Last nite up in San Francisco, the flower stalls were packed with folks buying flowers. This is a quick grab shot that was heavily rotated and cropped.

Last nite, I went to the local ASMP meeting for becoming a fine art photographer. The room was packed to overflowing maybe 100 folks showed up. The panel was very nice but not enouraging based on the panelists information. I walked down from the BART station and saw these staircases with the colors. Later, I reviewed the image and realized that it was a face. As I walked in front of the building, I saw that this is the side of San Francisco MoMA.

This was taken on Sunday lookup up Alameda creek. This is where the wet hiking boots began. I liked the ripples over the stones and waded out for the shot. Then, I walked downstream along the opposite bank and could not find a way back that was shallow enough. This was an overcast day so this shot was warmed in processing and a fair amount of contrast added.

If you feel the shot feels tilted to the left, I thought so too. I rotated it twice and realized it is an optical illusion. It is rotated clockwise until I would have toppled the trees.

This is another image for this week’s photo class assignment of repitition. I had waded into Alameda creek well upstream from here and was hanging out in the middle trying to figure a way back. I had already miscalculated so thoroughly doused my boots again. I squished back to my car.

This is a vertical version of an earlier show. I am undecided which version I prefer. When I first processed, I liked the horizontal but now am leaning toward the vertical. I ended up using the Shadows & Highlights full strength to open up the tree trunk and branches.

The last shot from Santana Row. Again, this is a shot for my class assignment of repitition. I had to work this one heavily using Shadows & Highlights to open up the shadows.

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Another taken at Santana Row on Friday nite. This is a restaurant but I did not get their name. I probably should have called this one “Are going to dinner and a movie or shooting photographs?”

I am taking a photo class for the next month. Each week we have an assignment. This week is to find repititions. This was taken tonite down at Santana Row. We sat outside to eat dinner before heading to the movie. This shot was taken wide open so is very soft which I kind of like but I wished I had played with the depth of field.

Just a simple shot of the rolling hills of Coyote Hills.

This is one of the goats grazing out in Coyote Hills that we saw the other day while walking the dogs. This little goat was very curious about what I was doing with my camera.