On Santa Cruz beach.
Nikon D3x, 300mm f/4.5 ED IF MF Nikkor.
Volleyball
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Wharf reflections
On the Nikkor Reflex.
Nikon D3x, 500mm Nikkor Reflex f/8.
To anyone who berates this lens I say ‘Check your technique for that is what you should be blaming’.
I use focus block on this optic, the only MF Nikkor of the many I own where I have programmed the CPU in this way. Focus block prohibits exposure unless the focus indicator is lit.
Aerial view
At Fort Point.
Snapped from the south east end of the Golden Gate Bridge walkway.
Nikon D3x, 85mm f/1.8 MF Nikkor – one of Nikon’s best ever. Even in the modestly sized image above, the micro-detail sings.
Redheads
At the Golden Gate.
Nikon D3x, 35mm f/1.4 Sigma.
Stacks
A lovely environment.
If you want to get into any of the three Stacks restaurants – in SF’s Hayes Valley, in Palo Alto or my local, in Burlingame – get there as soon after 7:30am opening as possible. Much later and there is certain to be a long line outside and there’s a good reason for that.
Stacks this morning. iPhone5 snap.
The service is world-class and the environment is reminiscent of nothing so much as a Tissot, although dress standards are not what they were in Victorian times:
James Tissot’s ‘Ball on Shipboard’ – 1874. Tate Gallery.
And while you can probably get similar food at the local greasy spoon for less, you will not get the atmosphere to be enjoyed here, at Stacks you will not be forced to converse with horny handed sons of toil at the bar. My son did serious damage to a couple of pancakes and I destroyed the all meat omelette. The pot of coffee provided, and left on our table, would have fueled a whole Arctic expedition. With tip our meal came to $30.