Random Photos

Andy Resnick · Oct 8, 2026

collinsmark said:

Yes and yes. But you don't need a special near-IR filter to see that effect. Just point your camera as-is (even if it's a cell phone or webcam; most any digital camera will do) at the remote control and look at your camera's "live view" screen, where you can "see" what the camera sees, then press buttons on the remote. You should see the remote's IR LEDs light up by looking through the digital camera (so to speak).

The near-IR filter merely blocks out any distracting visible light, making the effect more pronounced, assuming the camera has the ability to adjust its ISO and/or exposure time accordingly.

Thanks again! Another significant advantage of using 'live view' is ease of focusing- once upon a time I shot a roll of Ilford SFX Infrared and had to adjust focus to account for chromatic aberration. Because (at the time) there is nothing to see and focus on through the viewfinder, the lens barrel has a red dot that I had to remember to adjust focus accordingly. And since metering didn't work, I had to guess that also.

Needless to say, in the end I had a roll of unfocused and underexposed garbage. Ah... the bad ol' days :)

symbolipoint · Oct 8, 2026

Andy Resnick said:

Needless to say, in the end I had a roll of unfocused and underexposed garbage. Ah... the bad ol' days :)

That and previous unquoted part of the post means, at least you learned skills for old-style photography.

Point Conception · Oct 9, 2026

Interesting, I asked the girl in this electronic shop for a blue light. She gives me UV. The white tile deck is glowing purple .

Photo under blue ultraviolet light of a person standing in a glass tank or pool with a wavy, bright blue background, and below them a painted or dyed panel with red and blue patterns glowing in the UV light.

Photo of a person with blonde hair and bare shoulders in dark patterned shorts, standing in splashing white surf, arms outstretched. Below is a bright abstract painting in red, yellow, blue and green swirls.

Point Conception · Oct 9, 2026

Night view of a rooftop terrace with a reddish-orange ball hanging from a cord, a potted bamboo-like plant, a hanging plant at left, teal-painted surfaces with small stones, and city lights in the background.

berkeman · Oct 9, 2026

Screenshot of a CNN Travel article header with the headline 'Hilarious animal photos from this year's Comedy Wildlife Awards', byline By Amarachi Orie, and navigation menu.

Small sunbird with a long curved bill lying in a bright red banana blossom, which is cupped like a bathtub against a green background.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/06/travel/comedy-wildlife-awards-2026-finalists-intl-scli

collinsmark · Oct 11, 2026

New batch of Thursday photos (curated, of course).

Motion-blurred photo of a worker in a high-visibility yellow vest and white hard hat standing among stacked lumber, with streaks of orange, red and blue from panning during a long exposure.

Figure 1. This one turned out somewhat Lovecraftian. The photo was shot through the window of a moving trolley.

I love taking long (or longish) photos of a moving subject while also moving and panning in a bumpy environment (e.g., Fig. 1). It gives rise to a cartel of covariant and contravariant vectors conspiring together in confederation to create confounding patterns.

In case there was any doubt, all the strange patterns in this photo (Fig. 1) and many others like it that I've been posting over the last few months, are done in-camera. There's comparatively little post-processing done on these. (There is some post-processing, such as dehaze; exposure adjustments; cropping; dusting; maybe a bit of dodging and burning with masks and whatnot; but nothing too particularly fancy.)

Heavily motion-blurred photo of a construction site, with a vertical wooden formwork column, an orange ladder leaning against it, orange safety cones along a fence, and streaks of blur across the frame.

Figure 2. The ladder isn't moving in this pic. Well, maybe it is from my frame of reference.

Yellow crawler bulldozer with a blade, shot with motion blur as it climbs a dirt slope under a deep blue sky, with a blurred building at left.

Figure 3. I feel like I'm documenting change. This construction site along the trolley line won't be a construction site forever. What am I going to photograph when it's finished?

Motion-blurred photo taken from a moving train, showing a red train car on the left and a platform with orange seats and blue-and-teal train cars on the right, with passengers and buildings streaking in the background.

Figure 4. Outside Santa Fe Depot again.

