Bob Horowitz

San Franciscan.
Gay. Happy. Married. Snarky.
Mouthy, very unprofessional photographer.

Disclaimer: Mr. Horowitz regularly enjoys his martini hour between 5 and 9 pm. Posts originating during this period may contain flagrant errors and injudicious comments ranging from the amusing to the quite frankly libelous. Neither Mastodon, nor sadly Mr. Horowitz himself, will accept any liability for any consequences, real or imagined, from any of Mr. Horowitz's posts.


The Douglas fir is native to western North America. It has a conical shape and is suitable for planting in residential settings.

#photography #NatureyCrap

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15 seconds outside the Legion of Honor.

#photography #LongExposure #architecture

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The prophet.

#photography #Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday

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Golden Gate Park.

I have insomnia - worried about Thursday's operation - so I don't know what to do except post here instead of tossing and turning. Good morning, everyone.

#photography

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Calamari ♥

#photography

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nostr:npub1s6en9a5lypyvh2q5wdupkxgwns6jxflxjg9dazrudnuaaldvdwfsaw4l7v 👍👍


nostr:npub15074264qfye8gc2u9s3fdn2cq23x90mx372fluj8ff48hj22zrzqh7e4gg Thanks, Eddie :)


nostr:npub1790jn84upmmsayrgu2lt7dpk8ce8jkrfpa78z4uwvfgut3s3zkjqc724ej nostr:npub1rp2j0nmxk9pc5eqv9r4244pls65ycwkx8m7mvtc02e0wlatf26cseylgpq Very cool.


nostr:npub1s6en9a5lypyvh2q5wdupkxgwns6jxflxjg9dazrudnuaaldvdwfsaw4l7v BTW, I have a lemon squeezer and grater that feels very much like this. I wonder if the architect had that in mind when he designed this place.


nostr:npub1s6en9a5lypyvh2q5wdupkxgwns6jxflxjg9dazrudnuaaldvdwfsaw4l7v it's a tough place to shoot with the wide angle, because that lens tends to send lines flying in every direction if you move a couple of inches off center.

Next time I think I'll embrace the skewing and shoot asymmetrically.


nostr:npub1sflk8glpsgdpsuu8lv97fynz8hxg9xct2zcp63aql99cdr3mvdtsqwgczt The deYoung is a great museum and interesting architectural space. And the tower is admission-free to all visitors.


#WindowFriday #FensterFreitag

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Note to the Blue Angels currently flying over my house:

I own an invisible force field generator. And it works. You have been warned.

#photography #FleetWeek

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nostr:npub14vj7x5az3gcu0n5n4y27qzqyldtg986s2h2h9w2addy3sl7ryrmsfvzx2q Oh my goodness, no. I was still learning yow to look through the viewfinder way back then. The only thing I knewwas how to rotate the camera to make panoramas and glue them together in my scrapbook. *chuckles*


nostr:npub159t4pmqxt2k9kaj58ds47q0uvqq0epu90t4xtwjhnxgddlfycctscwn7e3 ooooh... I would love to have a hot-shoe duck for when I'm out street-shooting :)


I don't have many pictures from that ZX-50 -- the film is somewhere in an old trunk in my garage, buried in a pile of thousands of things I need to throw out someday.

But hunting through my Lightroom catalog, I did find some shitty scans of old prints taken in Oaxaca, Mexico. They are crap but good enough for #ThrowbackThursday

You'll need to click on the second photo to view the full panorama.

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I don't know if they still do it but when I was growing up, portrait photographers used to say "look at the birdie and smile."

Anyway, here is the film camera I used in the 1980s and 90s: the Pentax ZX-50. It's still floating around the house somewhere but the battery contacts have corroded due to battery acid leakage.

#photography

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nostr:npub1nw8444hsg0hps2p8nd9cjhhdf7glumralqtny0hx32zvvsxcdjaqaf8pu2 Take it slow and easy.

