blue on Larkin Street

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good morning Iris

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On Thursday I spotted a treasure-trove of Douglas Irises on the Fairfax-to-Bolinas Road (about a mile east of Highway 1), but the pesky wind was blowing too swiftly to even consider stopping for a shot.   I promised myself I would return -- so I did, early on Friday morning, and the wind was dead-calm.   I guess sometimes a photographer has to just go the extra mile.   Tough job, but someone has to do it.   My pleasure!



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mudhen at Phoenix Lake

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All the while I was at Phoenix Lake I was trying to remember how many years it had been since I had last visited.   And although Phoenix Lake is located in the shadow of Mount Tamalpais -- behind the exclusive but tiny town of Ross, just two towns from where I live -- I finally determined I hadn't been there for about 35 years.   Shame on me, because it's a really great lake -- just not where I normally do my exploring, and parking is extremely limited.   I promised myself I would be back.   Some really great hiking trails are in the area.



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clouds over Mt. Tam

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Wednesday was a funny day for weather...   All week the long-range forecast had been predicting light rain on Wednesday, and although some interesting clouds had been floating over all day, nobody expected any moisture out of them.   About three o'clock the puffy white clouds turned to a solid gray and soon it began to lightly sprinkle.   But then, about fifteen minutes later, the sun broke out in all it's glory and everybody was able to finish up the beautiful day.



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Douglas Iris

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The casual visitor needs to do a bit of searching, but the Douglas Irises are coming in bloom at Miwok Meadows, China Camp, near San Rafael, California.   See you there...



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Albers Flapjack Flour

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This great big sign is on the side of the Victoria Theater, near 16th. and Mission in San Francisco.   Yes, the Albers brand has been in existence since 1895, but Albers was bought by Carnation in 1929, and Nestle bought Carnation in 1984.   There is a good article about the Albers brand over at:
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The Victoria Theater also has quite a colorful history.   The theatre, built in 1908 as a vaudeville house, is now a city landmark and the oldest operating theatre in San Francisco.   I seem to remember it as a raunchy striptease theater in the early '70's, but currently they are featuring "Spike and Mike" animated films -- proudly advertised as "sick and trashy".   Tickets, anyone?




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Ape Do Good Printing

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On Sunday my camera and I went for a little walk around San Francisco's colorful Mission District.   I had a great time shooting the plethora of hispanic murals, but standing out from all of them was this business-front with a decidedly Japanese theme and a bit of humor in the sign.   When I got home I Googled "Ape Do Good Printing" and found that this is one of San Francisco's very best screen printing shops.   And no, Mr. Ape does not appear to be Japanese at all -- but from his photo he appears to be substantially larger and stronger than me, but I certainly would never call him an ape...

Ah yes, screen printing -- that takes me back a few years...   I don't know why I feel I need to tell you this, but from 1968 through 1985 (with two years out for the draft) I worked for a small company that manufactured Versatex Textile Paint -- a water-base pigmented textile ink popular with silkscreeners and airbrush artists.   I spent my days up to my armpits in large kettles of colorful mixtures with powerful odors.


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fly from evil

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This is Old Saint Mary's, in San Francisco on the corner of California and Grant.   It's pretty good advice, but in my case the message is a little late...



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protesting for Tibet in S.F.

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On Friday I had some spare time so I took a walk around San Francisco (yes, I actually made it through the Tenderloin unscathed) and happened-on this protest for human rights in Tibet at the Civic Center.



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Douglas Iris petal

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A few days ago I went out to Chimney Rock at Point Reyes to check on how the wildflowers were coming along, but found that they have a few weeks to go before they are at their prime.   But then I remembered a sheltered little area just off the road to Limintour Beach that always blooms earlier.

I'm not really set-up correctly to shoot closeups with this new lens (Canon 70-200 f-4 "L" series with I.S.) -- I was just using an old clip-on closeup lens that clips the corners (vignettes) when the lens is stopped down.



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Mountain Theater

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This is Mountain Theater on Mount Tamalpais, where thespians have been putting on cheesey plays, and some good ones (last year they did "Hair"), since 1923.   The seating is a bit primitive -- most attendees know enough to bring cushions.



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Douglas Iris

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I wish I had a little bit more depth-of-field on this shot, but here you go...



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in the forest

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This is the low spot on the Mt. Tamalpais ridge where the fog normally rumbles through.   Nothing but the rumbling of the sun on Monday...



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copper and blue

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Jakes Island, China Camp

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The "clouds over Mt. Tam" (below) was shot on Friday, and I shot this of "Jake's Island" on Saturday -- but as Tomate Farce pointed out in the comments, Sunday's sky was completely cloudless, although windy enough to make most photography problematic.



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clouds over Mt. Tamalpais

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my old camera

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The day before yesterday my buddy over at Web-Pix was showing a photo of his old love -- his first camera -- so I decided to take a picture of my old Calumet 4x5 view camera, which was my main love back in my teenage days.   In those days I had plans to be the next Ansel Adams, but I'm not exactly sure what happened...



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fern pattern

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swift water

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upper Lagunitas Creek

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S.F. from Berkeley

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foggy sunrise

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redwoods and fir

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This fine stand of redwoods and fir trees is on the Pipeline Trail along side of the upper reaches of the Lagunitas Creek, not far below Alpine Dam on Mt. Tamalpais, in Marin County, California.   Now that you all know the directions -- see you all there...


Dude -- What happened to the sound-effects???
Well, I noticed that they were really slowing down the loading-time of AphotoAday so I removed them, but if you'd like to revisit them they are on the tutoriual page I wrote on how to make them over at:
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moving reflection

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hunting for lunch

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creek in light and shade

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wild mustard

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CLICK for an interesting article on wild mustard.



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Tomales Bay

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This was taken from the Marshall-to-Petaluma road near the crest of Wilson Hill looking down on to Tomales Bay.   I showed another version of this view on February 8.



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oversaturated Mt. Burdell

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That's an oversaturated Mt. Burdell in Novato, taken from China Camp near San Rafael.



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fog bank over Bolinas

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blue and gold

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