Monday Turkey Blogging

Turkeys - Marin County  2012

Turkeys - Marin County  2012

Turkeys sighted in the San Geronimo Valley. This particular field also has the odd coyote now and then, but no coyote pix yet.

Year of the Snake

Rattlesnake - San Bernardino County  2010

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Academy of Sciences) - San Francisco  2011

Happy Chinese New Year! Top photo taken while walking along a desert road. (Full story.)

Bottom photo taken while subject was safely behind glass.

UCSF Building

UCSF Building, AM - San Francisco  2012

UCSF Building, PM - San Francisco  2012

UCSF Building, Night - San Francisco  2012

A series of AM, PM and night shots.

Corner Houses

Corner House - San Francisco  2012

Corner House (Self Portrait) - San Francisco  2012

Corner houses in San Francisco.

Gandhi & Flowers

Gandhi & Flowers - San Francisco  2012

Gandhi wearing flowers.

More photos:

Gandhi and Wienermobile.

Gandhi and Sunrise.

Sausalito Fun

Sausalito Fun - Marin County  2012

Aluminum Siding, Window, Self-Portrait - Marin County  2012

Taken last year . . . Autumn Fun! The large boat in the background is the Five Star yacht . . . suitable for private parties or "scatterings."

North (Eureka)

North, Eureka - Marin County  2012

After moving to Marin County I was pleasantly surprised to find that the freeway onramp signs showed Eureka as the northern destination. When I lived in Los Angeles Eureka represented the end of the world to me, and, in fact, Eureka is far to the north. I suppose that if the signs were put up today they'd show Santa Rosa instead of Eureka.

Monday Gull Blogging

Gull, Head - San Francisco  2012

Gull, Feet - San Francisco  2012

Taken as Mike sat with his Red's Java House lunch companions outside the Ferry Building. Mr. Gull was certainly wanting some kind of handout, but eventually left for easier pickings.

Bay Bridge

Bay Bridge - San Francisco  2012

Taken on the way to Red's. (See yesterday's post.)

Red's Java House

Red's - San Francisco  2012

Red's Interior - San Francisco  2012

Very picturesque.

The food was . . . OK. I guess.

No draft beer to be had at lunch! Weird.

Channel 7 News, San Francisco

Channel 7 News - San Francisco  2012

Blocking the driveway out of my parking lot, but I was able to go around.

Berkeley Sightems

Bicyclist & Cat - Berkeley  2012

Sitting on Wall - Berkeley  2012

At the Berkeley Farmers Market. Bicyclist is carrying a cat. Little girl is slightly apprehensive about being up there on that wall.

Berkeley High School

Berkeley High (AM) - Berkeley  2012

Berkeley High (PM) - Berkeley  2012

I had signed up for three December Saturdays for a booth at the Berkeley Farmers Market. Alas, I was only able to attend one of them, rain canceling the others. As usual, when I'm at my booth I always take along the Canon G12.

Lichen

Lichen - Marin County  2012

Taken in the San Geronimo Valley in November, 2012. I used the Olympus E-PL1 on a tripod with the Panasonic 20mm lens with a two-second exposure.

Earlier 2009 photo: Lace Lichen etc.

Monday Dog Blogging

Dog, Sleeping - Marin County  2012

Outside the Whole Foods in San Rafael.

Burbank Sightems

Warner Bros Billboard - Burbank  2012

Warner Bros Buildings, Self-Portrait - Burbank  2012

Mike stopped for a quick stroll along . . . Olive Avenue (?) in Burbank on his way back to the airport. Will have to go back there for a more thorough investigation.

Amtrak

Amtrak - Los Angeles  2012

From a close vantage point in the Glendale Costco parking lot. Neat!

Remeber

Remeber - Los Angeles  2012

Mystical admonition seen on Fairfax Avenue.

Evening Windows (Los Angeles)

Evening Windows - Los Angeles  2012

Taken with an Olympus E-PL1 with a Panasonic lens (20mm, 40mm equiv).

When a painter stands in front of a blank canvas, the issue is, what to put in.

When a photographer stands in front of a scene, the issue is, what to leave out.

The camera, by default, puts everything in. Even the most dedicated photorealist painter can't put everything in.

In the olden times, photographers had to "leave stuff out" by varying the field of view, changing the lens, moving the camera around or cropping after the fact.

With Photoshop, photographers have more freedom in  leaving stuff out. Each new iteration of Photoshop provides more sophisticated tools to accomplish this. Below, the original version of the above photo.

Evening Windows (Original) - Los Angeles  2012