2014

May the blessings and joy of the new year rain down upon your home

and may the cleanup not take the whole day tomorrow.

Cityscape #1

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I do promise to work on my photography skills, I also guarantee many shots of the San Francisco skyline. Just wait for the shots of the fog devouring the City by the Bay.

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The pointy building is the Transamerica Pyramid Center.

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Emeryville Marina in the foreground on this side of the Bay.

Just for Today

A Little Perspective

This aerial view will give you some perspective on what I see out my window every day. I live just below the "y" in Berkeley. I see everything on the map except on cloudy days Hawaii is often obscured. I searched the web for a shot of my complete view but couldn't find one with such a wide angle. This represents about 50% of what lies outside my windows. Of course it helps that the entire 25 foot run of West facing wall in my apartment is all glass.

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Today's shots are my first attempts at capturing a sunset. Hopefully I will become a better photographer as I work my way through the 180 page manual that came with the camera.

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View From My Window

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The Winter Solstice is upon us, the end of our solar year. I have decided to take this blog in a different direction for awhile. For how long will depend on for what period of time you remain interested in sharing my visual perspective.

As I have mentioned often in the past, I live with a magnificent view of the San Francisco Bay. I have put up several shots over the years using my tiny pocket camera, but last month I put out a call to my Bay area friends for the loan of a good camera that might capture more of what I experience every day. My digital visual prayer was answered.

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So for the near future, this will become a visual blog with a link to a quality photography website if you want to see the bigger view of what I have snapped. Call it my hobby for 2014 or just a way to extend the life of this blog that has been around for eight years now.

I begin today with the iconic Golden Gate Bridge from my daily perspective ten miles away with my newly acquired telephoto capacity.

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Once Upon a Time

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For An Olde Dear Friend

Alphatips

Indeed

Signs, signs everywhere signs

King

Just Kids Playin'

Shades of