A Warm Day at Rockaway Beach

Lumix GF1, Lumix 14mm f2.5

Hey, which one is your favorite?

--Warren

A Face in the Crowd

Lumix GF1

Shot last weekend at the Mid-Autumn (Mooncake) Festival in Chinatown.

Happy 10th Anniversary to us! I thank all of you, my FPCF Friends, for making this blog a really fun and interesting place to be.

I decided to continue as-is for now, and I will send out a more detailed private email with my additional thoughts on the topic, but for now, please continue contributing as you have been doing.

Gail and I will be away for a couple of months and I'll be enjoying our blog from afar. Please keep posting! I want to see what's happening back home!

Seeing the the world through you eyes and vision is very important to me.

Happy Shooting!

--Warren

Keshav in B&W

Lumix GF1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

Here is Keshav channeling HCB.

--Warren

More from Carnaval 2014

Continuing our coverage of Carnaval 2014.

--Warren

Beautiful Costume

Waiting for the parade to start.

He turned left right after crossing the street and missed seeing her walking his way.

 Nice Hat!

"Low and Slow", I enjoyed talking to the owner of this 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS. I told him that his car was really nice, and that my father used to have a 64 Impala. Ours also had the 2 speed powerglide automatic transmission. Too bad I forgot to take picture of him for our "Strangers" project. By the time I thought about it and walked back to the car, it was too late.

Watching the Sights Go By

Lumix GF1, Lumix 14-45mm

More Carnaval shots... from last weekend. :)

--Warren

This Is My Shot From That Moment...

Lumix GF1, Lumix 14-45mm

Here's the shot that I was going for when Dan took my picture. :) Look at the reflection on the left, I got Dan in there too! LOL! :)

--Warren

Award Winning Form

Lumix GF1, Lumix 14-45mm

I met up with Dan to shoot the pre-parade scene at Carnaval. BTW, I also ran into Lena there, so there were at least 3 of us shooting yesterday. :)

I look forward to seeing our different visions of the same event. I think this is what makes participating in a group like this especially fun and interesting.

--Warren

A Simple Beach Landscape in B&W

Lumix GF1, Lumix 14mm f2.5


--Warren

Fallen Tree

Lumix GF1, Lumix 14mm f2.5

--Warren

Crayfish Dinner

Lumix GF1, Lumix 100-300mm

This little lake is a favorite hunting place for Great Blue Herons. I went back here recently and saw this heron catch two crayfish for its dinner. :) It simply swallowed them whole!

--Warren

Crayfish #1

Crayfish #2

Sunset in Golden Gate Park

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 14mm f2.5

I was at GG Park before I went out to freeze at Ocean Beach last night. :)

--Warren

Morning Curtains

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 14-45mm




--Warren

Alone Time

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

This was seen at Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo.

--Warren

Lake Laguna Twilight

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

We got to Lake Laguna in San Luis Obispo right around sunset.


--Warren

Twilight at Twin Peaks

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 14mm f2.5

A twilight view of the City from Twin Peaks. This was taken last May when our friends, Hera and Anthony from Canada, were visiting.

--Warren

Fish Out of Water

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 14mm f2.5

We were walking through Chinatown the other evening with our new friends Hera and Anthony from Montreal, and we saw this fish market about to close for the day.

You can see bits of sky reflected in the foamy bubbles.

--Warren

(edited: changed the title :) )

New Lens, Day One, 14mm f2.5

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 14mm f2.5

I recently acquired a new lens. It's the Lumix 14mm f2.5. It is really tiny. On my G1, it looks like a body cap. :P

"Coffee Dog", his owner is a regular at Blue Bottle Coffee, and so is this dog. He knows that he gets a doggy treat whenever he visits.

"Two Trees", one is part of the rotating artwork at Patricia's Green, and the other is a real tree.

"Peace Pagoda, backlit"

Peace Plaza, notice the birds in flight in the background :).

Peace Pagoda, another view.

I, of course, go for the straight portrait of Gail.

And Gail goes for the artsy, alternate angles.

"Red Roof", on a MUNI bus shelter.

Some things that I saw while walking up Fillmore Street after dinner...

"A Happy Couple"

"Diner Window"

"Three Balloons"

"I Want Some Yogurt Too"

Me, abstracted in a parking meter reflection.

Just practicing my car photography on a cool looking Bimmer.

--Warren

Golden Poppies

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

A patch of our state's flower, seen at Seal Point Park, San Mateo last month.

--Warren

Parrot Pair

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 14-45mm

Their colors match the plant and berries so well that if they didn't make any noise it would be very easy to not notice them.

--Warren

Happy Easter!

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 14-45mm

Greg, Gail and I were walking our old neighborhoods where we grew up, and we stumbled upon a flock of wild parrots in a park on Vallejo Street near Russian Hill. They were feasting on berries right in front of us, and they stayed there for an unusually long time allowing us to observe and photograph them.

The last time I was up close with the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill was when Steve R. came to visit, and that was a few years ago already. It is an extremely rare privilege and treat to be able to see them up close and personal like this. It really made our day.

This is just one picture. When I have time, I will post a set to my gallery site.

--Warren

p.s. Steve visited in April 2009, I just looked it up.

p.p.s. Good news! Blogger finally fixed their search feature! Try it, it works now.