Highly Subjective

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've been swamped with work lately, so much so that I haven't been able to even think about photography. But, I did manage to get out for a little bit today. I took our dog, Maggie Moo, out to Fort Funston.

While we were on the upper portion (the cliffs), this hang glider dropped down to my level and flew by. His flight looked very peaceful.

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

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.

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: San Francisco, CA - Fort Funston

I took Maggie Moo out to Fort Funston yesterday to get a little exercise. Like usual, she was pretty wet and filthy when we were done. When we got back to the parking lot I tried to take her picture before getting into the car, and she just wouldn't cooperate. It's strange, she's more than happy to look you straight in the eye at any other time, but if you have a camera in your hand, forget it. It's as if she knows what you're doing, and she doesn't like it.

Shooting in rapid-fire mode, I probably shot 50-60 photos. I only managed to get one of her actually looking at me.

Location: San Francisco, CA - Fort Funston

Fort Funston is one of our local beaches here in San Francisco. On the beach there is on old concrete building, that I believe was for the sewer system. You're not supposed to be able to get into it, but over the years the bars and hatches have been bent open or removed. From the outside it doesn't look too bad, but if you climb inside, it's a pretty spooky place.

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