Wishing you smooth sailing, with mild symptoms.


nostr:npub1ywh0ktm22y6pmu088fuh24gp6dyvcdt4stwv7qmzfr0ythr7fgcqlz2tvx The alarm arrived 3 minutes early... and we survived. Yay.


nostr:npub1ju5kkhzekw2pxggprt7wgvll3e5y0emrxdqm0du0l3dcc97st69syqtypd Fun! I can't wait!


nostr:npub1tav7z5l6u58xpvwhlvs8adm2649547nvgxulmffmwu2mlu70ppss0k5hs4 I remember Y2K well. I was in charge of Y2K projects at Hewlett-Packard... a massive 3 year effort to upgrade software across the company before the critical date. Nothing happened. I went down to San Francisco's Ferry Building, watched the fireworks, and drank good champagne straight from the bottle.


In a few hours, across the U.S.A, cellphones will make an unpleasant sound. Do not be alarmed! It's just FEMA testing the Emergency Alert System.

Unless it's more.

According to cultists, today's test is the start of an zombie apocalypse. The cultists claim the 5G broadcast signal has been designed to activate Marburg Virus nanoparticles in COVID vaccines and virus will turn us all into zombies.

Okay!

Seriously, I'm not worried. This is not my first Apocalypse, nor my second or third. But in any case, Happy 5G Zombification Day, everyone!!!

#photography

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Q: Say I'm using the Mastodon app, looking at photos posted by other people on different instances. And maybe one looks great...so I decide to see what other photos that person has posted.

But in the app, I can only see remote photos back to 2-4 weeks (unless someone on my own instance has boosted the photo). I get it. My instance can't keep a copy of every photo in the fediverse - there has to be a limit.

I've learned that if I want to see someone's portfolio, I need to use my browser and essentially do my viewing as a guest on the remote instance, with limited functionality to like or comment while not logged in.

My question is: why can't the Mastodon app make an external lookup itself and show me an old photo from inside the app, without me having to switch to a browser? Is that a difficult thing for an app to do - to fetch old photos for a quick look-see on my phone or tablet, on demand, without burdening my instance with storing that photo?

Does that question make sense?


nostr:npub1dg499t2jtuunfjnqtc4flhvv48w05m3ujczxuy8enr9vcxd9mqsqjgqg6k Well said, sgt. Well said.

My plans are to be cremated too... and will be up to my husband to decide where to spread my ashes.


nostr:npub15074264qfye8gc2u9s3fdn2cq23x90mx372fluj8ff48hj22zrzqh7e4gg I thought you were going to say tiny disco mirrors.


nostr:npub15074264qfye8gc2u9s3fdn2cq23x90mx372fluj8ff48hj22zrzqh7e4gg Needs more bling, if you ask me.


nostr:npub19hp9rdd6a9fpcyr4mu536te30sr6pdswvw3wlqust8c200fyuhpsj4craq I'm a Costco casket kinda guy. I want an inexpensive box, but also roomy, with cushy cushions like their living room sectionals.


A tisket, a tasket,
A shiny silver casket...

A friend of mine owns and manages a funeral home in Massachusetts' Several years ago invited me to take pictures of his display room. It was, uh... interesting.

#photography

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nostr:npub1wg4azfy2fnke6v692u8adyx3vqp0v9eyvfjujzp7ct52fwcsz82qln05nf nostr:npub1tzezwj4qm83y4dyf0rzx8k5mvhs90v83tkes0x0tlvmdjwctte8qgfav5u I fear we have hijacked Enia's post. Apologies.


nostr:npub1wg4azfy2fnke6v692u8adyx3vqp0v9eyvfjujzp7ct52fwcsz82qln05nf nostr:npub1tzezwj4qm83y4dyf0rzx8k5mvhs90v83tkes0x0tlvmdjwctte8qgfav5u Bad wordplay :)

As for monogamy, statistics offers zero moral judgment when it comes to distributions, even when plotting one's number of lifetime partners. We all fall somewhere on the curve and its standard deviants.


