Mouthful of Chow Fun

Nikon D100, Tokina 17mm f3.5 ATX

A couple of priceless expressions :). (Martin and SteveR at Gold Mountain Restaurant)

--Warren

Green Street Flowers

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

Shot these while walking on Telegraph Hill with Steve R. last Saturday. These flowers were in a planter next to Green Street, just down the hill from where we saw the wild parrots.

--Warren

Steve and Warren in Action

Here's Steve in action ready to shoot...shoot...a white building with a gull on the top. I saw the shot, Steve. Nice one.

The Marx Bros - A Day in San Francisco

Here is a photo of the Marx Bros shortly after coffee and walking around the Fisherman's Wharf area.

Ohhhhh Lydia, oh Lydia an encyclopedia...

Steve, it was a great day walking around, chatting, and taking pix. Wow, more friends back East, more people I have to visit there, more fun!

What A Day!

It's now about 2AM PDT, and I have to get up at 7 to catch a plane, but I just wanted to quickly post photos from yesterday and say a few words.

First of all, my sincere thanks to Warren for organizing the First Transcontinental Meetup of FPCP. He did an outstanding job, making sure there was a Chinese funeral procession, plenty of wild parrots on Telegraph Hill and sea lions down by the piers, and introducing me to Dim Sum.

As you can see, I took lots of photos of this wonderful and photogenic city. But by far, the best thing was meeting Warren, Martin and Eric. It was like a dream come true.

I hope that I can come back soon and do this again!

East Meets West

Here's a photo of Steve and Warren at the first Friendly Photo Forum meet.

I have been having Blogger problems since they updated the system. I know it's been awhile.

Martin

Beautiful Spring Day

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

It was a beautiful, hot, sunny spring day last Sunday in San Francisco. This picture will remind me of my pleasant walk at Land's End Trail that day.

It was hot on the trail, but I found a clearing and sat amidst the trees for a while, and enjoyed the coolness of the shade and the mild sea breeze.

--Warren

Cherry Blossoms in J-Town

Nikon D100, Nikkor 28mm f2.8

This was taken at last weekend's Cherry Blossom festival in Japantown.

--Warren

On My Way....

Sandy & I arrived in Phoenix this afternoon and drove to Sedona, where we'll be staying until next Friday before coming to California.

I'll be posting photos to an album I set up in Facebook if you'd like to follow along with the adventure.

Tomorrow, we're heading to Verde Valley - more photos to come.

Uncle Sam

I saw "Uncle Sam" while attending the Tax Day Tea Party in Baltimore today. Ultra-soggy weather notwithstanding, the turnout was decent.

I took this one with my beat-up, carry-everywhere-in-my-pocket 5MP Canon SD400. The moon must have been in the Seventh House and Jupiter must have been aligned with Mars, because this is one sharp image. The difference between it and almost every other exposure I made today is amazing.

Gail and Genie at Stow Lake, Circa Late-1980's

Hasselblad 500CM, 80mm Planar, Kodak Pro Film

We were cleaning out some things and Gail came across an old photo that I took of Gail and her sister, Genie, at Stow Lake. I was practicing my outdoor portrait techniques with the Hassy.

This is a scan of a badly faded picture, and I did some very minor color correction on Photoshop after the scan. Even with a scan of an ancient picture, the quality of medium format and the Zeiss glass is still apparent, IMO.

--Warren

The Babe Approves

A statue of Baltimore-born Babe Ruth watches over the crowds heading into the stadium for yesterday evening's game against the Yankees.

View From Row 13

What to do while waiting on the apron of the airport? Why, take photos out the window, of course.

This was on a flight back from Norfolk to Baltimore. At first, there didn't seem to be any "there", there, but after a while, I got to playing with the angles formed by the wing and nacelle, the luggage loader and the cart behind it.

By the way, we sat there for about two hours; the flight crew spotted a potential wing flap problem as we were almost ready to taxi to the runway. Southwest called in a mechanic, but the problem wasn't fixable on the spot, so we rolled back to the gate and deplaned. With a new part beign flown in, they were estimating that the plane would be fixed and depart in about three hours. We decided to punt and rented a car - it was a pleasant afternoon and an easy ride back.

Admiring the Scenery

Leica M3, 50mm f2.8, Fuji Superia Xtra 400

This couple was admiring the scenery at Lombard Street (7 curves), and obviously having a special moment there.

--Warren

St. Peter and Paul Church

Leica M3, 50mm f2.8, Fuji Superia Xtra 400

This is St. Peter and Paul Church at Washington Square, North Beach.

--Warren