Outraged

Voigtlander Bessa R, Voigtlander 35mm f2.5 Color Skopar

Protest banners at Portsmouth Square, Chinatown.


--Warren

Opening Ceremony, Carnaval 2014

An Aztec Dance Troupe performs a ceremony just before the start of the Grand Parade. I loved the spectacular and colorful costumes, especially the feathered headresses.

--Warren

Ready to Go

Lumix G1, Lumix 45-200mm

Patiently waiting for the parade to start.

--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

Preparations

Lumix G1, Lumix 45-200mm

The women (and girls) were getting ready for the Grand Parade.

--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

Misery Loves Company

HTC One X

This poor car seems to belong here.

It has been a great month for project posts! Keep it up! It's fun to see everybody's interpretation of the project idea.

Any ideas for our March project?

--Warren

Driftwood Henge

January 2014 Project: "Documentary"

This fisherman came to fish, but instead ended up taking a piece of driftwood home.

--Warren

Urban Solitary

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm



--Warren

Let's Kick This Off!

October 2013 Project: "Lines That Don't Like Being Lines"

I was out today taking new pictures for this month's project, but I thought of this one from my archives as a broad interpretation of the theme!

This was taken in 2011 at a car show. This huge crowd was waiting in line to get into the show.

"Head of the Line"


Lumix G1, Lumix 45-200mm

--Warren

Rainy Day Traveler

HTC One X

In honor today's unexpected rain in San Francisco, here's a picture that I took last June on the train somewhere between Paris and Cologne, Germany.

It was raining very hard that day, and it made for an interesting blurry motion picture on the outside of the train.

--Warren

Irving Street Version 3

Lea, I changed your suggestion to include the entire foreground shadow (gave it more space on the right).

--Warren

Irving Street, Version 2

Olympus E-P1, Olympus 17mm f2.8

Edited per Lea's suggestions, is this version better?

--Warren

Irving Street

Olympus E-P1, Olympus 17mm f2.8

Does this picture do anything for anyone? I'd like to know. :)

Interesting, or not?

--Warren

Concentration

Lumix LX5

Lea was helping Gail choose an eyeglass frame. I liked the mirrors and different shapes and frames, and also Lea's focused stare. :)

--Warren

Let's Go Home Now

Lumix DMC-G5, Lumix 100-300mm

Mother shows son how to clean the sand from his hands.

(more practicing with my new G5 and 100-300mm)

--Warren

The Simple Joy of a Large Puddle

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 14mm f2.5

Gail and I were at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos yesterday morning. We were supposed to see Santa Claus land at Hiller Aviation in a helicopter, and also hear our friend and his local community band play Christmas carols while the children talk to Santa Claus. We were told that if it rained that morning, Santa would come in a car instead. When we woke up that morning, it was pouring rain, so we assumed Santa would not fly in, so we slept in and left late to the event. Well, when we got there, Santa had already arrived by helicopter because the rain stopped long enough for him to fly in. Also, we missed our friend's local band play Christmas Carols. We decided to look walk around anyway, and when we walked outside, we saw these kids playing and splashing in a giant puddle of rain water. I guess a large puddle is irresistible to kids, and it seemed like the children enjoyed this more than seeing Santa Claus.

--Warren

The Making of: "Washed Up"

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

A behind the scenes series on how the "Washed Up" post was made.

--Warren