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The sunset chronicles… part 3… and look, you get a sunset and ME!!!

I know, it’s almost too good to be true, right? So anyway, there I was, in the hills above Berkeley, killing time until the sun went down… taking some pictures… waiting for the sunset… Wondering if the haze would clear, … Continue reading

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The sunset chronicles… part 2… and, yes, I know that isn’t a sunset…

But, as I mentioned earlier, I had to hang around for three hours while the sun was setting and beyond that, so I took some pictures of a fountain… oooh… next time I am in the Bay Area, remind me … Continue reading

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The sunset chronicles… part 1…

It’s no secret that I like sunsets. Long ago, on this very blog, I tried to do a thing where I took a photo of the sunset every night for a year, and posted them, once a week, as ‘sunset … Continue reading

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Still another adventure in the Bay Area… part 5… and I totally helped make that statue…

While Willie, my godson, and his dad, Big Johnny, were hanging out at the world’s most dangerous playground… (see last two posts)… I walked over to the Berkeley Marina. There happens to be a statue there that I helped to … Continue reading

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Still another adventure in the Bay Area… part 1…

It is hard to believe that just yesterday, I got up at 2:00 in the morning, drove 500 miles, went to a memorial service for my friend’s mom, then went to his childhood home, right near my childhood home… where … Continue reading

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Bye bye, Bay Area… part 2…

And so we say goodbye to the city by the bay, as seen from Treasure Island… no, not the one with the pirates… I hope you enjoyed this part of my adventure, the cute dogs, the sunsets, the weird sixties … Continue reading

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Bye bye, Bay Area… part 1…

There I am, with San Francisco over my shoulder, on the morning I left my mom’s house… which was like three or four days ago now. No, I didn’t take that at my favorite dog park down by the bay, … Continue reading

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The many moods of San Francisco… the final chapter…

All things considered, my experiment with taking pictures of San Francisco with a big zoom lens, while using a tripod, worked fairly well. I just wanted some photos of the city lit up at night, without the bouncing effect that … Continue reading

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The many moods of San Francisco… part 4…

So, yeah, using the tripod to shoot pictures of San Francisco from way over across the bay worked out pretty well. There were a few problems. It looked dark to me, but the camera still picked up light from the … Continue reading

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The many moods of San Francisco… part 3…

Okay, so there was a reason I went down to the bay on my last night in the Bay Area, to that beach where I usually take the pictures of all the dogs… and to pet them when I miss … Continue reading

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