December 31, 2007

at the Legion of Honor, S.F.


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photo by Donald Kinney


Nameplate info on top painting:
William Adolphe Bouguereau
French, 1825 - 1905
The Broken Pitcher, 1891
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left: W-BOVGVEREAV-1891
Gift of M.H. deYoung
to the M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum
53162

and nameplate info on lower painting:
Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun
French, 1755 - 1842
Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland, later
Marchioness Wellesley, 1791

Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left: L. Vigee le Brun/Roma 1791
Mildred Anna Williams Collection, Bequest funds of
Henry S. Williams in memory of H.K.S. Williams,
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
1991.29

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Well folks, I won't have any new photos for two weeks...

It's a long and sad story, but to make it short -- I managed to drop my $1100 70-300 I.S. D/O zoom lens into San Francisco Bay yesterday morning...   It made a resounding plop when it hit the water...   R.I.P., zoom lens...



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December 30, 2007

Sausalito mailboxes


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December 29, 2007

colors at the creek


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December 28, 2007

wild women


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December 26, 2007

on Haight St., S.F.


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may peace rise like a new dawn


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I noticed the giant peace-sign a week or two ago at Loch Lomond Marina in San Rafael, and I took a picture, but the day was cloudy so the photo didn't have much "pizzazz"...
I intended to return at night when the lights might be turned-on -- but then I was out there at sunrise on Friday and got this photo...   Don't tell anybody, but I had to "Photoshop in" all the red lights (I blurred them slightly to give them a more realistic look) -- but that was kind of a fun project...



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December 24, 2007

Webb Creek


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Webb Creek is near the coast, in Steep Ravine, between Muir Beach and Stinson Beach...



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December 23, 2007

at Muir Beach


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If you are as ancient as I am, you might remember Pat Boone's smash hit of 1961 -- Love Letters in the Sand...



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December 22, 2007

December 21, 2007

Lagunitas Creek on Monday


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and here it was yesterday, after some rain...


and this peaceful scene got wiped out in the flood...




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December 20, 2007

December 18, 2007

spindrift


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They may have to re-close Rodeo Beach if more oil washes in (you may have heard about the recent oil spill in San Francisco Bay), but for now, this, my favorite beach, is open...



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December 17, 2007

December 15, 2007

subtleties


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Spawning season at Lagunitas Creek has officially begun, and the water district is releasing more water into the creek from their reservoirs to encourage the annual migration...
But the Coho Salmon usually wait until a substantial rainstorm before they proceed upstream to lay their eggs -- and then, sadly, die...



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December 14, 2007

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December 08, 2007

elusive sun


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The sun was being elusive on Wednesday...   Faintly, in the upper left corner of the photo, you may be able to make out a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge...   That's Black Sands Beach on the left, a victim of our recent oil spill...



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