San Francisco Friday

I started collecting photos of San Francisco long before we moved here. So imagine how many more I'm collecting now that we do!

So I'm attempting another weekly challenge where I'll post a few random photos that I've taken within the city, either ones from the past or ones I've taken during the week.

This set of photos is of a mural on the Bagdad Cafe on the corner of Market and 16th.

Taken on Saturday Jan 5th, 2011.

Truth be told, the quality of my photos now aren't nearly as nice as the ones I took before. That's because I rarely have my DSLR with me anymore while wandering the big city. So lately, most of my shots have been on my cell phone or pocket camera, which for me is still acceptable. I'm not quite getting the artistic creativity that I love to get when framing a shot on my big camera, but nowadays my goal is to capture the moment. However I'll still break out the big guns for road trips or specific occasions.

Anyone else wanna join me in a Friday challenge of posting photos of the city you live in?

We don't own a rake

Sweet gum tree leaves on the front lawn.

Submitted to Photo Friday Theme: Autumn
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The Dark Side

Do you see it in the smoke?

submitted to Lensday weekly photo challenge. Theme: Smoke.
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Sky Watch Friday

For several months, I've noticed on Lilli's blog that she does a weekly photo challenge called Sky Watch Friday but I didn't know who hosted it and I didn't get around to ask her. But I finally linked over to Dot's blog at Strolling through Georgia via Rook's Nest because I noticed that Dot visited many of the same blogs that I visit. Well, I'm describing how many of us find each other in the blog world, so enuf said on that. But I'm very happy to be able to participate in something I've enjoyed photographing for years. In fact, this photo is from 2004 when I was in NYC. I'm going again and have been posting pictures from that trip, so thought this sky entry would be fitting for right now. Cheers!
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Lovebirds

submitted to ShutterDay: Bird

Dahlia

submitted to Lensday: Flower

photoshop fun

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original:

Cheap

As we were leaving our hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas, my SIL and I were in desperate need of peppermint mochas from Starbucks. Couldn't find one. So, we stopped at what we hoped would be the next best thing. Delicious donut shop coffee with the added perk of donuts. Cheaper, too! Well, sometimes cheaper isn't better. In fact, these were the worst donuts and the worst coffee we've ever had. Blech.
submitted to Moody Monday: Cheap

Such a Boy

Submitted to Photo Friday: Boy

Silverback Gorilla

Silverback gorillas are typically the strong, dominant leader of their tribe and are usually over 12 years old.

Submitted to Photo Friday: Silver

Binney & Smith

submitted to Thursday Challenge: Color

Abstract Photo Monday on Wednesday

I was inspired from by a post from Andrea's photo blog where she's showcasing some abstract photos every Monday. She invited anyone to share their own abstract photos so I took her up on the challenge. Thanks Andrea!
I took this first photo in Vancouver. I was on a cruise ship at Canada Place and left the shutter open for a total of 1 second, hand-held as still as possible for about 3/4 sec then moved the camera right till the shutter closed.

This photo was taken in Yosemite, also with a shutter speed of 1 second, driving slowly up a curvy, snow-packed road at 5:20pm in January.

St. John the Evangelist

St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC.

Submitted to Moody Monday: Devoted

A Solemn Design

Arlington National Cemetery.

Peace.

Submitted to Pxite: Design

Beardsley Resevoir

We went to Beardsley Reservoir for the first time last weekend. It's a fairly remote lake in the Sierra Nevadas. It was almost as if we had our own private lake all to ourselves.

Submitted to Photo Friday: Private

Balance

submitted to Tuesdays Photos: Balance

Desert Sky

Las Vegas, sunset.

submitted to Thursday Challenge: Sky

Balinese Dancer

submitted to Moody Monday: exotic

Stuff

Sure, exploring new places is the best part of geocaching, but looking through all of fun and crazy stuff people leave is a top highlight, too!

submitted to Thursday Challenge: Stuff

Low 5

submitted to Pxite: Number