Low-angle view of a glass skybridge with a reflective glass band spanning between two terracotta-clad buildings, with a tall glass tower behind, a black triangular sculpture on a plaza, and people walking below under a clear blue sky.

Figure 5. This is the location of San Diego's federal building. I take most of my Thursday photos near here: the ones that I don't post on PF.

Low-angle street photo of a white stucco apartment building with balconies, a taller glass office tower behind it under a deep blue sky, a white SUV parked on red brick, and two pedestrians walking on the sidewalk.

Figure 6.

Photo of a tipped-over blue slatted trash can wrapped in yellow caution tape, with an orange traffic cone reading CITY OF S.D. in front, on a park path beside a large tree.

Figure 7. Rather than lifting up the can, somebody put in quite a bit of effort into making sure the can stays on its side. Huh.

Motion-blurred photo of a construction site with a multi-storey frame of rebar and timber formwork on the left, concrete columns with exposed rebar, a yellow excavator arm, and a hillside under a blue sky.

Figure 8.

To be continued. ...

collinsmark · Oct 11, 2026

... Continued from a previous post.

Street photo of a man with curly hair and a moustache walking across a sunlit plaza, holding a phone, with a woman in a light dress further back between beige stucco buildings.

Figure 9. This is my favorite picture of the day. Sometimes things just fall into place. Sometimes it requires patience.

Interior of a jail with two tiers of cells behind white barred doors, a grey concrete floor and a white railing with wire mesh in the foreground.

Figure 10. So I went to the "Headquarters at the Seaport," that I mentioned a couple of posts ago. This is an exhibit in the old police station. Btw., the old police station isn't much of a museum, but there are some nice photos and this jail area. Otherwise it's more of just a hallway that leads to the public restrooms.

Street scene of three saffron-robed monks walking along a sunlit plaza past orange umbrellas, a red-shirted man and a woman in white with a grey shawl, and tall buildings behind.

Figure 11.

Modern white and grey stucco building with angular walls, a curved white wall beside a railed staircase, and a recessed entrance marked 619 under a dark sky.

Figure 12. I like how the architecture plays with the shadows. I was just walking by this house, I don't know who lives there.

Motion-blurred photo of a woman with long dark hair in a black tank top and blue jeans walking fast across a brick-paved platform, holding a green-capped cup, with a yellow edge line behind her.

Figure 13.

Motion-blurred street photo: a man in a light blue shirt at left, a dark figure at right, with streaks of red, yellow and green from buildings and foliage.

Figure 14. I like this photo; maybe it's my second favorite of the day. It's not a conventional photo, but it has some soul to it.

Motion-blurred photo of a person in a white t-shirt, dark cap and plaid skirt walking left along a sidewalk beside a yellow curb, with pale columns blurred behind them.

Figure 15.

Deliberately blurred panning shot of a construction site with rebar-reinforced concrete structures, orange-vested workers, and yellow safety railings.

Figure 16.

BillTre · Oct 13, 2026

Tumble weeds a tumbling:

Video still of round brown tumbleweeds scattered across a flat green grassland under a grey cloudy sky, with a dirt road in the foreground.

collinsmark · Oct 14, 2026

Pics from last Friday. After a trip to the hospital for some routine lab work, I took the trolley to (newish) downtown library. From there I walked through East Village back to the Gaslamp Quarter.

Intentionally blurred panning photo of two yellow construction machines, a wheel loader with cab number 205 and a tracked excavator, working on sandy ground with buildings and greenery behind.

Figure 1.

Motion-blurred photo of an orange Sunstate Equipment telehandler with a boom extended over a sandy, unpaved construction site, with blurred buildings and blue sky behind it.

Figure 2.

Motion-blurred photo of a man in a blue t-shirt walking on a yellow-edged platform, leading a brown dog on a leash with a dark bag in his other hand, with a blurred train in the background.

Figure 3.

Motion-blurred photo of a blue-clad figure moving across a pale paved walkway, with streaks of light and blurred street furniture, a yellow sign and greenery in the background.

Figure 4. While I'm leaving this picture "untitled," it does remind me of Looney Tunes' Tasmanian Devil.