nostr:npub1e355ckyvm0h0nhga6dxyve8wg4e8ydf9mycyj7u2nuyfdj5wa03q82tjl6 nostr:npub1wg4azfy2fnke6v692u8adyx3vqp0v9eyvfjujzp7ct52fwcsz82qln05nf nostr:npub1tzezwj4qm83y4dyf0rzx8k5mvhs90v83tkes0x0tlvmdjwctte8qgfav5u I would be very happy with a hammock. Either in the office or for working at home. And that says a lot about me.


nostr:npub1wg4azfy2fnke6v692u8adyx3vqp0v9eyvfjujzp7ct52fwcsz82qln05nf nostr:npub1tzezwj4qm83y4dyf0rzx8k5mvhs90v83tkes0x0tlvmdjwctte8qgfav5u Bad phones. Bad boy.


nostr:npub1tzezwj4qm83y4dyf0rzx8k5mvhs90v83tkes0x0tlvmdjwctte8qgfav5u The work-from-home/work-in-the-office pendulum has swung back and forth several times since the 1990s. I expect it will continue swinging for a while still.


nostr:npub1tzezwj4qm83y4dyf0rzx8k5mvhs90v83tkes0x0tlvmdjwctte8qgfav5u nostr:npub1wnr9lewx3j2vughqfs2qre78rad0p0n06f9cec7lc4zkj5raunlsx0w499.
On my last day of work, before retiring, I calculated that in the course of commuting for 30 years to workplaces in Palo Alto and Santa Clara, I traveled 780,000 miles on Interstate 280.

780,000 miles!

That's like making a trip to the moon, and back again, and then returning to the moon. Plus a couple of orbits on each end.

Time-wise (at 2.5 hours a day), if you put all that commute time together into one block, it adds up to 2 solid years of my life wasted on Interstate 280.

A chunk of that was in a 2 or 3 person carpool. But still, my carbon footprint is unforgivably huge. And the wear and tear on my cars and body... ugh.


nostr:npub1k2pwfs43qysk3svfkpdvd2tp6alfcrvq0gsw6ewpsjgednrkz54q502x3f I saw that (while waiting on line ar Whole Foods). Good shot!


Ritz

#photography #StreetPortrait

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Light painting of a WWII bunker overlooking Fort Cronkhite in Marin County.

13mm wide angle lens, 81 second exposure.

#photography #LongExposure

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#SilentSunday #photography

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nostr:npub1sne0e4thz96pkumq8rxmg470xgt3mxqjq0vxf3d8m5al5sf87gnqnrm70q Not sure about what kinds of lights these were but I have had terrible experiences with colored LEDs. My Pentax camera sensors seem to hate them. Incandescent do much better.


nostr:npub1nq6jkwtzj9lzry4uxqzfs8yy0cdh72sndjcpx70px3x7gqwsdfxq9ldk6g the trust is reestablished 👍


nostr:npub1sne0e4thz96pkumq8rxmg470xgt3mxqjq0vxf3d8m5al5sf87gnqnrm70q excellent portaits and beautiful light.


nostr:npub1eyk5ayndqmzh05hyt55qjdzmjqzm5fveayesknejz6cxrdgtuc8qgjhpk4 Always adorable.
How much longer with the neck pillow?


nostr:npub1afl4s9ckvj6zf7c08sm9952z6knjf6jnchmp7lsd2r0ev3gs5r7sxx375c *chuckles and shakes my head at the same time*


nostr:npub1afl4s9ckvj6zf7c08sm9952z6knjf6jnchmp7lsd2r0ev3gs5r7sxx375c it's that "I see you guys" disdainful look and unafraid walk that gets me.


nostr:npub1y3gryxke3mc7fzzqhs2jcxap33ggu5rd9m466vqay75cfrwj4xtsyq7lzw
Lol !!!


It's #caturday and I win.

#photography #SFZoo

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nostr:npub1pdm992nwm7z7lkd8964zrfqvqr33zxgser4emcl3wpg78lg9gdtqmzthdk Damnit. The elevation at our front door is 60 meters. We're going to be about 6 meters short of surviving the ice cap melt.

