Ris...

at the Ritz. Was in DC, wound up at the bar at Ris at the Ritz. The kitchen shots feature Ris herself, from behind, of course. All with the Fuji X100.

The bar, oof on purpose for a change.

The kitchen in color

The kitchen in B&W

Backend

The backend to a buisness trip to Austria was an extended weekend in Tusacny, more speciifcally the Chianti (Classico) region just south of Floence.  A decently well but wrongly planned trip resulted in miserable logistics in and out and too high an expectation for solo driving on the regions complex secondary roads. After a quick and non-productive drive to what is tagged as the least tourist-laden of the Tusan hill towns (Volterra), I headed to Greve for lunch and more tourists.  After that I got smart and styed close the to the Villa Il Poggiale (highly recommended), where I was staying, in what is probably best described as a Florence suburb, San Casciano Val Di Pesa. Most of the photos were taken within a mile or so of the Villa.

My favorite snap from the weekend is below, click on it or here to be zoomed off to the SmugMug gallery.

Post posting

When I posted the Ellicott City snaps earlier, I noticed I had not posted anything in almost a month and a half. Mostly due to the tendonitis outbreak I guess.  Anyway here are a few from Fort Delaware in mid-July and a door from down the street later the same day.

Fort Delaware laundry

ibid in B&W 

Fort Delaware libraryibid B&WFort Delaware hallway

Buthcher's Hill door

Ellicott City

Finally, despite the rain, I made it for a walk in Ellicott City.  Limited to the Fuji and 35mm becuase of tendonitis. First post being about the only decent shot of some musicans. Quick post here as the guy in the back asked if these would be on the web. So here is one, not so sure there are anymore of these guys worth posting or even one that includes the third guy out of the frame to the right. More a in a while.

Main Street musicians

8298 Main

A few more...

The typical Ellicott City snap

Stairs to the B&O

Apparently a typical Main Street stairway The elevator

Might print a few of these...

Small book, Tunbridge Luthern Church — Rugby, ND.  First and last gallery images are the front and back cover respectively. Done in LR4 this time instead of Aperture so a bit unfamiliar with the new book capabilities. Click on snap to zoom off to the candiate snaps, click on a thumbnail in the gallery for a manual slide show.

Tunbridge Luthern Church

 

The Saint

Hotel, Canal Street, NOLA, next to the Ritz. Marriott Autograph, reasonably priced, highly recommended — perhaps also my best iPhone snap to date. Certainly the first one to experience any dodging and burning.

Dark and wide

Getting dark on the way back, swapped the 100 macro for the 35 f/1.4.  B&W on most to kil the street lamp color cast

Pirate Ally — next to Faulkner's

Pirate Ally — including Faulkner'sThe church - St. Louis Cathedral

... the drummer played on

Barber behind the Monteleone

From behind - again

Garage on Iberville

Five and dime — wide this time

It's a Schwinn

Corner of Chartres and Wilkinson Streets, NOLA.  5D Mk III, 100 Macro, ISO 2500 f/8.0 @ 1/100.  More from NOLA soon, perhaps even from onboard the return.

Techo wonder. Posted from 35,000' over Dan Z. in Greenville, SC. All with the 100 Macro, the snaps on the way back with the 35 f/1.4 TBD.

From behind

Mixed Message

Simple message - Bourbon Street

Perennial Favorite — 619 Chartres Street

Five and Dime