Motion-blurred photo of a woman in sunglasses and a dark top, one hand raised to her head, with streaked horizontal light trails and a yellow stripe behind her.

Figure 5.

Motion-blurred street photo of a person in a dark blue shirt and pink cap standing above a second person in a pink hat and blue striped top, with yellow tactile paving and tram tracks in the background.

Figure 6. "Man assisting woman in wheelchair."

Low-angle view of a pale corrugated-metal building facade with rectangular windows, framing a recessed section that reveals a white-trimmed building with balconies against a deep blue sky.

Figure 7.

Photo of a white corrugated-panel building framing a view of a blue glass high-rise with rows of balconies, set against a dark blue sky.

Figure 8.

To be continued. ...

collinsmark · Oct 14, 2026

... Continued from previous post.

Interior of a university library with rows of wooden shelving holding bound volumes and books, overhead fluorescent lights, and a seated person in the far distance.

Figure 9.

Interior of a large library atrium viewed from an upper floor, with an escalator in the foreground, tall glass windows, visitors on a brick-patterned floor, and a sign reading Genealogy Research.

Figure 10.

Oversized outdoor chess set on a grid-patterned checkerboard in front of glass doors, with black pieces on the left and white pieces on the right, under strong sunlight.

Figure 11. This chessboard is rather large. I'm guessing it's roughly 12 times the size of a normal chessboard. You have to get up and walk to move your pieces, which are about 2 - 3 feet tall, roughly.

There was some sort of chess thing happening at the library that day. So I don't know if this big chess board is a permanent thing or not.

Exterior of the Margaritaville Hotel with a green Margaritaville sign above a domed rotunda, a 5 o'Clock Somewhere Bar sign with a lime clock, and a large painted blue and green macaw on the pale hotel facade.

Figure 12.

Young man with long dark hair in a sleeveless black top and black cargo shorts stands on a brick plaza under a green-trimmed covered transit shelter, with palm trees and a woman checking her phone behind him.

Figure 13.

Blurred panning photo of a man in a dark sleeveless top sitting on a low stone wall beside a green shrub, holding white papers, with bare tree trunks and a blurred street behind him.

Figure 14.

Motion-blurred street photo of a man in a black Reebok t-shirt and cap walking past a white pillar, with a person in a striped hat and white shirt standing beside a wall on the right.

Figure 15.

Motion-blurred night photo of two smiling young women walking quickly past a dark wall; one wears a red top and the other a brown long-sleeved top and jeans, with a blurred figure in the foreground.

Figure 16.

DaveC426913 · Oct 14, 2026

Apparently a real installation.

Tesla would be proud.

Black drainpipes zigzag down the red brick wall of a corner building, with branching elbows and downspouts, beside a One Way street sign and a Pike Place Market historical district sign.

Janus · Oct 14, 2026

Snow-capped mountain peak with a lens-shaped cap cloud hovering above it, a layer of cloud across its mid-slopes, forested ridges and trees in the foreground under a blue sky.

Mt. Hood yesterday, taken from Hwy 35, East of Hood RIver, OR.

AlexB23 · Oct 18, 2026

Utah trip October 4 to 13, 2026. More photos releasing soon. Taken on Samsung Galaxy A54. I may be planning on getting a used Canon or Nikon in the future for later travels to other national parks. The skies are darker blue due to 2000 meter elevation.

Arches National Park: Skyline Arch

Red sandstone rock formation with a rounded opening through it, Skyline Arch in Arches National Park, under a deep blue sky, with sparse desert shrubs in the foreground.

Capitol Reef: Grand Wash

Low-angle photo of a flat-topped sandstone mesa with pale cream cliffs above layered red, orange and grey rock slopes, with green juniper trees in the foreground under a deep blue sky.

collinsmark · Oct 20, 2026

Last Saturday (Oct. 17) there were events all across the United States to encourage early voting and voting in general (midterm elections are looming here). I went to one such event at Balboa Park. Here's a curated group of photos I took that day.

Side view of a grey rock pigeon with a purple-green iridescent neck walking on dark asphalt, with a blurred white fence and green shrubs behind it.

Figure 1.

