Highly Subjective

Location: Fort Funston, CA

Here's another one from last weeks walk on the beach at Fort Funston. The beach had an unusually high number of dead things that day.

Location: Fort Funston, CA

More than likely this will be the last image of this bird I post. They're a little too depressing. It's a very interesting exercise... trying to turn something so ugly into a beautiful image.

Like the others, this one is better viewed big, so click the image.

Location: Fort Funston, CA

This one is better viewed big, so click the image.

Location: Fort Funston, CA

In the previous post I mentioned that I found a few interesting things to shoot while walking out at Fort Funston today. This was one of them. Unfortunately, what's left of this bird is still attached, just out of frame on the left. You'll probably be seeing more than you may want to of this bird as I go through my images.

This one is better viewed big, so click the image.

Location: Fort Funston, CA

I've mentioned this several times before, but we take our dog, Maggie Moo, to the beach at Fort Funston every weekend. She loves to run in the surf and roll in the sand.

I work freelance, so my schedule can be fairly flexible. It affords me the luxury of taking time off in the middle of the week to get her out to Fort Funston a second time. Which is good, because if I didn't, she would be climbing the walls by the next weekend. We went out there today and had a great time. Maggie did her thing, and I found a few things to shoot. I'll be posting a few more images from todays walk.

The fact that Maggie needs to burn off some energy mid-week is actually a good thing. It forces me to take a break from work. It's interesting, I take her there to get rid of some of her energy, while it seems to help me recharge a little. I think I enjoy it as much as she does.

On a side-note, you may have noticed that I've posted a few images that are a 4:3 aspect ratio (instead of my typical 3:2). That's because I picked myself up a brand new walking-around camera the other day. I bought a Canon G9. I love my Canon 40D, but I don't really want to carry it every where I go. It's a little big for that. I wanted something I could just keep with me at all times. So far I'm pretty happy with the G9. I'll be writing a full review once I play with it a bit more.

Location: Fort Funston, CA

I took our dog, Maggie Moo, out to Fort Funston today. Our visit was cut a bit short because the beach was covered with (dead) jellyfish. They were up and down the entire beach. In 4 years of going out there, I don't remember ever seeing this before. It's not uncommon to see one or two, but there must have been thousands out there today.

We ended up leaving because Maggie kept trying to eat them. Even if she hadn't, I was a little worried about letting her go in the water. I don't know if all jellyfish sting, but I do know that some are extremely poisonous. I thought better safe than sorry.

Unfortunately, the only camera I had with me was my iPhone. As lame as that camera is, I thought these came out kind of nice. I may go back tomorrow with a better camera, if I get a chance. I have some other photographing to do in the city tomorrow.

Location: Michigan City, IN

This is the public beach on Lake Michigan, in Michigan City, Indiana. I wasn't too thrilled about swimming by the power plant, but all the other beaches in the area were private. The locals didn't seem to mind, so we gave it a shot.

With the exception of this Cheetos bag, the water appeared to be fairly clean. I still felt compelled to take a hot shower when we got to a hotel.

A couple of weeks ago I participated in a weekly photo assignment, with a topic of, "Snake Like" (link). This was an alternate image I shot for that project. It's seaweed down on Fort Funston Beach.

Location: Fort Funston, CA

This afternoon it was a bit warm here in our loft, so I took Maggie Moo (our dog) out to Fort Funston for a little break, and to burn off some energy. From home, it looked like it was clear as a bell out there, but it wasn't. At times I couldn't even see the water.

This wasn't the type of weather I was hoping for when I left the house, but I still really like how this shot came out.

Click the image to get the larger view. You can kind of make out 2 people and a dog down on the beach.

Location: Fort Funston, CA