On 24th Street.

Nikon D3x, 20mm UD Nikkor.

Off 24th Street.

San Francisco is a haven for all art genres, with the Mission District supreme in this regard.

Nikon D3x, 20mm UD Nikkor. Goodness, where has this mechanical and optical masterpiece been all my life?

On 24th Street.

Lovely late afternoon colors in the Mission District.

Nikon D3x, 20mm UD Nikkor.

Note the perfect correction of distortion through the use of my lens correction profile in Lightroom.

Cypress Alley, off 24th Street.

Nikon D3x, 20mm UD Nikkor.

In Cypress Alley.

Nothing is sacred – even the trash cans get ‘tagged’ here:

What is simply intolerable is how beautiful murals will get tagged by zonked out kids. A quick spot of Islamic law would, for once, help things in this regard. Caught tagging? We lop off the offending limb.

Nikon D3x, 20mm UD Nikkor.