21 November

Soft Mist: Leica Soft

by Jon Katz

One thing the Leica does that no camera of mine has ever done so well is take what I know all a “soft” photograph.

I love this photo. I call it “Soft Mist,” and I’d love to hang it on the wall one day because it is so comforting, soothing, and beautiful. At first, I didn’t even notice the mist hanging over the hills miles away.

It was getting dark, and I had to fuss around with the settings to capture the hills in the back and the mist hanging over them.

I love my Iphone camera but

In the right light at the right exposure, the Leica 2 paints pictures. It’s a lovely experience when the camera seems to see what you see and capture the image you want.

I love my Iphone 13 camera, but it is often very little, and Leica’s glass can soften and deepen things in a very particular way.

The most beautiful things are always right in front of me.

4 Comments

    1. James, I didn’t know you cared so much, and thanks for following my blog so closely. Although you seem to have a love/hate thing going, I appreciate it. I don’t need to reprint the piece; it’s available to you or anyone else by going to my search feature at the top of every journal page. I would be very happy if people went and read it; thank you for the plug.

      I don’t regret a word of my “fawning” Musk piece; it was actually a book review, not a profile; the biography blew me away and helped me to understand what is happening now; I think it was pretty prescient and very honest work (the book, that is. I highly recommend it, it’s a terrific and timely book.)

      For better or worse, Musk is unique: exciting, crazy, dangerous, and, so far, frighteningly successful.

      I can’t stop reading about the Twitter drama. Will he save Twitter or blow it all to Hell?

      Thanks also for your good words about my photo.

      And I am humbled by your comparing me to Elon Musk; that is a first, and I suspect, the last time anyone will ever do that.
      Life is full of crisis and mystery.

      Stay tuned; the fun has just begun. jon

  1. It *is* soft, soothing and beautiful, Jon. Thank you! I so welcome your photos every single day………….for many many years now…..and you never disappoint.
    Many blessings and loving times to you and Maria this week. You are both a very important part of my life and I thank you for that every single day
    Susan M

    1. Thanks, Susan. I really love photography, and once in a while, I stumble upon a really good one. I never thought anything of that photo until I saw it on the computer and felt its softness of it. It opens up a whole new channel for me. I appreciate the good words.

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