Our roof, however, would make a nice fishing pier 👍


nostr:npub1nq6jkwtzj9lzry4uxqzfs8yy0cdh72sndjcpx70px3x7gqwsdfxq9ldk6g Good job, the two of you.
Hopefully the setback in his socialization will be brief.


nostr:npub1dtyjpwd60gdv84wtur4p90dwmrj8sp93n8vrmyw5we4m0s4tp9wqfccw4r ahhhh. If only this were real!


Forgive me for reposting a picture from 10 or 11 months ago, but there are a lot of new people here... and I'm rather fond of this shot.

Anyway, here is an illustration from my once planned but still unpublished children's book.

I call it "God Didn't Take Your Brother, Billy. The Monster Under Your Bed Did"

#WindowFriday #FensterFreitag #photography

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nostr:npub1s6en9a5lypyvh2q5wdupkxgwns6jxflxjg9dazrudnuaaldvdwfsaw4l7v This was only a 3 or 4 second exposure - fairly short - and I was planning to do something longer. But damn, it was too fucking cold and windy up there that night.

I took 7 shots and 6 of them were unusable because of the camera shak from the wind.  So I went to Safeway (2 blocks away), got some gin, and came home to make a martini.

I'll go back and try shooting here again on a less windy night.


Stop.

#photography #SanFrancisco

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nostr:npub1s6en9a5lypyvh2q5wdupkxgwns6jxflxjg9dazrudnuaaldvdwfsaw4l7v  Thank you, KC!


nostr:npub1wg4azfy2fnke6v692u8adyx3vqp0v9eyvfjujzp7ct52fwcsz82qln05nf Very wets. Seems to happen every time I get near waves.


Pacifica.

1/20th of a second, under the pier.  Also 8 seconds before my tripod and I got soaked.

#photography #Pacifica

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nostr:npub1gwytt2lvzrwqe7a5ydpj9epnvzlsy34lp4e5xzj0aqrcgzq2v96q4a80nf Damn, the AF1 shots are especially awesome.


nostr:npub1wlp8tenqsx7nuehw8x7nf3pypfqtjeh2wksncppkfrcdqlw8h3esw8r9pr It is cool... and serene.


nostr:npub1sflk8glpsgdpsuu8lv97fynz8hxg9xct2zcp63aql99cdr3mvdtsqwgczt nostr:npub1nq6jkwtzj9lzry4uxqzfs8yy0cdh72sndjcpx70px3x7gqwsdfxq9ldk6g I know her. She can handle it 👍


nostr:npub12f7r2gjj0ch84wdh5kg03gkmjyskya6zlxq70cxlk5qm5sysjhuq08lkxh nostr:npub16mjv0crlfwmgvsfy60sqehz2765el9c4k676dpsq92ed2msdycnqwpalcf I hope, when asked a question about history, the Meta LLM replies "well, in a galaxy far far away..."


nostr:npub1fvcqjtkhyuxx9pjragps57an2ypj2aae75dkhevfwn4hssefunhs2eeunz I know, right? It's end times.


nostr:npub1zvax3r7j4smpxcrnxlznc5yv2x26e5rpuutmxssxwevp2fr8wlwqxue2q5 Aye.

I would definitely content warn if a picture involved sexual activity or genital nudity. But hiding fetish gear or gay life(?) would be wrong, IMHO. It would feel like censoring something because it might give someone who is conservative the vapors.

It's a poorly marked line, being on an instance that is both family friendly and also representative of a wide spectrum of Bay Area communities. I try to stay mindful of that, and not post things blatantly inappropriate.


nostr:npub1hwaedg6z5lk97zv7f7r9jr69euedndeakd8curtd33zhus5lh4sslqp8p8 Jesus man, are you okay?


nostr:npub10efqhnuz8weunyqwakw55ksmx58tegdf4nnkw76zrg7fdqp8xpdsfn9zr7 but but... you're a landscape!


Note: From time to time, I will be posting street portraits taken at street fairs and the like.

They won't always be your cup of tea. But these pictures are a big part of my life - my gay life - here in San Francisco. It's been a good life full of men and women who, with these portraits, I celebrate.

