While black-and-white photography might seem, ah, colorless, it is striking coming from Leica Q2 Monochrom. Take, for example, the Featured Image, which is sharp edge to edge. Pixel-peepers, please, go for it—and to assist you the companion capture is a close-crop for your perusal.
Vitals, aperture manually set: f/8, ISO 200, 1/160 sec, 28mm; 2:31 p.m. PDT, April 2, 2024. The original is composed as shot. Venue: Lafayette, the recently remodeled, iconic hotel located in my San Diego neighborhood of University Heights.
The skateboarder wasn’t in the field of view when I composed the shot. Trees blocked his approach from my vantage point. I started to take another but a woman walking two dogs, and slowly, appeared. So I left with the single shot.
By the way, if you’d like to book a room for this weekend, Lafayette has availability, starting at—ah, yeah—$328 per night for a Petite King. Got kids and need bunk beds, hey, add $60. Classic Queens, with two beds, is $368. Do you swim? Poolside King is yours for $544. Oh, damn, those prices do not include occupancy tax, city tax, or CA Market Assessment, which brings the Petite King nightly rate to $369.34.
Well, I can see why the rooms are all royalty-named. These are princely prices. You can be a king or queen for a night. Oh, but this is a bring-your-own-crown establishment.