Thursday, July 07, 2005


[Frisco Trip] Sleeping dog: Posted by Picasa

In US, its fairly rare to see dogs sleeping on a walkway. In India, I remember, we had stray dogs sleeping right inside the IIT clasrooms -> even when the class was going on. Peaceful Co-existence :)

[Frisco Trip] Horse cart on rail track: Posted by Picasa

This particular street near the fisherman wharf/pier 39 area is so full of life! Easily the high point of the Frisco Trip.

[Frisco Trip] Zaka: Posted by Picasa

Zaka was trying to check whether he can go through this parking signpost without angling himself. Seems he failed by a huge margin :)

This picture also reminds me of ancient roman death machines.

Notice the slope of the street - San Francisco is full of streets much steeper than this one.

[Frisco Trip] Street and Buildings: Posted by Picasa

Somehow I prefer street pictures in Black and White. 45 degrees tilt enhances the effect of this photograph which has distinct horizontal and vertical lines

[Frisco Trip] The Cliff: Posted by Picasa

I like the colors, textures and forms in this picture. The sky looks rather bland though

[Frisco Trip] Boys at the Beach: Posted by Picasa

Usually - the evening sky/ocean pictures look best if the focus is only on one or two forms. However this picture doesnt look too crowded - there seems to be some overall harmony in position and motion of these four dudes

[Frisco Trip] Fisherman: Posted by Picasa

One of those soothing pictures. (Composition 101: Third's rule - place the subject at roughly a third from the edge - farther from the edge which the subject is facing or moving in the direction of)

[Frisco Trip] Alcatraz Posted by Picasa

One of the most famos landmarks of San Fransico, Alcatraz island used to be an infamos maximum securit federal prison till 1960's. We kudnt take the ferry to the islands as it was already booked for July 4th weekend

[Frisco Trip] Sail Boat: Posted by Picasa

Looking at the sailboats from Pier 39

[Frisco Trip] Dude Kid:

This kid, barely taller than the cart is trying to push it. I like blue faces :)

[Frisco Trip] Statue Man: Posted by Picasa

All sorts of weird things keep happening on Pier 39.

[Frisco Trip] People Walking: Posted by Picasa

If you notice, the camera's line of sight was much lower than the normal line of sight of eye of an standing adult (Almost as if a 4 year old took this picture) I have realised that photographs become interesting if they look slightly different from the typical images people have in their mind. In future, I will experiment more with unusual angles.

[Frisco Trip] Man of the bench: Posted by Picasa

I took this picture while eating in an amazing French crepe place. I really wish I lived in a place where I kud just walk on Saturday mornings to such breakfast places.

[Frisco Trip] Zaka trying his best to look cute: Posted by Picasa

Awsome expression on Zaka's face

[Frisco Trip] Paddo in the crowd: Posted by Picasa

These reminded me of those very crowded "footpaths" in Bombay with shops on both the sides

[Frisco Trip] Old man and graffiti: Posted by Picasa

One of my favorite pics from Frisco trip (actually kwatra clicked it). I initially thought of cropping the old lady out and just focus on the old man - but later changed my mind. The lady adds a casual contrast to the scene - which otherwise would have almost looked staged.

[Frisco Trip] Tambay in deep thought: Posted by Picasa

I added some greeniness and graininess to enhance the effects. Increased the shadow to remove the details from Tambay's profile (silhouette). Notice the footsteps.