Clouds Over the Bay

Lumix G5, Lumix 14mm f2.5

There were dramatic clouds over SF last Sunday, in between the rain showers. This was taken from the Municipal Fishing Pier at Aquatic Park.

--Warren

Municipal Fishing Pier, Aquatic Park

Lumix DMC-GF1, Nikkor 35mm f2

I decided to take one of my Nikkor lenses for a spin on my GF1 for our walk that day.

I liked the light in this scene, so of course, I couldn't resist taking a picture of the Muni Pier at Aquatic Park with Alcatraz in the background.

--Warren

Couple at Aquatic Park

Lumix DMC-GF1, Nikkor 35mm f2

Aquatic Park Piers

Canon G11

Waterfront Walkway, Aquatic Park

Leica M3, Leitz 50m f2.8

Getting back to some pictures from those two rolls that I shot while Dolph was in town.

--Warren

Son, Father, Son, Father

Leica M3, Leitz 50mm f2.8

Seen at Aquatic Park...

--Warren

Dan and Dolph at Muni Pier

Leica M3, Leitz 50mm f2.8

Here's Dan in action with his super, whiz-bang, high tech, image-stabilized, telephoto, zoom lens. Dolph was already getting tired of being my photo subject, but the day was still young.

--Warren

Municipal Pier at Aquatic Park

Leica M3, Leitz 50mm f2.8

Here's vintage feeling b&w photo of the pier.

--Warren

Casting a Net

Leica M3, Leitz 50mm f2.8

A crab fisherman casts his net off of Municipal Pier at Aquatic Park.

--Warren

Muni Pier at Aquatic Park, B&W Version

Nikon FM, 50mm f1.8, Max 400

Here's a B&W version of the same location, with a slightly different composition.

--Warren

Muni Pier at Aquatic Park

Nikon FM, 50mm f1.8 AI, Kodak Max 400

Eric and I went out for a photo shoot on Thanksgiving Day. We started at Fort Mason and ended up at Aquatic Park where we had a coffee at Ghirardelli Square. It was a lot of fun. I was testing two newly acquired film cameras, a chrome Nikon FM with a Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens, and a Pentax Program-A with a Pentax 50mm f1.4 SMC-M series lens and Tamron 28mm f2.5 Adaptall-2 in Pentax K-mount.

I know I warned against it before, but again, I used some expired film, this time it was Kodak Max 400 which is better than the horrible roll of MAX 800 that I used previously in the Canon T70. I set my FM's ISO dial to 320 and the Pentax was using 400. After seeing the results, I should have rated both at ISO 200 because the old film most likely lost some of its sensitivity. The roll in the FM turned out a little better because of the slightly increased exposure.

This picture was taken with the Nikon, and it turned out okay despite the badly outdated film and horrible digitizing by Walgreens. As we walked around the municipal fishing pier, everything was gray due to the overcast skies. I spotted a couple of splashes of color in the hulls of the two boats anchored in the harbor. I pointed this out to Eric, and we both took some shots of this scene. I shot it with both my cameras.

--Warren