Shot this back in May, 2008 when we were in New York. I love this sign. I can’t imagine how old it is, but I’m going to guess 30 years. Before computers were mainstream and CAD was used for metalworking.
Trying to stretch a bit with the toning. I’m really digging on Aperture, I have to say. Also, I’m using some new plugin magic to provide EXIF info (see below) on the large photo page. If it isn’t working for you, give me a bit to tweak. Because I live dangerously. o
In celebration of the Mormon pioneers, there are a lot of fireworks displays tonight in Utah.
Last night as I was getting ready for bed, Heather started screaming at me. I figured it was a major accident or something Coco had done. It was neither. I ran to grab the camera and got this shot after playing around with the 70-200.
Happy blowing stuff up to celebrate the arrival of the (mostly) white people day. o
Every time I try to use public transportation in San Francisco.
Apparently, San Francisco MUNI hasn’t heard of credit cards or debit cards. Or ridden the New York subway where I can choose how much or little I’d like to put on my MTA card.
In a city that regards itself proudly as progressive, the consistently massive failure of the city to address the number one issue facing anyone in the city who needs to get around: MUNI blows. I’ve written about it before. I’ve ranted. I’ve lived in San Francisco. It’s unfriendly to everyone, but visitors in particular. I know it’s cool to look down your nose at the “others” intruding your “space”. Your misguided xenophobic and slightly aristocratic hatred of people who come to your city for business or vacation I can deal with. A city run by liberals who helped move legal gay marriage forward is awesome. Now fix your public transportation.
Lived this as a resident far too many days.
As I wrote before, compare San Francisco’s mass transit to any other major urban center. The only city worse than San Francisco is Los Angeles. BART is better than MUNI. Caltrain is better than MUNI. My ass is better than MUNI.
No coins. Fast Pass only. Fast Pass is a monthly pass. They only sell them for about 3 days a month and you can only get them for the next month if you remember that you have to buy early.
With a city so full of smart people, geeks, user experience experts and technologists why is MUNI so horrible?
I’m actively trying to reduce my carbon footprint when I travel (I know that offsetting airplane exhaust is futile, but still, I try) and a city run by supposed liberals is making it next to impossible. I took so many cabs this weekend. Not a single one of them was a hybrid or alternative fuel vehicle.
This is nothing short of a disgrace for anybody who calls themselves progressive. o
p.s. alternative answer to question posed in title: “Coco.”
p.p.s. apologies to the kind people who had a car and drove us a couple of times. You are awesome.
The whole time we’ve had Coco, i’ve been trying to get a shot of her in full crazy mode. Something that captures the freaky deaky side of her. We were able to get something pretty early on with Chuck, but Coco is too amped. I was more than happy to share this shot with Heather:
This week has started surreal and I don’t expect that to change for the next several days. Maybe this one should be called Self Portrait in Plaster except that I don’t have wings. o
Taken in the Yaletown neighborhood, Vancouver, Canada.
I am rarely satisfied with trying to take or make an image monochromatic. This one, however, I could probably do an entire series of various tones and be really satisfied.
I took about a dozen different shots at different angles trying to get this one just right. I never really caught it like I wanted to. This one comes close. The sad twig hanging down is pretty good, but it kind of gets lost in the background.
The purple are tiny petals that have fallen off the flowers above. There was a lot of purple. Both Prince and Donny Osmond were trying to outbid one another. o