So interspersed with pictures of flowers, cats, buildings, and the occasional scenic landscape... there will be this. Because this is part of what I see and live.

#photography #StreetPortrait

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nostr:npub1wg4azfy2fnke6v692u8adyx3vqp0v9eyvfjujzp7ct52fwcsz82qln05nf This is all of us!


Printer manufacturers: Super reliable & multifunctional!

Every printer owner:

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nostr:npub1ly4w84gjrmuxjqzenhy9zhn0x7wtuj9m2sp68t7utfgn0c2srmgqa6h5hd Ideal time for flu shots is mid October, before cases start rising... or sooner if you have kids since they are back at school etc.

As for Covid, my own feeling is to vax ~ 6 months after the last booster, since some of the front-end protection from the previous booster starts declining 4-5 months out. Also, I'm at a certain age where Covid would be a bit more problematic if I caught it.

Also motivating me: upcoming travel, visiting a 97 y.o. mother, and me finally being well enough to rejoin my somewhat popular and frequently crowded gym next month. So I got both Covid and flu shots today.


nostr:npub1eyk5ayndqmzh05hyt55qjdzmjqzm5fveayesknejz6cxrdgtuc8qgjhpk4 Awww poor thing. And I didn't consider that she'd end up with a cone, although that makes perfect sense.


nostr:npub1vmhc766dygc53h6x7jn0t4et20hunct5aye77dpcxd6jzdtnw7ysqpx99y Kaiser here has a limited supply, walk-in only, get it while it lasts. We went there right after they opened, at 8:30am. Ungodly hour, if you ask me.

They expect greater supply in early October.


nostr:npub1wg4azfy2fnke6v692u8adyx3vqp0v9eyvfjujzp7ct52fwcsz82qln05nf My 1st shot was flu-ish. But worth it though. Subsequent shots have been much easier.

Been through worse. You too.


nostr:npub1wg4azfy2fnke6v692u8adyx3vqp0v9eyvfjujzp7ct52fwcsz82qln05nf ooh 5 hours later, my arm is sore.


nostr:npub1eyk5ayndqmzh05hyt55qjdzmjqzm5fveayesknejz6cxrdgtuc8qgjhpk4 Give Summer a hug and a treat. She deserves it. Oh but not one of these lovely muffins. I looked it up... dogs can have small quantities of cinnamon, but that's a definite no when it comes to raisins.

P.S., I always wanted to lead the life of a dog, but today I learned they shouldn't eat bacon.


nostr:npub1wg4azfy2fnke6v692u8adyx3vqp0v9eyvfjujzp7ct52fwcsz82qln05nf No 6G butI think I should stick to plastic cutlery for a few days.


I just got my 7th covid shot today and no no, everything's great, no side effects, thanks for asking!

#photography #StreetPortraiture

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nostr:npub1snuldzy62n7kl0lpemdmkmmkrzk2h3k8v3x4gsn9ffdpf26m0uyq9sg2rp Just got back from my covid + flu vax injections. Happy here - I've got a bunch of traveling coming up next month.


Something I regret not swiping from my eye doctor's office.

#photography

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nostr:npub1kpljghwpx0wgldjzqlard2wed77cg4nhhgqdanhj69lj6e233fes7m2az3 *chuckles*


nostr:npub1z0njffl0lypvvgw67smlpd8xrj3ptve0tr3fpk7km3wr440xcatqfdvt9h You can see the ship because the cloaking device failed.

Nice shot, btw.


nostr:npub1fqcqu36jqw7d0aze44fdz5k0rccl2wudqlwmsq22tgsm9k68gxdsfxt5r6 Thank you, Anna.

Fort Cronkhite always makes me think fondly of the old American newscaster Walter Cronkite (no relation)... and the wonderful story Walter's wife Betsy told about Walter on a late night TV show.

Betsy said "Walter always wanted to go out like Errol Flynn, on an 80-foot boat with an 18 year old girl."

The Betsy added "I hate to dissapoint Walter but, quite frankly, he's going to end up on an 18-foot boat with his 80 year old wife."


