Archive for September 5th, 2008

The No on California Proposition 8 Movement Grows in San Francisco

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Read all about it at Equality California’s website.

California Assemblymember Mark Leno spoke out against Prop 8 at an event last night in San Francisco:

The kick-off rally tomorrow, September 6th, should be well-attended:

No on 8 Kick-off Rally
Saturday, September 6, 2008 – 10:00am
2278 Market St., 2nd Fl. (
map)
San Francisco, CA 

How to Photograph San Francisco’s City Hall

Friday, September 5th, 2008

First of all, wait for all the stuff to clear out. Like what? How about Darth Vader-ish sculptures or a Victory Garden with an extended lease?

Then, you just have to straighten out the flagpoles on both sides so that they’re parallel, if you want. This photo here at sfgov.org shows a little distortion if you look for it.  

Here’s an attempt to portray parallel lines as parallel, the way they actually are in real life (more or less). This is the analog approach, which isn’t perfect.

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Or, you can do it in Photoshop with or without a plug-in like PTLens. You can do a more perfect job, but sometimes you end up with an artificial look.

Or, backing away from the building helps a bit, as shown here.

Or, you can just not worry about it.

No biggee.

Shouldn’t Every Parking Lot in San Francisco Have Car Elevators?

Friday, September 5th, 2008

This private parking lot near off Mission near Duboce has lifts that will carry your car as high as an elephant’s eye in order to let another driver park beneath. Aren’t they beautiful?

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We need these things everywhere. Here’s a place in town that could use a few lifts, right?

But once you start lifting cars, it’s hard to stop. How high can you stack them?