Going North

[Gary]

I take a lot of tasting trips to the various wine areas of California. These are some snaps from Sonoma.

1. Packing Up

FUJIFILM X-T1 w/Zeiss 32mm, 1/250, f/2.8, ISO 400

2. Cookie in San Francisco (aka The Cook),

FUJIFILM X-T1 w/ Fujinon 10-24 @ 24mm, 1/250, f/14, ISO 400

3. A Pour

FUJIFILM X100S, Fujinon 23mm, 1/250, f/9, ISO 400

4) Pt. Reyes Station

FUJIFILM X-T1 w/Fujinon 10-24 @ 10mm, 1/250, f/16, ISO 400

5) Some Vines

FUJIFILM X-T1 w/10-24 @ 15mm, 1/180, f/18, ISO 800

6) Clos Du Bois

FUJIFILM X-T1 w/Zeiss 32mm, 1/60, f/2.5, ISO 200

[knb]

The "tourist" picture of the dog in front of the Golden Gate bridge is a winner. It must be twenty years since I visited California now, nice with a flashback.

[Gary]

The "tourist" picture of the dog in front of the Golden Gate bridge is a winner. It must be twenty years since I visited California now, nice with a flashback.

Thanks knb-

[The_Traveler]

Man, I miss SF.
I used to live on the Presidio right at the arrow so on any given night we could walk out to look at the outer bay or walk to the GG overlook.
That was a wonderful 4 years.
3 minute commute to work and my boss was 2700 miles away.

[afx]

I love that pour shot.

cheers
afx

[Fons Baerken]

i like the personal of it, been to San Frisco once, my late sister lived there, Marine county actually.

[Frank Fremerey]

What are these "Totems" --- Art or Plant?
"Dog & Cow" is super. So typical a behavior fur the little furry friends.
"Dog on green" needs a new edit. Shot full of artifacts.

[Gary]

I love that pour shot.

cheers
afx

Thank you afx. I have learned that when I shoot a taste, I get longer pours. I shoot a lot of pours.


FUJIFILM X100S w/23mm, f/9, ISO 400

Cookie entering the tasting room at Silver Oak

FUJIFILM X-T1 w/Zeiss 32mm, f/9, ISO 320

[Gary]

Man, I miss SF.
I used to live on the Presidio right at the arrow so on any given night we could walk out to look at the outer bay or walk to the GG overlook.
That was a wonderful 4 years.
3 minute commute to work and my boss was 2700 miles away.

San Francisco is a wonderfully entertaining city. But being from a warmer clime, the weather, while novel to me, after a day or so the novelty wears thin. As Samuel Clemens says "... the coldest winter I've ever spent was a summer in San Francisco". Mary Lou's son attended SFSU and was on the soccer team. So we spent some time up there attending the games.

More from San Francisco:

All images snapped with the Olympus EM5

[Gary]

What are these "Totems" --- Art or Plant?
"Dog & Cow" is super. So typical a behavior fur the little furry friends.
"Dog on green" needs a new edit. Shot full of artifacts.

Abalone shells nailed to posts.


She wanted to herd the cows.


Dog on Green ... probably oversharpened. These are just snaps. (no excuse for oversharpening ... maybe all the uploading to Smugmug than to NG ...)

[Gary]

i like the personal of it, been to San Frisco once, my late sister lived there, Marine county actually.

Thank you Fons, (Marin County, a wonderful and very upscale place to live.)


Marin Cheese Factory

[Gary]

The "tourist" picture of the dog in front of the Golden Gate bridge is a winner. It must be twenty years since I visited California now, nice with a flashback.

You must come back to The City by the Bay.

"The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay
The glory that was Rome is of another day
I've been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan
I'm going home to my city by the bay

I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don't care

My love waits there in San Francisco
Above the blue and windy sea
When I come home to you, San Francisco
Your golden sun will shine for me"

[Frank Fremerey]

Lots of inspiring shots esp. the seasoned hand on Wider Angles. The cheese factory with the wooden floor is my favorite here.

[afx]

I have learned that when I shoot a taste, I get longer pours. I shoot a lot of pours.

LOL²
My biggest problem with those tasting tours is that I need a driver.
Unfortunately often enough that task is mine ;-(

Love the BW straight on bridge. going into the mist.

cheers
afx

[Frank Fremerey]

I have learned that when I shoot a taste, I get longer pours. I shoot a lot of pours.

LOL²
My biggest problem with those tasting tours is that I need a driver.
Unfortunately often enough that task is mine ;-(

Driving is your mode of operation after a tasting? Crawling should be .... hahaha