Innovative, perhaps, but it certainly is illusive when it comes to categorization - Minimalist (?), Low Key(?), Monochrome (?), Abstraction (?), or New-Fangled Folderol (?). At any rate, I haven't seen one of its like heretofore.

I have spent some time in the past few months photographing old, abandoned houses and farm buildings, giving many of them a Low Key treatment to somewhat isolate them from their immediate surroundings. As I was driving about yesterday I wondered why no one ever shoots new houses, so I determined to do just that. But I didn't want it to be clearly recognizable as a modern home. I wondered if I could "suggest" the presence of a home. I don't know. Did it work?

I've been a photographer for many years and never really thought too much about how tightly my L glass lenses mount to the body of my 5D Mark III. However, another photographer friend of mine with a similar camera, voiced concern about the wiggle of his 70 to 200 L glass lens on his camera body. I checked mine and found a similar amount of wiggle. I've found that amount of wiggle to be normal on my Canon equipment, especially with the larger lenses. Now, I am very conscious of the wiggle and wondering what is normal and what is not. If there is wiggle where the lens mounts onto the body, would that not be a weatherseal problem? I have not had any sign of the wiggle affecting the quality of my photographs. Can the lens mount be adjusted so that there is a tighter fit? Is such a loose fit normal on the Canon bodies? What is a normal amount of wiggle? I recall discussing this with someone years ago who told me that a certain amount of wiggle is normal. But the term "loose" is a subjective term and what is loose to one person is not to another. I'm wondering what is normal and if it's a problem if the lens wiggles on the camera. There are no bent pins and everything seems to be fine upon visual examination. There also appears to be no problem with the operation of the camera.