#SilentSunday #photography

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nostr:npub1g025v9phxxsm5arg0f9w05m6a2sveuters0jwfkjadfmdl6fs35s9jumym Thank you, Anja. The same to you!


nostr:npub1ju5kkhzekw2pxggprt7wgvll3e5y0emrxdqm0du0l3dcc97st69syqtypd Lovely picture, Tomasz.


nostr:npub1f6kuh66mqler9k82f56e4hy7aq28cfwxahjmujwsqp0a5zn4fy2qjgs7vt Fun has left the building.

I love how this is just creepy enough to scare children 👍
Nicely captured.


#SilentSunday #photography

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nostr:npub1vmhc766dygc53h6x7jn0t4et20hunct5aye77dpcxd6jzdtnw7ysqpx99y Thank you, Dragon. And the same to you!


nostr:npub145x69zas2a4xtjwsnj3fmq6nqw5862mc99dl5u5emkrn75u5qz2qn5zanm Never seen starfish gourds before. Cool.


Shanah tovah. Happy new year, everybody.

#photography

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A portrait of nostr:npub10mp9r9kreg5n6e8cg9mhch6gfpmu54msv36t483uzp7gnsgccv7smm24py

#photography

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nostr:npub1mpwksahqzlafhsc4457qxc48u0x4jfpdxj4rqsgez9dljd9kdt6qth4h3u Nicely photographed and written essay, Ewan.


nostr:npub1km2tkhwgj8vu0s3recedkvl6665mj7g54ve6qt0v2g7gr7yndpmqttae6d Well that's one way to find a shitload of flowers *chuckles*

I'll remember that tag in the future.


nostr:npub1s2eeg5mht099uvqhecg6tcrglkx6p5lagpsn6eemuvtljrnd78gs054g25 In the late 1980s, I dated the Propery Manager of the Messeturm. At that time, it was the tallest building in Europe... with a wonderful view (still, I am sure) from the top. Managing the facility was a very prestigious job.

We are still friends and write each other regularly.


Who doesn't like flowers, really. There seem to be a lot of them on Mastodon.

#photography #NatureyCrap

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nostr:npub1d2dzs6lj5xru9x8s25npf75cx88pqj7zjs5n4fdw5av765vr32tsv83a0g Ruptured appendix.


nostr:npub1d2dzs6lj5xru9x8s25npf75cx88pqj7zjs5n4fdw5av765vr32tsv83a0g Photographer gonna get another belly button 👍


nostr:npub19vp5xrm0euaft389fkt3spmw27j025kdqlxunge7xu5x2npmlg0qyv9plh Ha! I love this!


Me: Oooh, that guy probably needs to apologize.
My sister: ALL MEN need to apologize, Bob.

#photography #StreetPhotography

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#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday

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nostr:npub1vmhc766dygc53h6x7jn0t4et20hunct5aye77dpcxd6jzdtnw7ysqpx99y I know, right?
Even if I got tired of it, it would make a fabulous white elephant gift at Christmas time.


nostr:npub1lecec2ty8dyuav8ccrwl5lvdsy4w604xknxzcj6ahvnr3tvv5c3sv6twl9 nostr:npub1ematg03wn6ft5un2qv5ps7pmknast6wcg4r5plzwyn8u69mqcwhsr0z20p Yep.
If you've never been, Ina Coolbrith Park is tiny but has some cool views. It's halfway down Vallejo from the top.


nostr:npub1s2eeg5mht099uvqhecg6tcrglkx6p5lagpsn6eemuvtljrnd78gs054g25 Wonderful.


Home.

San Francisco.

#photography

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About 12 years ago I spotted this figurine in a curio shop and every day since I regret I didn't get it for my bookshelf.

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Like Fred and Ginger.

