Riding up Twin Peaks

Riding up Twin Peaks with eastern and downtown San Francisco in the background.

Downtown San Francisco from atop Twin Peaks.

SF Twilight Crit - mens and womens racing

Men's amateur racers.

Major crash and pile up.

Womens racing.



Women's cat 1 racers speeding past the grandstand on lap 5.


Womens pro racers.

Protestors during SF Olympic Torch relay

Pro-China and pro-Tibet protesters clash on the (original) torch relay route in San Francisco. The two groups clashed while waiting for the Olympic Torch, which never arrived.



Only in San Francisco, the token nude protesters. OK, total freedom, right, got it. And China's naked aggression, OK. Kind of a limp demonstration if you ask me, but OK, we get it. Thanks for the clarification guys.

Read more about this sad fiasco:
The Olympic torch ducks out of sight in San Francisco, leaving the streets to thousands of politicians
--Salon.com

Run ... for cover:
Torch relay turns into keep-away game
--San Francisco Chronicle

Route change called desperate, last-minute act
--San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland-Bay Bridge at night

Tour de California - Stage 1

On Monday's stage 1 of the Tour de California pro bike racers climb up Highway 1, near Muir Woods, after departing Sausalito, on their way towards Stinson Beach and 96 miles up the coast before they turned east and finished the first day's race in Santa Rosa.

Tour of California rolls through North Bay -- San Francisco Chronicle.

Sunset ... heavy sigh

I walked by the window on Valentines Day evening, then stopped in my tracks as the color-saturated sky caught me. Then the additional vibrant color of the building across the street illuminated in orange-yellow by the street lamp. heavy sigh ... OK, I'm a sucker for s beautiful sunset. Call me a romantic.

Rainy Weather

Droplets.

Umbrella reflection.

Wet!

Drop!

Wet streets - Jan. 10

Wet streets and bright colorful street scenes.

San Francisco postcard - Jan. 9

Quintessential San Francisco scene: steep Nob Hill, a taxi, cable car, financial district and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the distance.
San Francisco Financial District buildings.

Warm Light ~ Storm Clouds - Jan. 4

After a wind and rain storm had passed through the Bay Area the setting sun cast a beautiful warm glow on the wet streets and wind-blown buildings. You could not help but to stare at the colorful sky and the buildings and the streets, the over-saturated green in the trees and a orange and pink hue on everything. It reminded me of the Texas skies of my childhood with their impending summertime tornadoes and hail storms.

While focusing my viewfinder eastward, opposite the setting sun, on the deep colorful sky, the apartment buildings and the bright yellow strip in the center of the street, a man in a bright red jacket came walking down the street. "Wow, unbelievable timing," I thought. I salivated at the additional color in the frame. "Fantastic" I said to myself. Then just as I composed the image, a red car sped up the street opposite the red coat. The car whizzed by. Snap. "Magnificent!" I yelled.


The saturated color of the stormy skies.



The beautiful cloud-thick sky reflected in my living room window.

San Fran - December 26

Bright, sunny views from my living room windows, looking west (above) to the ocean and east (below).

View from my bedroom window, north toward Presidio Heights.