Turquoise-Terracotta Tragedy

Fire Escape Haircut

Seen in my neighborhood when I got home this evening.

The Gloves Are Coming Off

Here's one of the safer-for-work views of the recent Folsom Street Fair, an annual celebration of all things leather and fetishist, featuring tons of nudity and kink. Not for the faint of heart.

Rolling Rothko

Tailfin

1961 Chrysler New Yorker in my local Safeway parking lot.

Hypocrisy

Don't hide behind a book. If you truly believe in the ideals and morals of the Bible then you should accept all of it. Don't cut programs for the poor when the Bible tells you to care for the lowly and downtrodden. Do not judge people, for God is the only judge. Don't go to war, for the Bible tells you to beat your swords into plow shears. Do not force your opinions on others, for we have freewill.

If you follow this book follow ALL of it GOP and Tea Party people.

Conservatory

Keeping the Doctor Away

Coal Hopper

Single Helix

Another one from Alcatraz.

Overlord

9th and Irving

One from our most recent Friday Night Drinking & Shooting crawl.

Boomhouse Bunkroom

Grinding The Underbelly

Night Fountain

On the way home from last Friday's Ale & Quail Club shindig, 5 of us cut through Golden Gate Park and did a little shooting there. This is on the Concourse between the DeYoung and the Academy of Sciences.

In My Black and White Neighborhood

Caught this on Sutter Street Sunday night while waiting for some take-out.

Osprey

Large here.

Fireside Candlelight

Look Through Any Window

I went to Alcatraz recently with my work group, and of course I brought my camera. Here's one of the shots I liked; this is looking north to Angel Island.

Coaltown

Tom and G will recognize this shot as a rerun from the IIRTZ blog. It features the Susquehanna River, located about 20 miles from my home, which very nearly flooded its banks last week in a repeat of the devastating Hurricane Agnes flood of June 1972. The river's crest last week was nearly two feet higher than in 1972 but the raised dikes held. Utter regional devastation narrowly averted.

Spin Cycle

One more from the Boardwalk before I move on to other venues -- this one mainly because I'm a sucker for light trails and long exposures.

Hand Model

Angelic

Grave decoration at Alamo Pioneer Cemetery in Alamo/Danville.

Happy Feet

Another one from the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk.

Gotta Hand it to the Baby Octopus

Seen on the wharf at Santa Cruz on Labor Day.

Farewell

Gravestone detail, Alamo Pioneer Cemetery in Alamo/Danville, California.

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Doughnut Catalogue

My Lobsterman

Camp is closed and another summer in the books at Ambajejus Lake, Maine.

Niles

The old train station in Niles, California.

I liked the black & white version of this much better than the (original) color version. Just for fun, there's an altered color version below the fold...
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For this I used the "Polarizing Filter" feature in my image processing software, which I'm enjoying probably a whole lot more than I should. I don't generally like over-processed images, but sometimes the results are just too entertaining for me to resist.

Shadow Shot Sunday

Bride's Bonnet (Clintonia uniflora) at Rainy Lake, Marble Mountain Wilderness.

Once again, it's Shadow Shot Sunday; come join in the fun.

Playing the Numbers

Engineering

Engineering building at the University of Portland, Portland, Oregon.