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City Photos

This place is pretty rad. Hills! Tall buildings! Other things! There, I’ve used up all my exclamation points for the month. <div class=”center”> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/city_photos/578/0001.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/city_photos/578/0002.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/city_photos/578/0003.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/city_photos/578/0004.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/city_photos/578/0005.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/city_photos/578/0006.jpg’ /> </div>

Barbecues in Cali don’t tend to revolve around the grill in the way that they do in the midwest. This one was really about playing music (if you could) and trying all of Jacob’s beers. A very nice afternoon, in really good light. As the sun got lower, veiling flare became a real problem, but I don’t have a lens hood. Oh well; I think I did OK, anyway. Thanks to Jacob and JBird for hosting. <div class=”center”> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bbq_at_jacob’s_house/579/0001.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bbq_at_jacob’s_house/579/0002.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bbq_at_jacob’s_house/579/0003.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bbq_at_jacob’s_house/579/0004.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bbq_at_jacob’s_house/579/0005.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bbq_at_jacob’s_house/579/0006.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bbq_at_jacob’s_house/579/0007.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/bbq_at_jacob’s_house/579/0008.jpg’ /> </div>

I don’t know why I never hiked in Oklahoma, but I’ve been doing a lot of it here. Maybe because the city is more dense here, or maybe it’s the nicer weather. In any case, this was a nice little day trip we took down to the central peninsula. I took the film camera and the digi, and I think they both have their place. I need to get a wide angle for my x-pro, though. <div class=”center”> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/hiking_in_the_central_peninsula/580/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/hiking_in_the_central_peninsula/580/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/hiking_in_the_central_peninsula/580/0003.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/hiking_in_the_central_peninsula/580/0004.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/hiking_in_the_central_peninsula/580/0005.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/hiking_in_the_central_peninsula/580/0006.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/hiking_in_the_central_peninsula/580/0007.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/hiking_in_the_central_peninsula/580/0008.jpg’ /> </div>

So my walk to work from the Bart is mostly down 3rd st, which is always interesting. Good light, good sidewalks, always changing. I’m not sure why I bother doing the whole street thing. There’s a horde of amatures brute forcing the entire street photo-space (the set of possible photos you can take on the street). But the heart wants. Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point, yeah? (Pascal, natch). <div class=”center”> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/3rd_st,_sf/581/0001.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/3rd_st,_sf/581/0002.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/3rd_st,_sf/581/0003.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/3rd_st,_sf/581/0004.jpg’ /> </div>

More film work, this time Kelsey’s birthday picnic. Lake Merritt > Dolores Park. Also, paper lanterns are magical. They’re sort of difficult to light, but once they go, they float off into the distance, and disappear. Editing these photos was really difficult. I got way more attached to these than I usually would; maybe because I had to look at them longer (getting the distortion corrections as close as possible, curve corrections, dust spotting, etc). Also, unrelated: I’m in Dublin! It’s decent here. The smells and sights and sounds of another country. <div class=”center”> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/birthday_picnic_by_the_lake/582/0001.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/birthday_picnic_by_the_lake/582/0002.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/birthday_picnic_by_the_lake/582/0003.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/birthday_picnic_by_the_lake/582/0004.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/birthday_picnic_by_the_lake/582/0005.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/birthday_picnic_by_the_lake/582/0006.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/birthday_picnic_by_the_lake/582/0007.jpg’ /> <img class=”film” src=’https://images.matt.pictures/birthday_picnic_by_the_lake/582/0008.jpg’ /> </div>