LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

Flatbush Avenue, Prospect Heights. Brooklyn, NY

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

Day III - 16 (of 40) - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.

Sidewalk Shoots | Socially Distanced Family Porchtrait Project

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

Social distancing at Shoreline Park, Santa Barbara, California. Park closed to groups during Corona Virus pandemic.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

"We Are Back to Serve You" - ReOpening DC

Dolores Park, San Francisco

21 May 2020

long ago, the park was two Jewish cemeteries

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LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

According to Wikipedia, the franchise originated in 1944 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as the Milwaukee Chicks before moving to Grand Rapids and playing in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League all together from 1945 to 1954, winning championships in 1947 and 1953. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Chicks

This mural features three of the athletes and can be seen on Newberry Street, just west of Ottawa Street NE. In the foreground but obscured in shadow is the newly dubbed alleyway to honor the example set by the teams back then, "Grand Rapids Chicks Way."

See also downtown mural map, grkids.com/grand-rapids-murals/#westbank

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“The workshop eased my stress and helped me experience peace of mind during COVID-19.”

Rohan from is one of the thirteen Sri Lankan refugee participants of the online Art-for-Peace workshop run by JRS in Tamil Nadu.

Working while social distancing. Chesterfield County. (Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

Mantenemos las distancias

Taken in Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia. This photograph is unposed.

Sidewalk Shoots | Socially Distanced Family Porchtrait Project

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

Day III - 24 (of 40) - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

Over the course of an enlisted career, one of the most memorable moments is to be selected to join the ranks of the chief petty officer. Years of training, mentoring, deploying, accepting challenges – along with plenty of hard work and lessons learned have now culminated in reach-ing this career milestone.

No Sailor earns the right to enter the Chief’s Mess without a persistent commitment to excel-lence. The pinning ceremony held Jan. 29 2021, has earned them the right to be called ‘Navy Chief!’

HMC Jose Albarran, Director Medical Services

HMC Chad Galvin, currently haze gray underway USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

HMC Steven Head, NMRTU Everett

MCC Kyle Steckler, Public Affairs Office

CSC Miguel Escajeda, Terrace Dining Facility

HMC Ruben Valenzuela, Quality Management

photographs by Douglas H Stutz

Public Affairs Officer

NHB/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton

Caption from NHB Caduceus Newsletter, January 2021. 210129-N-HU933-0165

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.

LEica M10-D and M9M, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.2 III, 50 APO Summicron, and 90 Elmarit.