Spring flowers as seen while rambling on the sidewalks of Albany and Berkeley – part three: 23 & 24 June 2021

Prepublication

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Go Here to view part two: Spring Flowers of 2021

Go Here to view part one: Spring Flowers of 2021

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"A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange 

"Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important." Henri Carter-Bresson

"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." Ansel Adams

"The important thing is not the camera but the eye." Alfred Eisenstaedt

The first volume of the San Francisco Bay Area Photo Blog contains galleries of photographs posted on the Internet between 2002 and 2011. Click Here to view those photos.

 These photographs were taken with a Sony camera.

Question or comment? I may be reached at neil@mishalov.com.

Panoramic images from Point San Pablo Marina, the Berkeley Marina, Point Isabel, and Point Molate: May-June 2021

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San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge are becoming hidden from view by a marine layer air mass rolling in from the Pacific Ocean. Two pelicans are moving through this image, as seen from Point Isabel on 14 June 2021. 

A view of a portion of the Point San Pablo Marina.

A picture of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Marin Headlands, as seen from Point Isabel on 22 June 2021

This view is looking west towards Mount Tamalpais, as seen from Point Molate Beach.

Here is an additional view of Mount Tamalpais.

    Here is a view looking southwest towards San Francisco and the Marin Headlands, as seen from the Berkeley Marina.

    This photo is looking southeast, as seen from Point Isabel on 9 June 2021

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"A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange 

"Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important." Henri Carter-Bresson

"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." Ansel Adams

"The important thing is not the camera but the eye." Alfred Eisenstaedt

The first volume of the San Francisco Bay Area Photo Blog contains galleries of photographs posted on the Internet between 2002 and 2011. Click Here to view those photos.

 These photographs were taken with a Sony camera.

Question or comment? I may be reached at neil@mishalov.com.

Last Supper in Pompeii: The Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco: 3 June 2021

In 79 AD, the Bay of Naples was rocked by the fiery eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii and nearby villages and farms were wholly buried under pumice and hot ash, killing thousands of people.

The exhibition, organized initially by Paul Roberts of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, brings to San Francisco Roman sculpture, mosaics, frescoes, cups, and utensils. 

Excavations in 1984 at Oplontis, near Pompeii, uncovered a vaulted storage room containing more than 60 people who were killed in the eruption. Archaeologists made casts of some of the victims by pouring plaster of Paris into the voids in the ash left by the bodies. One of these was cast in wax and then in resin. This unique, transparent cast shows the bones, skull, and teeth of a woman, as well as the possessions she carried—from gold jewelry to a string of cheap beads. The “Lady of Oplontis,” as she is called, is stronger than the other casts and was, therefore, able to be brought to the San Francisco exhibition.

The exhibition is available for viewing through 29 August 2021.

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A view from Clement Street looking west. The treed area ahead on the right is the location of the Legion of Honor Museum. 

This is currently the Clement Street branch of Bank of the West. This bank building opened for business on 1 January 1926.

Tong Palace, located on Clement Street, is now closed.

This location was the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway. Looking east and visible ahead is Salesforce Tower, which at an elevation of 1,070 feet, is the tallest building in San Francisco. Seen to the left of Salesforce Tower, and approximately 45 miles in the distance, is Mount Diablo at an elevation of 3,848 feet.

 The Legion of Honor museum is located adjacent to the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway. The museum opened on Armistice Day, 11 November 1924.

The Pompeii exhibition.

Lady of Oplontis

The Pompeii exhibition.

The Pompeii exhibition.

The Pompeii exhibition.

Leaving the Legion of Honor. Mount Sutro is visible; its summit (909 ft.) is hidden by a layer of fog.

On a 38R Geary Rapid Transit bus traveling east on Geary Boulevard towards downtown San Francisco.

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"A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange 

"Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important." Henri Carter-Bresson

"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." Ansel Adams

"The important thing is not the camera but the eye." Alfred Eisenstaedt

The first volume of the San Francisco Bay Area Photo Blog contains galleries of photographs posted on the Internet between 2002 and 2011. Click Here to view those photos.

 These photographs were taken with a Sony camera.

Question or comment? I may be reached at neil@mishalov.com.

Spring flowers as seen while rambling on the sidewalks of Albany and Berkeley – part two: 20 & 21 May 2021

Click on an image to view the full-size photograph.

GO HERE to view part one: Spring Flowers of 2021

GO HERE to view part three: Spring Flowers of 2021

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"A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange 

"Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important." Henri Carter-Bresson

"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." Ansel Adams

"The important thing is not the camera but the eye." Alfred Eisenstaedt

The first volume of the San Francisco Bay Area Photo Blog contains galleries of photographs posted on the Internet between 2002 and 2011. Click Here to view those photos.

 These photographs were taken with a Sony camera.

Question or comment? I may be reached at neil@mishalov.com.