In Bernal Heights, SF.

Armchair. D700, 24mm.

The 24mm MF Nikkor may just be my favorite prime lens. My D700 is seldom far from it.

Shades of ‘The Shining‘

Under the SF freeway. G3, kit lens at 17mm.

A great designer passes.

You do not need to know anything about cars to appreciate the beauty of a Sergio Pininfarina body. All you need to know is that, often as not, it came with a Ferrari motor under the hood (or trunk!), it was painted red and it was right. The great man died today and leaves behind a catalog of design and beauty as will never be seen again.

Pininfarina Ferrari. 5D, 100mm Macro.

Ferrari 550. 5D, 85mm.

More Americana.

In San Mateo, CA. G3, kit lens.

Entryway detail:

The RAW file was round-tripped through Photoshop from Lightroom4 where a quick Magic Lasso allowed selective lightening of the interior of the shop. LR4 was then used to reduce luminosity noise owing to the PS processing. I could have used the selective tool in LR to do the lightening but PS is so much faster and the Magic Lasso is an excellent outlining tool.

Heat, heat , heat.

Railroad Avenue, San Mateo. G3, kit lens.