Hello Clean Shirt!

Fun visit at the Neon Museum, there were so many interesting photo ops!

Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon 10-24, 20.9mm, 1/106 sec @ f/4, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6

Bells, bells, bells

A funny thing to watch while visiting the Ladies Market (or Temple Street Market) is the repetition of items for sale. In this case, I found the rows of bells deliciously playful!

Fuji X-T2, Fujinon XF 16-55, 24.9mm, 1/90 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 800
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6

Cracking

Could not resist snapping one of this old tatty enamel.

iPhone 6, 4mm, 1/15 sec @ f/2.2, ISO 640
On1 Photo 10

Aground

The tide was very low when we arrived at Inverness, so I was able to shoot this relic of a boat up close from the other side.

Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-70, 29mm,1/60  sec @ f/6.3, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5

Ready for Winter

 

Dead leaves and turned boats. The season is over, it's time to get ready for the cold and the rain.

Nikon D800, Nikkor 105mm, 1/15  sec @ f/4, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5

Under Over

Playing with film again, which is very liberating when street shooting in San Francisco.
This "herborist's scale" in a little garden in the Mission made me smile.


Nikon N80, lens and settings unknown
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

Pump

Gas station in Venezia: boats need their refills too!


Holga 120N, Arista EDU 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Easter envy

Do you know the story of the rubber frog who wished to be as delicious as the chocolate bunny^(*)?
Ok, I made this one up. But I needed a photo for Pinhole day and I thought this was funny.
Why don't you see more of the bunny? Chocolate envy got the best of me, and my model's ears got chopped off before the shot...

^* Jean de la Fontaine's original fable: The Frog that wished to be as big as the Ox

Nikon D200, Lensbaby Composer + Pinhole Optic, 30 sec @ f/177, ISO 100
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Please Sit Down

Pick a chair, any chair. At this hour on Pier 14, you have the choice.
Earlier I did an experiment with the chairs, that can spin pretty fast. My whirling "dervichairs" are here.

Nikon D200,Nikkor 18-70, 40mm, 32 sec at f/14, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Hang on

Wasn't even a beautiful day to do the laundry!

Nikon D200, Nikkor 17-35, 30mm, 1/320 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Fort Barry doors

I love rust not only for the colors but also the textures it forms on metal. These doors at the fort's batteries were all different and in various stages of decay.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 28-200, misc. exposures
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Nik Viveza

Free wheel

When I don't have my DSLR with me, I still usually have 2 cameras in my bag, but one is funnier than the other because of all the filters I can instantly apply.
This time however, I wanted a different feel so I played on the computer.

Iphone 4
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Nik Silver Effex Pro

Boystown

A lesser known landmark of Yosemite's Curry Village.

Casio Exilim EX-S600, 114mm eq, 1/160 sec @ f/5.2
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Smile!

Fire hydrants are one of my favorite street subjects. This little guy was really posing for me :)

Casio Exilim EX-S600, 47mm eq, 1/1250 sec @ f/4.8
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, onOne FocalPoint

Wired

The world and its ever growing need for energy and communication, connections. I find some strange beauty in this jungle of ugly wires overhead.

Nikon D200,Nikkor 17-55, 34mm,  1/160 sec @ f/11, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

99 bottles on the wall

On a tour of the Gold Country, we were once lucky to have a private tour of the buildings at the North Bloomfield ghost town (close to Malakoff Diggings). This was taken in the saloon.
Mining was hard and the men spent what little was left of their pay after room & board trying to forget their dire condition through alcohol. Effectively giving back the hard earned money to their employer who was owning everything in town.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-135, 28mm 1/60 sec @ f/7.1, ISO 100
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Mannequins

 
Half bodies in the street markets of Thailand have an even eerier look in black and white

Nikon D200, iPhone 4
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 & Nik Silver Efex Pro

Stairways to heaven?

The original Point Arena lighthouse's spiral staircase. The tower itself did not survive the 1906 earthquake.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-70, 18mm, 0.4 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Nik Silver Efex Pro