Motion-blurred street photo of a person bending over beside a planter hedge, with a round metal hoop in the foreground and a shop sign reading ジニファー and Sakura in the background.

Figure 2.

A white dog with brown patches, wearing a yellow-green and orange harness, stands beside a person's bare legs on a concrete sidewalk, looking up at the camera.

Figure 3.

Brown fluffy dog with a pink leash lying on grass, tongue out, one eye partly closed, a person's blue-jeaned leg and a water bottle at the right edge.

Figure 4.

A grey and white miniature schnauzer on grass, tongue out, tail up, on a leash held by someone in patterned trousers, with blurred people in the background.

Figure 5.

A black, tan and white dog lying on its back on green grass, mouth open with tongue out, wearing a teal harness and attached to a leash, with a person's grey sneakers at the right edge.

Figure 6.

Black and tan small mixed-breed dog with a grey-muzzle, panting and smiling, lying on green grass in a teal harness attached to a leash, with blurred people and a stroller in the background.

Figure 7.

A small black, tan and white dog lying on its back on grass, wearing a light green harness and with a leash extending from it, looking up at the camera with its legs in the air.

Figure 8.

Brown and white Cavalier King Charles spaniel in a black vest reading "I bite RACISTS" and a leopard-print skirt, walking on a leash past a person in jeans and dark sneakers on grass.

Figure 9.

Brown and white Cavalier King Charles spaniel sitting on grass on a leash held by a person in jeans and black sneakers, with blue tents blurred in the background.

Figure 10.

To be continued. ...

collinsmark · Oct 20, 2026

... Continued from previous post.

Close-up of a smiling white terrier-type dog with its mouth open, wearing a blue harness, seated in a dark stroller with a blurred green background.

Figure 11. You've seen this guy before.

Small white terrier-type dog with eyes closed and mouth open, wearing a blue harness, sitting in a black stroller with a blurred green lawn and people in the background.

Figure 12. He was happy to see me again (I think).

Golden retriever with a dark harness, mouth open and tongue out, looking to the side in an outdoor crowd with blurred people behind it.

Figure 13.

Outdoor event on grass: a person with short bleached hair in a sleeveless black graphic shirt and white trousers gestures toward a white-costumed performer with feathered wings on a raised white platform under a canopy, with a crowd behind.

Figure 14.

A blond, short-haired person in a black sleeveless top, white cargo pants and a studded belt raises a fist outdoors under a cloudy blue sky, with trees around and a spectator in a sun hat holding a sign nearby.

Figure 15.

A cream-coloured curly-haired dog on a green lawn, looking up with its mouth open, wearing a harness and a green leash held by a person in white sneakers; a blue walker and people stand behind.

Figure 16.

A brindle and white spotted dog with large erect ears, tongue out, wearing a patterned harness on a black rope leash, standing on grass with people's legs in the background.

Figure 17.

Brindle and white spotted dog with upright ears standing on grass on a leash, looking to the side, with people and a protest sign reading "VOTE! LIVES DEPEND ON IT" behind it.

Figure 18.

A performer in a sequined blue-green costume with a fringed belt, wearing a yellow python draped around her waist, standing outdoors with palm trees and a crowd behind her.

Figure 19.

A Yorkshire terrier with its tongue out, peeking from a blue mesh carrier strapped across a smiling man in a grey t-shirt, with blue tents blurred behind him.

Figure 20.

It was a busy week. The previous Wednesday and Thursday were both days I was out and about with my camera too (photos yet to come). I'll try to post those soon, probably in reverse chronological order (by the day anyway).

collinsmark · Oct 20, 2026

Here's pics from last Thursday (curated for PF, of course).

A grey pigeon with red feet and an orange eye walks across a paved platform in sunlight, with blurred people and a green-framed station structure behind it.

Figure 1. Fashion Valley Transit Station has been hosting a lot of pigeons lately. I suspect somebody might be feeding them.

A grey pigeon with spread wings hovers mid-air above a paved transit platform, with a second pigeon standing on the left and a blurred person in a blue jacket in the background.

