The alleyway habit

Always something unexpected.

When traipsing around any big, old city, taking the alleyway in preference to Main Street is something I can never resist. There’s rarely an instance where it does not deliver a surprise, like here:

Baseball window. G1, kit lens @28mm, 1/2000, f/6.3, ISO320.

This one was in a drab back alley off Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. The blast of yellow was like nectar to a bee and, lo and behold, someone had made a hole in one of the panes.

A few seconds in PS straightened the leaning verticals.

Always take the road less travelled.