#photography

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nostr:npub1vvap4hwa5y7zpfrrl8weywrce4tn68ra9ny0ya6jz7c4sj3wqpkscnw0k4 Love this.


nostr:npub1vv2ugtfe33nsz28qfwm2mlrgdzq08us5sgwr8wxk03ycyr9upmwq3wwz8u From what I hear, it's a good place.
I don't have the energy tho to post elsewhere.


nostr:npub1vv2ugtfe33nsz28qfwm2mlrgdzq08us5sgwr8wxk03ycyr9upmwq3wwz8u Jesus, Patrick. I wondered where you've been. Welcome back.


nostr:npub16a3wq0x5ky070sp36ekmz3jwjqj7r2csgd0s97ym58tlvtfnshds6k9dah Also true when you a photographing fog rolling through your neighborhood here in San Francisco.


nostr:npub15074264qfye8gc2u9s3fdn2cq23x90mx372fluj8ff48hj22zrzqh7e4gg Correct. WWII lookout, at least on the days when fog didn't obscure the ocean below. And when there was fog, I am guessing it was ice cold inside.


nostr:npub1p2gpm36rgqqhnk50l3hrlq83ryy5mpd60jjr7c7m2uuuyc6tleks2xe3fj Good one!
I have a few from the south side as well, buried somewhere in my lightroom catalog. Someday I'll figure out where. I'm helplessly disorganized :)


"Are you my lunch, Bob?"

#caturday #photography #SFZoo

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nostr:npub1f6kuh66mqler9k82f56e4hy7aq28cfwxahjmujwsqp0a5zn4fy2qjgs7vt nostr:npub1vvap4hwa5y7zpfrrl8weywrce4tn68ra9ny0ya6jz7c4sj3wqpkscnw0k4 nostr:npub19f6yg3d979hcwr00at599tqttshvd7n9mp6xjsl8hg40pejeye6sxl7wwd  I just had a flashback to the harsh chemical smell of the peel-apart film and what may have been a stick of fixer that was used at the end to stabilize the photo. I was under 10 years old at the time, yet that smell has stuck with me for 6 decades.


nostr:npub1f6kuh66mqler9k82f56e4hy7aq28cfwxahjmujwsqp0a5zn4fy2qjgs7vt It still has popping colors 👍


nostr:npub14sguaczyhalhw054hsk79cu7mcw9vtpxqra6q3ljjgc5snmsxawqqms3sm nostr:npub10mp9r9kreg5n6e8cg9mhch6gfpmu54msv36t483uzp7gnsgccv7smm24py That would explain a lot, Joel. It's either ghost fog or a spell cast by the Evil Queen.


nostr:npub1vvap4hwa5y7zpfrrl8weywrce4tn68ra9ny0ya6jz7c4sj3wqpkscnw0k4 nostr:npub19f6yg3d979hcwr00at599tqttshvd7n9mp6xjsl8hg40pejeye6sxl7wwd nostr:npub10mp9r9kreg5n6e8cg9mhch6gfpmu54msv36t483uzp7gnsgccv7smm24py Thanks, QK


nostr:npub1vvap4hwa5y7zpfrrl8weywrce4tn68ra9ny0ya6jz7c4sj3wqpkscnw0k4 nostr:npub1ugsknw9j5qq395kjaehdt34hk26t3ukzs6534f83yfj355aadtts50a7cu I havent used an SX70... only admired the results a friend gets from hers.


nostr:npub19f6yg3d979hcwr00at599tqttshvd7n9mp6xjsl8hg40pejeye6sxl7wwd nostr:npub10mp9r9kreg5n6e8cg9mhch6gfpmu54msv36t483uzp7gnsgccv7smm24py You can get battery-containing film packs for vintage Polariod 600 and SX70 cameras... and battery-less i-Type packs for newer cameras... online. Amazon is a good source.

