Shadow Shot Sunday: Fishnets on the Ceiling

A pair of inflatable fishnet-clad legs cast a long shadow on the ceiling of a local pub. Grab a pint and celebrate Shadow Shot Sunday! Cheers to last week's shadow shooters!

Feather Boa Gate

Mission Market

Another shot from the trip two years ago. I revisited this site last week -- that door is still hanging ajar.

Terminal Rainbow

Fremont St. under the soon-to-be-demolished Transbay Terminal. They did the colored-light thing last year around Pride Day; I suppose they're doing it again now to give the old joint a fitting sendoff.

Travel Thursday: Monochrome Sunset on Maui

After the color has gone...

Fresh Up

Droplets

Palace Fountain

The fountain at the Palace of Fine Arts before dawn this morning.

Rainy Season

Red Hat

Something about that hat made me feel like I just had to capture this young woman and her boyfriend as they sat talking in Union Square Saturday. Plus, they're such a cute couple anyway that it would probably be hard to take a bad picture of them.

Mrs. G doesn't care for the pole immediately to their left (and I actually did crop out quite a bit of the planter and other stuff on that side of the picture), but I like it. Your mileage may vary.

Happy Tooth

Saguaro Forest

For the first time in two years, I'm back down here in fascinating Tucson. (This shot is from the trip two years ago.) There was a blizzard here in the higher elevations the day before we arrived. The mountains are all white and there's water running in all the stream beds. The desert seems thrilled with the abundance. Of course, if it melts too fast there will be hell to pay. But the wildflowers should be great this spring. Tom, take note.

Shadow Shot Sunday: Cloud Storage

Something a little different for this week's Shadow Shot Sunday...

A stormy sunset puts San Francisco in shadow as twilight wanes, lights go on and people head home from work or out to dinner. To see some of last week's SSS entries, find your way through the shadows to this spot.

Shadow Shot Sunday

At the Transbay Terminal, waiting for a 5-Fulton to take me home.

Shadow Shot Sunday: it's nutritious and delicious.

Sally Field Moment

Each week, on Friday, the good folk over at CALIBER post a photo from a contributor to their Flickr pool to share with their considerable audience. This week, I was lucky enough to be chosen for their spotlight with this image, long a favorite of mine. I'm so flattered! Go check it out, and maybe leave a comment if you feel the urge.

Also, for those of you here in the Bay Area, scroll down the CALIBER site and take a look at the post about the upcoming photowalk on Saturday, January 30th. Starting at the Montgomery Street BART/MUNI station at about 12:30, the CALIBER gang will lead a group of photographers through Chinatown and North Beach, snapping shots all along the way. Pizza and beer will be consumed at a yet to be determined place at the end of the walk. I participated in the Halloween photowalk and it was a ton of fun. I look forward to joining the group again in a week.

Blue Abstract

Travel Thursday: Florence

Bell Tower at Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence.

(I've been sick all week, thus limited online presence. Starting to rebound today, thankfully.)

West Broadway

Wake Up!

Niche

Like a Mighty Stream

Martin Luther King memorial in Yerba Buena Center.
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Shadow Shot Sunday: Prismatic

Late afternoon sun shines through my friend Bill's cut-glass front door at his house in Hesperia, creating all sorts of light and shadow play. Shadow Shot Sunday is played by these rules; here are some of last week's players.

Shadow Shot Sunday

The shadow of the building I'm in, projected onto a fogbank (winter fog, which is a wholly different creature from summer fog).

Shadow Shot Sunday instructions here; results here.

A Brush with Closed Captioning

Part of the ever-changing collage on the front of Radio Habana, Valencia & 22nd Streets.

Curly Horns

Wall decoration at the Bloodhound, where a handful of BARBarians (Generik among us) got together last night.

Public Parking

On Battery just north of Bush.

Descent of Goose

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Just Married

With the Prop. 8 trial going full steam ahead here in California right now, it seems like a good time to post this image. This was taken at the SF Pride parade in 2008, right after this couple had been married at City Hall.

Bay Bridge Night

I ran across an old color shot of mine the other day and thought it would look good in black & white (original below the fold). This is from behind the Ferry Building.
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Red-Haired Madonna

This is about as close to religious revelations as I get.

Cinema America

Apologies for slacking again. Been busy.

To Have a Martini and Have Not

Martini Monday is early this week because I worked 10 hours on Saturday and 11 hours on Sunday and could really use one right now (but alas, I'll have to wait...).

Sofa Free on Shadow Shot Sunday

An abandoned couch sits in the shadow of an alley, waiting to make its escape. Must be Shadow Shot Sunday, just like last week.

Finger Pointing

At the DeYoung Museum (a few years ago).

Travel Thursday: Moscow

Bridge over the Moskva River and the Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer.

Since 1953

Another shot from last year in Montreal.

Update: black and white version below the fold...
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Last Storm of the Year

On New Year's Eve day, Mrs. Generik and I took a little cruise around the city in the rather unsettled weather. These two shots illustrate some of the very cool clouds we saw that afternoon.

Goth

In the ancient hill town of San Gimignano, Tuscany

Eye of the Constellation

Martini Monday

Tree Screen

Shadow Shot Sunday

I wouldn't consider the Embarcadero complex an aesthetic triumph, but it does seem to be a great source of interesting shadows. This was shot on the promenade level of Embarcadero One; previous SSS shots from the Embarcadero complex are here, here, here, here, and here.

Shadow Shot Sunday is tons of fun--check it out!

Time Tunnel