Figure 2. "Manifestation of the Sacred, Divine Pigeon of Manual Focus Luck." I can't believe I nailed focus on that. It was ~80% divine luck.

Motion-blurred street photo of a person in a dark brown t-shirt walking, face smeared by camera movement, against streaks of blue, white and red light.

Figure 3. I really like this one.

Intentional camera-motion blur photo with swirling streaks of blue sky, orange, white and red light, suggesting a street or station scene shot with a moving camera.

Figure 4.

Motion-blurred photo of a bald man in sunglasses and a light tan shirt walking left past a yellow-edged platform, with a bright blue sky and blurred vehicles behind him.

Figure 5.

Intentional camera blur of a transit platform with a blue double-deck commuter train on the left, a red train on the right, and a person standing on the platform between them.

Figure 6. Back at Santa Fe Depot. I've taken similar pictures like this before. I'll keep practicing until I get it right.

A small tan dog with a black muzzle wearing a grey and yellow reflective harness and red collar, standing on a brick pavement on a leash held by a person in jeans.

Figure 7.

Quilt hung on a stand in an outdoor plaza, with blocks reading I VOTED and "I voted" in many languages, including Japanese, Hindi, Russian, Hebrew, Thai and Vietnamese; a small dog and people in line stand nearby.

Figure 8. An artist made this quilt. It says, "I voted" in numerous languages. (As an aside note, the U.S. does not have an official language.)

Tan pug-mix dog with a dark muzzle standing on a brick pavement, wearing a black harness with yellow-green reflective trim and a red collar, on a leash.

Figure 9.

Close-up of a tan pug-type dog with a dark muzzle and a black-and-neon-yellow harness, looking up toward the camera against a blurred blue tiled background.

Figure 10.

To be continued. ...

collinsmark · Oct 20, 2026

... Continued from previous post.

Close-up photo of a tan dog with a dark muzzle, wearing a red collar and a black and neon-green harness, looking up and to the side while a hand rests on its back.

Figure 11.

Close-up of a small tan and black dog with a flat face and dark muzzle, wearing a harness with neon green trim, held by a person's hands against a dark background.

Figure 12.

City street lined with cream-coloured historic buildings with arched windows, American and state flags, dark awnings, and tall modern towers in the background under a clear blue sky.

Figure 13.

Facade of a cream-colored historic building with a blue-tiled arched entrance, gold trim, and a Wells Fargo sign on a neighboring tower, with American and California flags on white pillars.

Figure 14.

Photo of a man in a black t-shirt and jeans photographing with a film camera, standing before a pink-and-blue mural reading HELLO BEAUTIFUL, with a yellow fire hydrant on the left.

Figure 15. Self portrait.

Two leather boots, one on its side and one standing upright, on a yellow tactile paving strip beside a city tram track with a street sign reading Fifth Avenue.

Figure 16. I don't know who these boots belong to. But I saw them sitting there (just as they are in the pic), and decided they need their photo taken.

Blurred photo taken from a moving vehicle of a Southwest Airlines jet with blue fuselage and red and yellow tail descending over a parking area with palm trees and parked cars.

Figure 17.

Motion-blurred photo of a construction site with rebar cages in the background, and a worker in a white hard hat and orange safety vest bending over on a concrete slab.

Figure 18.

Intentional motion blur photo of a street scene under a bright blue sky, with streaking trees, buildings and people in orange and yellow clothing, and a tall blurred building on the right.

Figure 19.

Motion-blurred photo of construction workers in orange and yellow high-visibility vests and hard hats beside rows of exposed rebar columns, with a white building behind.

Figure 20.

Andy Resnick · Oct 21, 2026

collinsmark said:

... Continued from previous post.

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Figure 15.

It was a busy week. The previous Wednesday and Thursday were both days I was out and about with my camera too (photos yet to come). I'll try to post those soon, probably in reverse chronological order (by the day anyway).

I really like Fig. 15- very dynamic image and the sky looks amazing! Did you have a polarizer on the lens?

Janus · Oct 21, 2026

Last week, a cloud wreathed mountain, today, an ocean sunset. (Depoe bay, Oregon)

collinsmark · Oct 22, 2026

Andy Resnick said:

I really like Fig. 15- very dynamic image and the sky looks amazing! Did you have a polarizer on the lens?

