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Stick together… part 61… cities… part 8… San Francisco… part 5… this is it, the final chapter!!!

This is it, the very last of the posts in this weird, mirror image effect series. Okay, technically, that isn’t true. I have an idea for a a cool way to finish it, and I have already started collecting photos … Continue reading

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Stick together… part 60… cities… part 7… San Francisco… part 4… wait! Is that a robot vampire wearing a top hat in the middle of that first picture???

Maybe. Sort of. Not on purpose. But it is a cool time lapse photo of Lombard Street in San Francisco, done with a digital mirror image effect. Lombard Street is another icon of the City by the Bay. If you … Continue reading

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Stick together… part 51… mountains… part 1…

A mirror image effect on Half Dome in Yosemite, California. So… uh… I guess that would be called Full Dome??? Now, if I move the split-line for the mirror effect over just a little, you get something completely different. But … Continue reading

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Sky stuff… sunsets and hot air balloons…

Just another evening at my new job in San Diego.

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Back-lit bougainvillea…

Just a few photos I took on my phone… From right outside the guard house where I work… Keeping the rich people in the exclusive private community safe from poor people… like me. That, is a bird of paradise flower. … Continue reading

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Desert vistas… the final chapter… with a free game of ‘spot the dinosaur’ thrown in!

Nearing the final leg of my journey back from Arizona, descending from the mountain pass and getting ready to turn left… South… so as to end up in San Diego and not… perish the thought… in Los Angeles… I took … Continue reading

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Desert vistas… part 7… (or): Mountains, clouds, snow and palm trees…

You gotta love California, where you can gaze past palm trees and see snow-topped mountains. I am nearing the end of my posts of photos I took on my recent drive back to San Diego from Arizona. We saw a … Continue reading

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Desert vistas… part 6… (or): Tanks for the memories…

Okay, back the the story of my recent drive from Arizona to San Diego. We left off with me almost running out of gas at the California/Arizona border. I found a gas station with 12 miles of fuel left in … Continue reading

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Desert vistas… part 5… Some desert rain…

I am particularly proud of that photo. It is a very localized rain shower in the middle of the desert, seen through some high-power lines… highpower lines… high powerlines… high power-lines… high-power-lines??? Not bad for a shot taken one handed … Continue reading

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I am back in the land of the big cacti…

Yes, I know, that isn’t a picture of a big cactus… or big cacti. It is a picture of some cool rocks in the mountain range I had to cross to get from San Diego to Scottsdale, Arizona. I got … Continue reading

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