Back when I was a young Drum Corp Bus Driver, one of the wizened ex-Greyhound veterans that I worked with once told me that the answer to every query of “Are we there yet?” by the kids we hauled around was “About 2 more hours”.
(This is a post about the #Microsoft outage)
Fun Fact:
This was taken during a small break during a pretty vigorous winter storm at the point, emphasizing why the lighthouse was built in the first place, as well as why so many shipwrecks happened on this stretch of coast.
It was also just a few weeks before the tower was completely enclosed in scaffolding ahead of a full restoration, which is finishing up in spring of next year.
Standing Watch:
I find myself drifting back to Black and White imagery these days, as well as revisiting some of my earlier stuff taken right after acquiring my Sony A7Cr.
I was still in my honeymoon phase with it and some of my shots were kind of cringe-worthy as a result. But even so I would sometimes get one that hinted at what my new little companion could do, once we had gotten to know each other better.
#SilentSunday #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Lighthouse #CaliforniaStateParks
A couple of years back Evelia and were fortunate enough to get a couple of passes for the Point Sur Lighthouse "Halloween" tour.
The State Park does two of these every October, limited to ~40 people per event. If you love Lighthouses, it is a real treat.
Not only is the tour itself fun, with the expected haunted house props, but it also tends to be the time of the year that Big Sur rewards visitors with some jaw-dropping sunsets.
Also, on a more serious note:
Smart people keep their distance from the wildlife, and good photographers own a telephoto lens.
My prior photo for example was taken from this spot.
Every single time people and free creatures mix, there are idiots getting within arms-reach with a phone to get that close-up or selfie. Today at Moss Landing was no different.
And every single year people get hurt or killed when the wildlife does exactly what its instincts tell it to do.
Don't be that idiot...
Through Traffic to The Left, Please.
Swung by Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough inlet today to see if I could get some bird shots. Unfortunately, while a bit of a Pelican party was happening on one of the harbor jetties, there wasn't a lot else going on.
Except for the Sea Lions... which have decided to launch a sit-in at the MBARI complex. It has created quite a snarl around the bridges, even though some of the Lions are directing traffic:
(Shameless Plug)
Likely to be my only major presentation this year. But in this little technology vertical, this is the Big Event.
Also, for the observant, I'll probably be the only CIO presenting. That is something of a Public Agency thing (and most definitely a Public Transportation thing).
Later, as I was working the image in post, I was struggling a bit with a way to amplify the feelings of this day amidst all the color and the happy crowds and it hit me that for this scene, while the joyousness of the occasion was the inspiration for the photo, the strength of the rainbow symbol was the key. After that it made perfect sense to focus on that.
It was a wonderful, exhilarating moment in time, filled with joy and excitement for the future; and in the middle of it all in Loring Park, stood this representation of one of our strongest symbols of equality and compassion, with one flag on the right fallen on the ground, almost as a unintentional symbol of the fact that all struggles for freedom have a cost and not all live to see it happen.
I share this image annually as it remains one of my favorites. Evelia and I were living in Minneapolis when this profound statement was made by Justice Kennedy and the U.S. took another step forward in embodying the true meaning of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”. It was also coincidentally the same weekend that the Twin Cities were having their Pride celebration.
"Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization's oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right."
-- Justice Anthony Kennedy, June 26th 2015
"As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves."
-- Justice Anthony Kennedy, June 26th 2015
"No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were."
-- Justice Anthony Kennedy, June 26th 2015
Mastodon: Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind -- driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you here. Do you know what I'm talking about?
