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The obligatory peak trip. View from the roofdeck of the Peak Galleria.
Raw scan with mild colour correction and without dust removal.
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After starting the evening on the hotel roofdeck with a drink, I proceeded to a rooftop bar immediately across from the cathedral. It took a bit of finding; the hotel entrance was not obvious. But the joint was jumpin', as the old song goes, and I was squeezed into a spot at a balcony bar directly overlooking the cathedral.
And these I took back at the hotel before bed.
Another view of this luxury home with a rooftop deck, perched just above a steep, densely wooded canyon, with sweeping panoramic views of the entire Bay Area.
This shot was taken shortly before sunset on a gorgeous early March day.
Taken by a camera lofted by a helium balloon.
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After starting the evening on the hotel roofdeck with a drink, I proceeded to a rooftop bar immediately across from the cathedral. It took a bit of finding; the hotel entrance was not obvious. But the joint was jumpin', as the old song goes, and I was squeezed into a spot at a balcony bar directly overlooking the cathedral.
These two shots are from my barstool. What an amazing experience!
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Every once in awhile, I'll see a van that's great-looking and think "I've got to remember to come back and get a photo of that."
Sometimes I'll have my camera with me and I'll take a minute to shoot one.
And then there are the vans (like this one) that cause me to say “OMG!”, do a U-turn, drive home, grab my camera, and race back to get a photo.
I'm weird that way.
Ford Econoline 200, Echo Park, 2009.
Thirteenth in a series.
Tree (his nickname) tending to his flock. One of the many wonderful things about this hobby is the spectacular views from the roofs. Bushwick sits on high ground and does not have many big buildings, so you can often see most of midtown.
Here is more of the series: Pigeon Keepers of Bushwick
This was shot from my balcony in the East Village of Manhattan. I just wanted to get a bite to eat but it was raining. So I stepped on the balcony to see how bad the rain was, saw this, and figured I could wait a second. The light outside was the kind that makes everyone appear tan. Really ominous and eery feel to the day. Shot inspired by one my father took during a rainstorm over the lake back home. It still hangs in the living room.
Part I of the photos I took from the Boston 4th of July Fireworks show.
It was a cloudy and rainy 4th here in Boston. I was originally planning on not taking any photos for fear that my camera would get wet and just enjoy watching the fireworks on my deck. But instead, I climbed up the stairs to my roof deck garbage bag wrapped camera and tripod in hand. Good choice I think.
This trip is all about firsts with the new van. It’s my first proper camping trip with it, and the first time I’ve taken it to the desert, and also the first time I’ve taken it off-road.
There are hundreds of miles of unpaved roads in this area, and they’re all composed of the same material—decomposed granite specifically, or in more general terms—sand. I was pleased how the van handled in the sand, not only in terms of the new all-terrain tires, but also the front-wheel-drive. And then more broadly speaking, the ride was luxuriously comfortable thanks to a modern suspension system and plush driver’s seat. And overall the van had a solid, stable ride without the rattletrap shaking going on in the back that I was accustomed to in the old van.
But there’s one more first for this trip, perhaps the best one of all, that being the first time I’ve put the roof deck to full use. To access the deck I put a boat hatch in the van roof, and then I built a custom roof rack with a plywood deck that sits a few inches above the boat hatch.
The deck has a 25-inch-square opening cut out of it so the boat hatch can open. I finished the roof project in October, and it was finished enough to allow me to get the big ladder down or put it back up again. But the final piece of the roof project was to install a hinging plywood hatch on top of the boat hatch that could be closed to make it one contiguous, uninterupted surface—and I finally got that installed while I’ve been out in the desert.
So now I have a deck that’s a solid 5 feet wide and a little over 6 feet long, and I’ve been sitting up here every day, every chance I get, really, and it’s a little bit mind-blowing to experience it after years of dreaming, scheming, plotting, conniving and finally engineering and actually building it.
And it doesn’t disappoint! I’m outside, yet I’m on a sand-free, bug-free, cactus-free, critter-free surface, to do a whole host of activities such as observe the rising and setting sun, star-gaze, stretch, exercise, write, read, eat, meditate, and even spend the night. And all of that with a beautiful view of pristine nature in all directions, upwards of maybe 10 miles out, with virtually nothing in sight made by human hands for as far as the eye can see, with the exception of an occasional vehicle on a distant lonely two-lane backcountry road.
From one of my trips to Malacca, took this shot at the roofdeck of the Dataran Pahlawan Megamall. The outlines of the canopies make an interesting subject, and with the subtle yet ample lighting, this place is just right for long exposure shots.
View large.
After starting the evening on the hotel roofdeck with a drink, I proceeded to a rooftop bar immediately across from the cathedral. It took a bit of finding; the hotel entrance was not obvious. But the joint was jumpin', as the old song goes, and I was squeezed into a spot at a balcony bar directly overlooking the cathedral.
These two shots are from my barstool. What an amazing experience!