Out and About, Photos

At an Irish seisiún

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A friend of mine leads a local Irish seisiún. I don’t join in because they already have enough guitar players (I know all the seisiún players reading this are thinking, “what a guy!” ;^). Anyway, Maggie and I went last night to hang out, drink a few pints and enjoy the music. I brought my G11 and at some point took this close-up hoping that something would be in focus–low light plus an Irish jig means most everything is going to blur. That the drink is the sharpest thing in the shot is an irony I couldn’t let slip by.

Hands and instruments at an Irish seisiún

Canon G11 enjoying the music.

Commute, Photos

Two shots today

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During today’s commute home, I did “quick” pullout just before the toll plaza at the Golden Gate Bridge. Because of the dynamic look of the clouds I really wanted to get close to the bridge, but, unfortunately, that wasn’t going to happen. It took me ten minutes to get out of the one way, jammed full plaza parking lot. These shots were taken down the road towards Crissy Field where there was abundant parking space and very few tourists.

Golden Gate Bridge south tower with sitter

Cypress and sail

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm.

Canon T2i on the bay.

Commute, Photos

A quick stop before the rain

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Yesterday’s rain wasn’t the end of the early rains in the Bay Area. A new, bigger storm started rolling in late this afternoon. I could see that it was already raining to the north where I was headed so I stopped at Bayfront Park to grab some “dry” shots. I run in this park several days a week because it is conveniently located right across the road from where I work. Nice!

Bayfront Park before the rain

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 21mm. 1/400 second at f/11, ISO 200.

Canon T2i on familiar turf.

Commute, Photos

A view through the cables

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It was a rainy commute home today. The beginning of October is a bit early, but the rain is nice because it’s been very dry for many months. I didn’t stop along the way because a wet freeway invariably makes for bad traffic–and today was no exception. Instead, I went to the well for this image. It was taken during the same commute stop that I got the wispy fog shot of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Golden Gate Bridge cables and city

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 85mm. 1/320 second at f/11, ISO 200.

Canon T2i peering through the cables.