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| Fence - Marin County 2023 |
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| Mt. Tamalpais - Marin County 2023 |
I used this September hike up Loma Alta as a kind of training exercise for a planned October Sierra Nevada hike. Made it to the top without too much difficulty, although I've decided that carrying the Nikon Z5 with the 24-200mm lens attached is too unwieldy. OK going down, but too clunky going up.
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| Turkey on Fence (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Turkeys (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
Taken last August using a Nikon Z5.
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| Maple Leaves, Shed - Berkeley 2023 |
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| Objects on Shelf - Berkeley 2023 |
Margaret is the one selecting and placing the objects, I believe. Below, a bonus photo of Cloudy, seen multiple times before on the blog. Photos taken last July.
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| Cloudy - Berkeley 2023 |
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| Museum Courtyard, Self-Portrait - San Francisco 2023 |
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| Ansel Adams Exhibit - San Francisco 2023 |
Two more museum photos.
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| Goats on Hillside (Fairfax) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Goats (Fairfax) - Marin County 2023 |
Clearing the underbrush - late July going into August. This year there were some sheep as well.
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| Museum Hall - San Francisco 2023 |
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| Wiley Painting - San Francisco 2023 |
Last July: after meeting Margaret at the REI parking lot in Marin we drove over to the de Young museum in San Francisco. There were two large exhibits going on at the time: Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence, and Ansel Adams in Our Time.
The Adams exhibit required timed reservations. It was quite crowded, and the purpose of the exhibit was not very clear. I've seen better Adams exhibits in the past, to be honest.
The Wiley exhibit was compelling enough, I guess. I was somehow more interested in the economics of the show versus any artistic merit it might have. The paintings were quite large, and since I've had some experience in framing my photos, I kept wondering just how much money the basic raw materials for the pieces cost. Margaret didn't seem to be interested in this particular topic though.
I'm posting a photo of the official explainer below. You know it's official 'cause of its nice use of museum-talk: "cites and subverts this centuries-old process," "deconstructs this chain of associations," "equating light with divinity attributes moral value to color." K.
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| Wiley Museum Explainer - San Francisco 2023 |
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| Footprints - San Francisco 2023 |
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| Tight Quarters - San Francisco 2023 |
Walking back to our car after a family dinner at a local Vietnamese restaurant.
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| Oak Branches (vertical) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Oak Branches (horizontal) - Marin County 2023 |
Photos taken with an Olympus E-M1II and a 14-150mm zoom lens.
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| Mist (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Reeds (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
Photos taken using a Nikon Z5 and 24-200mm lens.
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| Mt. Tamalpais, Sunrise (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
Nice viewpoint just off Sky Oaks road in Marin County's Water District. Top photo taken later in the month, bottom one towards the beginning.
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| Mt. Tamalpais (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Reeds, Lake (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Reeds, Reflections (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
I have a lot of these reed photos. (I call all water plants "reeds" just as I call all desert plants "sage.")
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| Reeds, Reflections (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Heron (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
Heron was sure it was completely camouflaged. But not from the penetrating Nikon lens.
Below: bonus chipmunk photo. Don't see that many of them in Marin.
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| Chipmunk (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Redwoods, Sunlight (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Oak, Lake, Reflections (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
Photos taken as the sun was starting to peek over the hills to the east.
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| Airplane (San Bruno) - San Mateo County 2023 |
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| Pedestrian (San Bruno) - San Mateo County 2023 |
Hali's flight back from Eugene was significantly delayed, so I was able to spend some time wandering around San Bruno - a small town adjacent to SFO.
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| Buddhist Statue (San Bruno) - San Mateo County 2023 |
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| Madrone Branch (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Madrone, Oak (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
I think these were taken when I was hiking the Pilot Knob loop.
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| Mt. Diablo from Sky Oaks Road - Marin County 2023 |
Taken from an overlook while on the way to my regular Lake Lagunitas hike. I used a Nikon Z5 with a 24-200mm lens.
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| Fern (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Ripples, Reflections (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2023 |
Posting our 2023 Japan trip photos used up most of the blog entries for the July-September quarter. So I'm doing a little bit of catch up for some Lake Lagunitas photos.
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| Yucca #1 - San Gabriel Mountains 1973 |
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| Yucca #2 - San Gabriel Mountains 1973 |
I remember taking the bottom photo as I was driving up the road from Azusa to the Angeles Crest Highway. Not sure about the vertical photo on top.
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| Dog (Fairfax) - Marin County 2023 |
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| Lizard (Fairfax) - Marin County 2023 |
Top photo taken while I was waiting in line for my Sunday morning coffee.
Bottom one taken while we were on one of our Fitbit hourly walks.
iPhone 12 photos.
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| Eaten by Flowers, Hali (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles 2023 |
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| Rabbit (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles 2023 |
Thus ends the latest series of Melrose Avenue photos!
By the way, the first Melrose Avenue photo in the series was posted in 2009.
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| Girl Crush (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles 2023 |
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| Believe (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles 2023 |
Top photo taken with an iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Bottom one with an actual camera, a Canon G5XII
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| Atelier (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles 2023 |
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| Back 2 School (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles 2023 |
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| Boxers - Los Angeles 2023 |
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| Bird Art - Los Angeles 2023 |
Not Melrose art for a change. More like the alleys behind Fairfax Avenue.