No polarizer on those particular pictures.

I shoot in raw format (dng in my case), so I have to adjust the settings such as contrast, exposure details, transfer funcntion, etc., myself in (Adobe) Lightroom. I also will often do dodging & burning with masks and such while I'm at it. So sometimes when you see a picture of mine with a dark sky, it could be because I darkened it in Lightroom. (Sometimes, but not always.)

I do that because bright objects draw the viewers' attention (exceptions are high-key photos). Thus very bright skies are often just big distractions. Darkening the skies can remove such distractions while still keeping the sky.

jrmichler · Oct 22, 2026

I saw a deer last night while driving home. Photo is a screenshot from the Garmin dashcam video played back using SMPlayer and cropped. The truck started to dip at 8 frames (267 msec) after this photo when the brakes started to take hold. I still have decent reaction time at 74 years old.

Dashcam night view of a white-tailed deer mid-stride crossing a dark road, with a yellow diamond road sign on the right and a light reflection on the hood below. Timestamp reads 10/21/2026 08:40:06 PM, 041MPH.

The next image is 400 msec (12 frames) later. That deer was moving at a little less than full speed. The white light under the deer is the reflection of the deer on the hood.

Dark night road seen through a dashcam, with a pale blurred deer crossing in front of the vehicle and a yellow diamond-shaped crossing sign ahead on the right. Timestamp overlay reads 10/21/2026 08:40:06 PM, 41 MPH.

A better dashcam with 4K resolution is on my "get one someday" list. This one is 1920X1080 pixels. The GPS position and speed is updated once per second, which explains why the GPS position has not changed and the GPS speed is still showing 41 MPH.

Point Conception · Oct 23, 2026

There is an influx of Chinese renovation of buildings that fell to the wayside during covid period. Last photo is Indian 4 dimensional building

Exterior of a red-painted three-storey restaurant building with white Chinese characters and 'YI HOTPOT' lettering on the facade, a red poster reading 'HOT POT FROM CHONGQING, EXPERIENCE ITS AUTHENTIC FLAVORS' on the left, and entrance doors below.

Storefront entrance with red banners in Chinese and English reading 中国超市 CHINESE SUPERMARKET, 钟点住宿 SHORT TIME HOTEL, and 泰国特产 THAI SPECIALTY, with a red paper lantern and red spring couplets.

Street-level view of a restaurant with a black sign reading TADKA and Thai Bar, a Punjabi Tadka sign, and a glass-fronted angular grey building with people seated outside.

collinsmark · Oct 23, 2026

A week ago Wednesday was a potato-disconnect day (I call the take-home chemo-pump "the potato"). And as usual since I was already out-and-about, I took my camera to some random-ish part of town. This time was revisiting The Embarcadero near Broadway Pier.

Motion-blurred photo of a sunny street: green foliage streaks across the top, two blurred people walk on a blue pavement, one in dark clothes and one in a red top.

Figure 1. Not sure how this photo got to be the way it is. Like many of my other photos lately, it was taken through the window of a moving bus.

When I do my slow shutter speed pics (typically 1/8 sec) there are a lot of vectors that cause blur:

1. The camera is on the bus/trolley which is moving, causing translational vector blur.

2. I'm panning the camera, i.e., rotating the camera, causing rotational vector blur (around the camera's yaw axis).

3. The individual elements within the photo can have their own proper motion, e.g., a subject walking, a moving car driving by, an airplane in the sky, etc. They can each cause their own proper motion vector blur.

4. The bus or trolley is often bumpy which causes low-frequency camera shake blur.

5. I'm not a brain-surgeon when holding the camera steady while panning, and there exists natural camera shake and my own panning error vector blur.

Ignoring vectors 4 & 5 for the moment, my goal is pan the camera such that vectors 1, 2, & 3 all add to zero for specific subject point I'm panning at. The idea is the central point of panning should have very little blur, and other parts of the photo should have blur due to their non-zero blur vector sum.

