The “1917 House“—as my wife and I call it—is decked out big-time for Halloween. Passing by today, I stopped for a couple shots of the most mundane, but menacing, part of the display. The place was full of “Scaredy Cats” two years ago, and I may have breezed past them on this sunny Tuesday.
The Featured Image comes from Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, but too much is lost in the busyness. Zoom in and you will see ghosties and orange lights that showed up better to my eyes than they do from the digital capture. But I am pleased enough with the crowded composition. Vitals: f/2.2, ISO 50, 1/120 sec, 13mm (film equivalent); 5:04 p.m. PDT.
I used Leica Q2 Monochrom to hone in on the gravestones, which work well in black and white. Vitals, aperture manually set: f/4, ISO 200, 1/100 sec, 28mm; 5:08 p.m. The camera’s clock could be running fast; four minutes between shots makes no sense.