But if you are thinking of the Land cameras from the late 40s and 1950s, which had a film positive and negative that peeled apart... I am not sure there is a source for that anymore.


nostr:npub1y3h9zwcx03upnxe2zpnj4n7gc3h7m0x6psmh6w0qnk68dxkuyglsxkfkts nostr:npub10mp9r9kreg5n6e8cg9mhch6gfpmu54msv36t483uzp7gnsgccv7smm24py It's a 997 foot tall TV and communication transmission tower sitting on top of a 830 foot hill in the center of the city.


nostr:npub1y3h9zwcx03upnxe2zpnj4n7gc3h7m0x6psmh6w0qnk68dxkuyglsxkfkts nostr:npub10mp9r9kreg5n6e8cg9mhch6gfpmu54msv36t483uzp7gnsgccv7smm24py Yep. Except we don't want to burn this one down.


nostr:npub1tmytfwvca79ka545yg7wyqek0nhfn7esqm9dvvzvwcll6yag707ssegu0h And as for the soon-to-be-released $700 Polaroid with manual settings -- no fucking way would I get it. Here's why:

First, you may take all the care in the world to figure out what settings would work... only to have the camera say great, but that's not how I'm going to expose it.

And then, only after 15 minutes, do you get to see the result and figure out what settings might work better. At $2 a pop.


nostr:npub1tmytfwvca79ka545yg7wyqek0nhfn7esqm9dvvzvwcll6yag707ssegu0h It's the Polaroid Now+ Gen 2... and is well known for overexposure problems.


Ok, it's official: I am in love with my Polaroid camera. It is the worst piece of crap I've ever owned... but somehow it manages to surprise me nearly every time with overexposed images that have that certain je ne sais quoi... which is mutual because clearly the camera doesn't know what it's doing either.

nostr:npub10mp9r9kreg5n6e8cg9mhch6gfpmu54msv36t483uzp7gnsgccv7smm24py, this one's for you. It was taken today - a perfectly sunny day - although you wouldn't know that from the way this picture turned out.

#ShittyCamera #Polaroid #photography

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I have a lot of photos taken throughout the years that fall under the category "street portraiture." I think it's time to start trotting them out.

This is Ranger. Ranger and I chatted for a while at a Dore Alley street fair and watched the crowd go by.

#photography

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nostr:npub1s7ekf2mmuf7sm5stlaz4desgu6l2a4jp849yqar4eejsfg9xn3ls687amd The former.


nostr:npub1s2eeg5mht099uvqhecg6tcrglkx6p5lagpsn6eemuvtljrnd78gs054g25 Lovely image!


nostr:npub1tpmynmkzycs05r7wxu2a5980p4s3t2ysafuwm43wtqu4u3r0nfcq6ex259 It was unrefined but it worked.


nostr:npub1wg4azfy2fnke6v692u8adyx3vqp0v9eyvfjujzp7ct52fwcsz82qln05nf That is correct, sir.


Flower.

The Pentax 28mm lens at f/2 is creamy.

#photography #NatureyCrap

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nostr:npub136z2t3uxsnr4cmztpuvuud52hs8rgnearem0f5hjayehqs3dkptqmt50et *chuckles*


For #ThrowbackThursday: a panorama of Heidelberg taken in 1989.

Yes, yes. Long before Photoshop and smartphones, I used scissors and tape to stitch pictures together for my scrapbook  😁

#photography

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nostr:npub1s7mx4603l7h35mt2cmy20efzzpg6kzpdhntq6vsalpkz8f73cl9sh53wd8 This is a fun shot... even if moving vehicles are terrible tripods :)


nostr:npub1my6ngmcpz40ehw60skjhjz995932fp2gced9nxvhrya7zay6regs7ysukc nostr:npub1x30k2xhq8djtlfd50dm3qlul2z57440zcpsntjsyud66hnumu2hstsupec It has taken me decades to appreciate Rothko and not dismiss him with a snarky remark. I've come around.


nostr:npub19wut57mgzea9pjzwfzns9f0aunyp780hz3dqjcex3l8hwchs55wqe9nay5 Wow. This is amazing, and bleak, and so alien to my life. I love it. Nicely captured.


nostr:npub1eepg9axwhvjkvh9p6aeq76mz3smrpgtnnfez4v45at9urfd3mvjq8fx3u7 I looked it up. Okura (now dead) paid $425,000 for the motel, a post office, an abandoned church, two dirt air strips and a gas station.