But the way these vectors sum together, especially when you include vectors 4 & 5, things often blur in surprising and unexpected ways. Sometimes the photos even take on the characteristics of impressionist paintings.

The above photo (see Fig. 1) surprises me. The guy on the left is wearing an unremarkable baseball cap yet it appears in the photo to be some sort of tall, multicolored top-hat. The guy on the right looks like his arm or something is extended, but I don't think that's really what's happening.

A clue might be given in the red fire-lane paint on the curb that seems to bleeding upwards. But I don't know. I seriously don't know what's causing the blur pattern in that photo.

Motion-blurred street photo of two people standing near a dark SUV beside a chain-link fence, with blurred palm trees and a tan building behind.

Figure 2. A couple wearing blue hardhats.

Photo of a white stucco building with terracotta tile roof edges, with a colourful mural of a dancing figure in a blue dress and pink boots, with streaming ribbons, on its upper wall against a deep blue sky.

Figure 3. the bus came to a stop for a moment and I quickly changed my camera settings to a more normal exposure to capture the mural. That mural amuses me and brings me joy.

Street scene in bright sun and shadow: light rail tracks running down a street past a stone-columned building, a seated person beside a shrub, a woman in a hat crossing, and a red traffic light.

Figure 4. So I got off the bus about a mile (roughly) from my Broadway Pier destination, and decided to walk the rest of the way, hoping to get some street photos while walking. It was disappointing photo-wise, but I did get some exercise at least. This is the best photo I came up with on the walk.

Backlit photo of a woman in a cap cycling a brown beach-style bike with a front basket along a paved waterfront promenade, with a "Broadway Pier" building and bay water behind her.

Figure 5. I made it to my destination. Found a spot with a bicycle chained up that made an interesting shadow on the walkway.

Silhouetted man in a wheelchair on a paved waterfront promenade at sunset, with a parked bicycle, railings and calm water behind him, casting long shadows.

Figure 6.

To be continued. ...

collinsmark · Oct 23, 2026

... Continued from previous post.

Silhouetted woman walking a dog on a waterfront boardwalk at sunrise or sunset, with a bicycle leaning on the railing and long shadows across the paving.

Figure 7.

Silhouette of a person in a cap riding a bicycle with a front basket along a waterfront promenade at sunset, with the low sun and lens flare behind them and long shadows on the paving.

Figure 8. Moved to a new bench.

Silhouetted figures of four men walking side by side along a paved waterfront promenade at sunset, with long shadows stretching across the tiles and a calm harbour with a sailboat behind a metal railing.

Figure 9. This is the best photo of the day. I'm thinking it's the only real "keeper" in my opinion.

Silhouetted woman and two children walking along a paved waterfront promenade at sunset, with a railing and calm water behind them.

Figure 10. This photo reminds me of my childhood.

Silhouette of a woman with a ponytail running along a paved waterfront promenade at sunset, with a railing, calm water and a sailboat on the horizon behind her.

Figure 11.

Photo of a red San Diego Trolley train at a platform, a woman in sunglasses standing on the platform holding a folded newspaper, and a blonde woman with white headphones seated on a teal bench. The sign reads To El Cajon.

Figure 12.

BillTre · Oct 24, 2026

Black and white photo of two utility linemen on wooden poles; one, in a hard hat and climbing harness, leans in to kiss the limp, hanging body of the other, who is held in place by the first.

BillTre · Oct 26, 2026

Bronze statue of a sled dog on a snow-covered rock in a wintry park, with bare trees behind it. Below it is a meme caption about vaccines and the 1925 serum run.

berkeman · Oct 27, 2026

Kids and motocross -- great mix. Reminds me of berkeboy...

Black and white photo of two children on podiums outdoors: the left child, on a first-place block, holds a number 1 card and looks sad; the right child, on a third-place block, cheers with arms raised and a 3rd card overhead. Caption reads: Happiness is a state of mind.

collinsmark · Oct 29, 2026

Pics from last Thursday (about a week ago). Curated for PF, of course.

I did a lot of the slow slow shutter thing (1/8 second, f/16, Auto ISO) this time.

Motion-blurred photo of a building with a cream wall and window, workers in high-visibility vests and a hard hat near parked vehicles, under a blue sky with yellow foliage.

