recent trip to Berlin I had the chance to try out the new Bowers and Wilkens P5 headphones. Besides being small and even with glasses a comfortable wear, the sound quality is very good.

Definitely bigger than the in-ear-things, the P5 still folds down to a pretty small pack and can be stowed away in a decent sack provided with them.

Should you be looking for new headphones, you might want to give them a try. Sound quality on the iPhone is inderior because of the cheap D/A unit, but on an iPod remarkably well, if you have recorded your music in high quality MP3 or Apple Lossless format.

The headphones have a builöt in microphone in the cable so you can use them for hands free phone calls as well.

Amazon Video for the P5

This excellent Photo was taken by fortytwenty

Frame within

Frame within, originally uploaded by topfloor.

An example of my shots I took the analogue way during a week long trip. I visited Dresden, Karlsbad and Prague, exposing more than 50 rolls of film (mostly 120 bw).

Business and travels keep me busy this summer, so blogging is difficult for me right now. Thx for staying tuned. Have fun!
Carsten