The magic hours.
In Northern California at this time of the year the magic hours for the street snapper are between three and five in the afternoon. Shadows lengthen and the crisp light renders everything just so.
These were snapped in Carmel the other day.
Hopper’s café.
Awaiting diners.
The store of Ambrose Pollock, woodworker. Click the image for the map.
Red door, setting sun.
All on the D2X, 16-35mm AFS, ISO 400.
At the greasy spoon, in Carmel.
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Only when I processed this did the two faces in the fireplace appear ….
EmLe’s has been around since 1957.
D2x, 16-35mm AFS at 16mm, ISO 400.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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Message on the bag from the local greetings card store:
Here’s my Smile to you on America’s finest holiday, one on which the greatest nation on earth gives thanks for the abundance it has wrought for itself.
Smiles all around.
For an inspiring read on a great man who had more to do with the crafting of this great nation than most, click here.
“A society that puts equality – in the sense of equality of outcome – ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality or freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom. On the other hand, a society that puts freedom first will, as a happy by-product, end up with both greater freedom and greater equality. Freedom means diversity but also mobility. It preserves the opportunity for today’s less well off to become tomorrow’s rich, and in the process, enables almost everyone, from top to bottom, to enjoy a richer and fuller life.”
Thank you, Milton.
Where to get your Rolex.
D2x, 85mm f/1.8 AFD Nikkor. Click the picture for the map.
Not for calls.
In the Mission District, SF. D2X, 20mm Nikkor. Click the image for the map.
The sort of place you might expect to bump into Charles Bukowski.