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In the gloom
With a couple of lenses.
Deciding to take a break from watching Apple stock plumb the depths under its new CEO who couldn’t get drunk in a brewery, I made off to the Mission District with the D700 and just two lenses. My favorite, the 38-year-old 24mm manual focus Nikkor and the current 85mm f/1.8D AF. The latter sports a foul plastic barrel but delivers excellent results. A handy street outfit.
It was a fearfully overcast day with light mist in the air, but all the better for those pastel colors.
And this is what I saw:
Waiting.
Muscle man.
Solidarity takes a nap.
Barbed Babe.
Painted window.
Frida. Frida Kahlo was the wife (twice!) of Marxist painter Diego Rivera.
Missing.
Family mural.
Hope.
You are here.
Who would Jesus bomb?
Orange and mauve.
When all was said and done, I repaired to the coffee shop, a lovely warm and welcoming interior, for a cappuccino.
The first five and the coffee shop on the 24mm, the rest with the 85mm.
Unfortunately, when I returned home, I learned that the inept Cook is still in charge of Apple’s supply chain mismanagement.
Disclosure: Long AAPL 2014 bull call option spreads.
Funky wedding
The bride wore tattoos.
Spotted in Cypress Alley in San Francisco’s Mission District the other day, this odd couple was busy tying the knot.
The happy couple.
I was the unofficial photographer.
Here’s the official one, with the local enforcer.
The bridesmaids.
True love.
All snapped on the D2X with the 16-35 AFS and 75-150 MF Series E – a real sweetheart, that one.
Lone
Waiting.
The 180mm Nikkor on the D700 excels at this sort of thing, picking out the lone figure in the urban landscape with ease.
One very handy tool is the Highlights slider in Lightroom 4 which is an easy way of taming bright highlights like those in the second snap. This is a significant upgrade over Lightroom 3 and worth the upgrade cost alone, given how digital sensors burn out highlights every chance they get.
Spotted yesterday
A perfect day.
Visit San Francisco on days like yesterday and it’s impossible to go wrong for those of the street snapping persuasion. Late sun, partly cloudy, no wind, pullover weather. As the Nikon D700 and 180mm Nikkor f/2.8D is a heavy piece of gear, I usually refrain from lugging along the iPad, but the iPad Mini makes all the difference. It’s a featherweight and makes reading and catching up with the markets over a celebratory beer a pleasure. Much nicer than reading on the iPhone.
All snapped using the 180mm f/2.8D AF Nikkor lens.
