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... Continued from previous post. I used to live near Seaport Village when I first moved to San Diego. I used to walk down here a lot and watch the ducks. I saw a generation of ducks come and go. Figure 5. Ducks. Figure 6. Ducks again. While in the area, I had lunch at Kansas City...

So yesterday was the annual "World Photography Day" (August 19th, the date commemorating the Daguerreian process). If you missed it, well, I almost missed it too. Anyway, the day started for me taking a bus back to the hospital (of course) to get some chemo tubes and stuff [temporarily] removed...

Started my first chemotherapy treatment yesterday. No side effects yet but it's still early. Here's a couple of pics commemorating the experience. Figure 1. "Chemo and time left." Figure 2. "Taken at familiar bus stop after first chemotherapy treatment." 50mm Summilux-M ASPH @f/16, 1/8 sec...

I think I agree with @weirdoguy here that people might be talking past each other. Maybe. (Personally, I think the real questions the OP has relates to the mathematical degrees of freedom our universe allows, rather than specific measured or chosen values, but I'm getting ahead of myself.) Let...

My neighbor's cat stopped over yesterday to visit and model for portraits. Figure 1. "Mr. Mittens in August." Natural light.

Here's a few pics from about a week and a half ago in downtown San Diego. Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 6. Figure 7. Figure 8 Figure 9. Figure 10.

So yeah, I picked up another film camera that I don't need. I figured it would be nice to have a film camera compatible with the manual focus lenses (Leica M mount compatible) that I've been acquiring lately. All the better if it's a rangefinder camera too. Figure 1. Leica M-A camera. It's...

... Continued from previous post. (San Diego's Pride parade, part 2.) figure 11. Figure 12. Figure 13. Figure 14. Figure 15. Figure 16. Figure 17. Figure 18. Figure 19. This one was taken on Portra 400 film. I might discuss the film camera in a future post. Figure 20. Also on...

I am so behind on posting pictures. Skipping a lot in the post-processing queue, here are some images from San Diego's Pride parade that was about a week ago. (Part 1.) Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 6. Figure 7. Figure 8. Figure 9. Figure 10. To be...

"A diptych pairs two images to create a single visual idea. The photographs can be connected by subject, color, mood, motion, or contrast. They might show similarity or difference, before and after, near and far, quiet and loud. The power of a diptych comes from the relationship between the two...

Nebraska pics, part 4 (non-bird/critter related), final round. Back in the car for pictures out the passenger window for a bit (Figs. 31-35). Figure 31. Figure 32. Figure 33. Figure 34. Figure 35. That's it for the car. The rest of the photos are either in or near an airplane...

Nebraska pics, part 3 (non-bird/critter related). These are all from Omaha's Old Market area. Figure 21. Omaha Passageway in Old Market. Figure 22. Omaha central park (a.k.a. Gene Leahy Mall). Figure 23. "Ah, yes. Reminds me of my teenage years." Figure 24. Figure 25. Figure 26...

Nebraska pics, part 2 (non-bird/critter related). Figures 11-16 were taken from a moving vehicle, with the technique discussed in part 1 of this series. After that, photos were taken on foot. Figure 11. Figure 12. Don't worry, everybody's OK. Those cars are used by the local fire department...

Nebraska bird pics, round 5. The final round for this trip. Figure 34. Common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula). Figure 35. Common grackle jumping/dropping from one branch to another (Quiscalus quiscula). This pic captures their normal black look. You can see how easily they can be confused...

Nebraska bird pics, part 4. Figure 26. Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura). Figure 27. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). There weren't very many sparrows around for this trip (or finches for that matter). This is the only one I got. Figure 28. Common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula). Figure...