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| Yesterday's Sunrise |
It's been a couple of weeks since I posted anything, so I thought I'd splain a little bit. As I've gotten into a groove of just enjoying the heck out of each and every day, I haven't felt inspired toward any particular photographic direction that fits in with that. I still snap a few frames here and there, with my phone or the point-and-shoot, while I'm out walking or biking around the city, but it doesn't feel like the kind of thing that's worth blogging about.
That said, I'd like to get back to exploring with the DSLR, but my man-moon seems to be in a waning phase, so I'm just going to enjoy coasting into the winter solstice while I wait to see what the new year brings, inspiration-wise.
Meanwhile, my bike was in the shop for a week due to supply issues on the new brake rotors I needed, so today I gave the new brakes a workout by riding out to Mt. Tam to place a couple of trail cams.
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| I've been letting the ship-spotting slide for the most part, but seeing this incredibly colorful and fully-packed container ship stopped me in my tracks. This is the Japan-flagged One Columba heading into the Golden Gate. Her recent port calls include Hong Kong, China, Korea, and Los Angeles. |
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| I was still in the Presidio when I took the previous shot, and by the time I got to the other end of the bridge the One Columba was just passing beneath it, its bright colors washed out by the directional light of a star about 93 million miles in the background. |
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| I gave thanks for a nice encounter with these tom turkeys. I first met them in the woods as I was looking for a new camera trap location. And while I'm at it I'll also say thanks to the young man who shouted, "You got this!" out the back window of the car as his parents passed me on a steep section of the climb up Mt. Tam. |
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| I first saw this from a distance and had no idea what it was. I hoped it was a dragonfly larva, and was disappointed to find that it was a drowned Jerusalem cricket. |
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| The expansive view from my Bolinas Ridge lunch spot included this golden bigleaf maple glowing in an otherwise green forest. |
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| I could hear chainsaws in the woods and found this fairly recent handiwork. I guess this is all about making the woods more fire-resilient, and I get cutting off the low branches so fire can't climb the tree as easily. As for the slash piles, I believe the plan is to return eventually to burn them under controlled conditions. But what I don't understand is why they girdled many of the smaller live trees. |
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| I was watching the surf a couple days ago and loved seeing this guy just slide into the tube with no hope of coming out the other end. |
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