Figure 1. "Workmen on break next to a makeshift shack."

Motion-blurred night photo of a construction site with scaffolding, a white van at left, and workers in high-visibility vests, streaked with vertical and horizontal blur.

Figure 2. "Pre-cyberpunk."

Intentionally blurred photo taken with a slow shutter and camera movement, showing a construction site with blue tarps, rebar cages, and two workers in high-visibility vests among orange and grey buildings.

Figure 3.

Motion-blurred photo of a construction site with rebar columns, orange and yellow materials, and a blue-shirted worker standing in the middle distance, shot with a slow shutter during camera movement.

Figure 4.

Motion-blurred photo of a worker in an orange jacket, dark cap and blue trousers standing on a dirt ridge beside a yellow-and-white striped pole, under a deep blue sky with streaked clouds.

Figure 5.

Motion-blurred photo of a person in a dark coat walking along a station platform with a yellow tactile edge, a blue pole and railway tracks behind them.

Figure 6.

Motion-blurred photo taken with a slow shutter while panning: a person in an orange high-visibility top and dark trousers bends forward past a wire mesh fence, with blue and teal streaks throughout.

Figure 7.

Motion-blurred photo of a person in a dark top walking past a wooden utility pole, with a wall, mesh fence and greenery blurred in the background.

Figure 8.

Motion-blurred photo of a chain-link fenced lot with parked cars, a pedestrian walking, a bright blue car at right and a grey building under a blue sky.

Figure 9.

A small fluffy reddish-brown dog in a lilac harness sits on a brick pavement between the legs of two standing people, looking up with its mouth open.

Figure 10.

To be continued. ...

collinsmark · Oct 29, 2026

... Continued from previous post.

Outdoor brick plaza with people gathered; a woman in sunglasses crouches to offer a treat to a Cavalier King Charles spaniel wearing a grey shirt, while a brown curly-coated dog sits beside her.

Figure 11.

A woman in dark athletic wear and sunglasses crouches on a brick plaza, holding a pink collapsible bowl, facing a curly golden-brown dog wearing a lavender harness and leash.

Figure 12.

Photo of a curly apricot-coloured dog wearing a lilac harness and lead, standing on a brick paved walkway with its tongue out, with blurred pedestrians in the background.

Figure 13.

Red light rail train with grey roof moving quickly along a city street, blurred background showing trees, traffic signals and tall buildings, yellow platform edge at right.

Figure 14.

Motion-blurred street photo of a man in a white cap, yellow mirrored sunglasses, blue striped sleeveless top and light shorts walking past a metal railing, with a white bag over his shoulder.

Figure 15.

Motion-blurred street photo of two men crossing a zebra crosswalk; an older man in a brown jacket and tie carries a folder, and a younger man in a white t-shirt and sunglasses walks behind him.

Figure 16.

Motion-blurred street photo of a man in a white t-shirt and dark trousers walking across a zebra crossing, with a faint ghostly figure beside him and blurred cars behind.

Figure 17.

Motion-blurred street photo of a blurred standing figure on a paved plaza, with a red and white bus, a dark pillar, orange-roofed buildings and green foliage streaked horizontally.

Figure 18. I like the composition on this one for some reason. That includes the color composition.

Motion-blurred photo of a figure in a white top and orange trousers, with a green cap, streaking diagonally past a wall of colorful blurred graffiti.

Figure 19.

Ok, I love the image in Fig. 19. Recall that I mentioned sometimes this method of photography produces a result that sort of looks like an impressionist painting. This is one of those. I only wish I could reproduce it more consistently. At the moment, I can't attribute the effect to much more than luck. It's a hit or miss.

Motion-blurred night street photo: two women in pale pink tops walk on a sidewalk beside a young person in a green shirt and shorts, with streaking traffic lights and cars behind them.

Figure 20.

DennisN · Oct 29, 2026

I strongly suspect that there is a cat behind this curtain

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Red fabric with a white and green floral print hanging over a wall, with a shadow cast across it and a small furry tail or paw poking out from beneath the bottom edge.

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