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San Jose Went for a wander through San Jose with Tamiko looking for things to photograph. We met a drunk named Wallhead under this overpass as I was shooting this. He smelled as volatile as a jet fuel spill. He was pretty amiable and wanted to have his picture taken, then he changed his mind and wandered off in a drunken stupor. As he was turning around to go, he looked square at Tamiko and told her she’d be pregnant within three years. Ha ha! Drunk fortune tellers are the best, especially since Tamiko had just finished telling me she was never going to have kids of her own.

San Jose

Went for a wander through San Jose with Tamiko looking for things to photograph. We met a drunk named Wallhead under this overpass as I was shooting this. He smelled as volatile as a jet fuel spill. He was pretty amiable and wanted to have his picture taken, then he changed his mind and wandered off in a drunken stupor. As he was turning around to go, he looked square at Tamiko and told her she’d be pregnant within three years. Ha ha! Drunk fortune tellers are the best, especially since Tamiko had just finished telling me she was never going to have kids of her own.

San Francisco Sorry ‘bout the blur, it was rainy and dark and handheld. Nice outline effect nonetheless.

San Francisco

Sorry ‘bout the blur, it was rainy and dark and handheld. Nice outline effect nonetheless.

Pier #?? Some sort of pier in SF.

Pier #??

Some sort of pier in SF.

Valentine A belated valentine to all who are into such things. Click through for a more different version.

Valentine

A belated valentine to all who are into such things. Click through for a more different version.

Transfer Catching up on a couple of old images from before the adventure. When you view the south bay in satellite imagery, there are all sorts of pools of different colours. This here is a close up of the green pool.

Transfer

Catching up on a couple of old images from before the adventure. When you view the south bay in satellite imagery, there are all sorts of pools of different colours. This here is a close up of the green pool.

Shells The dykes dividing the different coloured pools are made up of dredged mud, which appears to be filled with little shells. Or maybe something makes spiral poops.

Shells

The dykes dividing the different coloured pools are made up of dredged mud, which appears to be filled with little shells. Or maybe something makes spiral poops.

Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve Who knew there was great outdoors so close to the valley? Thanks Kevin.

Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve

Who knew there was great outdoors so close to the valley? Thanks Kevin.

The Valley As seen from Mt. Hamilton.

The Valley

As seen from Mt. Hamilton.

Stars Streaking, but not for long. Time to start smearing the earth instead. K-5 and K-r users also gain access to the ‘Astrotracer’ feature that predicts the movement of celestial objects and uses the sensor shift mechanism to track this movement to give astrophotographs with single points, rather than star-trails.

Stars

Streaking, but not for long. Time to start smearing the earth instead.

K-5 and K-r users also gain access to the ‘Astrotracer’ feature that predicts the movement of celestial objects and uses the sensor shift mechanism to track this movement to give astrophotographs with single points, rather than star-trails.

Rec Yard For some reason I always mistype Alcatraz as Alcatrax. I’ve driven by quite a few correctional institutions in my travels around the country, this one has the best location of any I’ve seen yet. The rec yard is a beautiful spot, and probably as good as any to sit and ponder all the bad things you’ve ever done.

Rec Yard

For some reason I always mistype Alcatraz as Alcatrax. I’ve driven by quite a few correctional institutions in my travels around the country, this one has the best location of any I’ve seen yet. The rec yard is a beautiful spot, and probably as good as any to sit and ponder all the bad things you’ve ever done.

ICER Great iconic silhouette of San Francisco in the background.

ICER

Great iconic silhouette of San Francisco in the background.

Callbox I think this is some sort of emergency phone, but the sparse design and jaunty font kind of make me want to just hang out here and chat like in those party line ads from the 80s.

Callbox

I think this is some sort of emergency phone, but the sparse design and jaunty font kind of make me want to just hang out here and chat like in those party line ads from the 80s.

Citizen Hotel Brown and gold houndstooth and striped wallpaper win.

Citizen Hotel

Brown and gold houndstooth and striped wallpaper win.

Sacramento State Fair That backwards ladder detail looks particularly appealing.

Sacramento State Fair

That backwards ladder detail looks particularly appealing.

Wave Swinger Wikipedia: The Wave Swinger premiered in Germany in 1972, designed by Zierer and built by Franz Schwarzkopf, brother of Anton Schwarzkopf. In 1974 the first portable unit debuted under the same partnership. Since then Zierer has built about 200 units. In German they are known as Wellenflug or Wellenflieger, literally “flying wave”.

Wave Swinger

Wikipedia:

The Wave Swinger premiered in Germany in 1972, designed by Zierer and built by Franz Schwarzkopf, brother of Anton Schwarzkopf. In 1974 the first portable unit debuted under the same partnership. Since then Zierer has built about 200 units. In German they are known as Wellenflug or Wellenflieger, literally “flying wave”.