The San Francisco cable car system is apparently the world’s last manually operated cable car system [wiki]. Of the 23 lines established between 1873 and 1890, only 3 remain: two routes from downtown near Union Square to Fisherman’s Wharf, and a third route along California Street. While the cable cars are used to a certain extent by commuters, the vast majority of their 7 million annual passengers are tourists – including myself :)
Walking around with a macro lens is a totally new experience for me. The tiniest flowers growing in a crack in the pavement suddenly becomes beautiful. It changes how you see things.
Stroll around the Hotel in Kaohsiung at night. A bit of history: Kaohsiung is Taiwan’s second largest city and its largest port. Although the ranking has declined steadily over the last few years, Kaohsiung is still the world’s sixth largest cargo-container seaport. The city has high concentrations of heavy industry, including steel production, shipbuilding, and…
Same spot, same camera, two different focal lens.
Roses under the rain in Hakone. Beautiful bokeh from the Panasonic Leica Summilux 15mm @ f/1.7 on the GX85. Nice colors too, but does require some adjustments because of how Adobe poorly processes the RAW… :(
Handheld shots at 1/15s with the Fujifilm XF 55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS. I have read lots of good things about this “cheap” zoom and it performs indeed well. The image stabilization is good, really good, even better than the Canon 100-400mm I used to have. With the Fuji I can still get sharp shots…
Some long exposure shots on the beach at Sunset in Hawaii (North Shore).