Loma Alta Views

Richmond Bridge from Loma Alta - Marin County  2026

San Francisco Skyline from Loma Alta - Marin County  2026

Hazy. Photos taken using a Nikon Z7II and a 24-200mm zoom lens.

Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge - Marin County  2026

San Francisco Skyline - Marin County  2026

Evening drive back from San Francisco to Marin County. I felt that I had to stop at the bridge viewpoint to get some twilight photos.

Sutro Tower

Sutro Tower, Houses - San Francisco  2026

Sutro Tower, Evening - San Francisco  2026

No visit to Twin Peaks would be complete without some photos of Sutro Tower. 

Although, bottom photo not taken during my Twin Peaks hike, but rather in the evening using the iPhone's wide-angle option.

Twin Peaks Views

Market Street View - San Francisco  2026

Golden Gate Bridge from Twin Peaks - San Francisco  2026

Cloudless day, alas. That's been happening to me lately. 

Of course, Photoshop can always whip up some clouds:

Market Street View - San Francisco  2026

City Views (San Francisco)

Buildings, Ocean - San Francisco  2026

Buildings (View from Twin Peaks) - San Francisco  2026

Photos taken with a Sony RX100.

Marview / Twin Peaks Path

Marview & Aquavista - San Francisco  2026

Very steep hike up Marview to the new path that's been constructed from Marview up to the Twin Peaks overlook. Weather conditions were clear and warm, with a slight breeze. Below, a newly constructed trail up to the top (old version seen in foggy conditions earlier on the blog.)

New Trail (Twin Peaks) - San Francisco  2026

Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas - San Francisco  2026

Hydrangeas, Ferns - San Francisco  2026

Nice hydrangeas seen on my walk/hike up to Twin Peaks.

Monday Crow Blogging

Crow at Twin Peaks - San Francisco  2026

Taken during a recent hike up to Twin Peaks. As I noted before, the crows there are really quite big. I saw tourists feeding them, so they see no need to move away from humans.

San Francisco Sightems

Giants - San Francisco  2026

Brick Building - San Francisco  2026

Lower photo taken using the iPhone's wide angle option, then perspective-corrected in Photoshop. I've illustrated this procedure in an earlier post.

San Francisco Sightems

AI Billboard - San Francisco  2026

St. Ignatius - San Francisco  2026

The church has appeared before in the blog, peeking out over a parked Waymo. Someday I must actually walk by for a better view.

San Francisco Costco

Costco Hot Dog - San Francisco  2026

Costco Asian Products - San Francisco  2026

For various reasons we found ourselves having the famous hot dog meal at the Costco in San Francisco.

What a value! 

It was interesting that the various Asian food products available almost rivaled H Mart.

San Francisco Bay Bridge

Bay Bridge through Ferry Window - San Francisco  2026

Bay Bridge, Clouds - San Francisco  2026

Photos taken with an iPhone from the Larkspur-San Francisco ferry.

Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge (with shadow) & Sutro Tower - Marin County  2026

Golden Gate Bridge, Traffic - Marin County  2026

Two vertical photos taken from the Marin County scenic view overlook in the afternoon.

Note Sutro Tower off in the distance in the upper photo.

San Francisco Sightems - 2004

Bay Bridge - San Francisco  2004

Go Go Corner - San Francisco  2004

More shots using my 4-megapixel Olympus digital camera.

San Francisco Sightems - 2004

Reliable Laundromat - San Francisco  2004

Parking Structure - San Francisco  2004

Early digital photos taken with a 4 megapixel Olympus camera. Newly converted to black and white.

Santa!

Santa - San Francisco  2025

Seen on Geary Blvd last month.

Masa's Birthday!

Maz and Hanna, Playground - San Francisco  2014

Wow!

Driving through San Francisco

19th Avenue - San Francisco  2025

85C Pastry, Peets Coffee - San Francisco  2025

The start of a recent short trip I took down to Monterey. I drove south down 19th Avenue, stopping at the Stonestown Mall for a breakfast pastry and coffee, then continued on to Monterey.

Landmark Building C (2009)

Landmark Building C - San Francisco 2009

Actually, pretty neat shot. Came across it recently while randomly scrolling through some older photos. (Older digital photos, that is.)  Landmark Building C is located in Fort Mason, San Francisco.

The photo was taken using an Olympus C8080 digital camera.

Dumpsters, Orange Cones (Sausalito)

Dumpsters (Sausalito) - Marin County  2025

Orange Cones, Skyline (Sausalito) - Marin County  2025

Top photo taken in July, bottom one in August.

Speaking of orange cones . . . we saw some really cool illuminated ones in Japan in 2017