Artie M
Philadelphia at birth, New England at heart, Washington D.C. at present. Mostly outdoor and urban landscape #photography. Fan of fisheye curves and starburst spikes. I welcome critique and feedback. 📸 Pentax K-S2 📷 Olympus PEN E-PL6
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Bryan 🏳️‍🌈 PixelfedRiversideBryan@pixelfed.social
2024-10-31
Front yard with numerous inflatable Halloween decorations. A sign that reads happy Halloween, a scarecrow,  a Halloween gnome, a haunted reindeer among ithers.Front yard with numerous inflatable Halloween decorations. A sign that reads happy Halloween, a scarecrow,  a Halloween gnome, a haunted reindeer among ithers.
Somebody's got quite the spirit. Vampire cow is a new one to me.
Happy Halloween!

#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA 21mm Limited F3.2. ƒ/3.2, 1/250sec @ ISO 200

Photographed October 2021. Thank you for looking.

#photography #halloween #pumpkin #jackolantern #humor #sanfrancisco #foundart
a color outdoor photograph. two small carved jack-o'-lantern pumpkins appear to have started to rot or dehydrate. they slump and collapse inward in ways that accentuate the silly expressions on their faces. in the background, a few parked cars sit in the sun along a town street. there are no people or animals in this picture.
Signs of autumn on Valencia Street in San Francisco

#Olympus PEN E-PL6 with M.Zuiko 17mm F2.8. ƒ/2.8, 1/15sec @ ISO 320.

Photographed 2022 in San Francisco, California. Thank you for looking.

#photography #vespa #autumnleaves #fallcolors #bluehour #scooter #m43 #microfourthirds
a color outdoor photograph. a red maple leaf sits on a city sidewalk. behind it, defocused slightly in the background, sits a red Vespa-type scooter. the scooter and leaf are the same shade of red. streetlights and specular highlights behind the scooter are defocused so that they appear only as small circles of light and color. there are no animals or people in this photograph
I love it. Looks like a 1930s photo of a bird gangster.
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2024-10-18
undulating, blue-green tinged floor to ceiling windows.
Cr de la Liberté, Lyons, France.

#Olympus PEN E-PL6 with M.Zuiko 12mm F2.0. ƒ5.6, 1/3000s @ ISO 400.

Photographed March 2023. Thank you for looking.

#fensterfreitag #photography #lyon #window
a color outdoor photograph. a window washer rappels down the side of a building between two matching glass buildings. the two buildings each form a quarter of a semi-circle. many people mill about on the sidewalk and in the alley between two buildings. there is a café with some outdoor tables. in the foreground are stairs descending as if to a parking garage or subway station.
Good cameras are always about more than technology. The tactile sense of the machine is very important.
Good cameras are always about more than technology. The tactile sense of the machine is very important.
That is a lovely, atmospheric capture. Well done!
Ooh, this one is nifty. Has almost a tintype (sp?) feel to it.
I never post portraits. Here are some portraits.

#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA 70mm F2.4 Limited. Various exposures.

Photographed July 2024 in San Francisco. Thank you for looking.

#photography #sanfrancisco #castro #portraitphotography
a color outdoor photograph. a close-up portrait of a man with black hair and a black beard. the man smiles gently and warmly at the camera. in the background is a large theater façade with a glowing neon marquee.a color outdoor photograph. a close-up portrait of a man with a woven straw hat, a closely cropped beard, and thin eyeglasses. the man side-eyes the camera in a suspicious or possibly seductive way. in the background is a large theater façade with a glowing neon marquee.a color outdoor photograph. a close-up portrait of a man with a woven straw hat, a closely cropped beard, and thin eyeglasses. the man gestures at something or someone out of frame, to the photographer's right. in the background is a large theater façade with a glowing neon marquee.
Looks like a great lens. Don't worry, OM-Digital Solutions continues to make cameras, lenses, and flashes for Olympus. And there's always Panasonic m4/3, so you can mount that lens on new bodies for years to come! I love my Olympus gear.
Aw, shucks.
Those are a good start! But yes, a tripod is a must-have for most kinds of night photography. A good Pentax camera and a 200mm lens are great pieces of equipment, so you've almost there! Many thrift stores carry tripods for as little as $15…but beware, many of them don't include the top screw plate that attaches to the camera!
Fun with long exposure. J-Church MUNI line, Church Street & 15th Street, in front of my favorite corner store in all of San Francisco.

#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA 15mm F4 Limited lens. ƒ/9.5, 2sec @ ISO 400.

Photographed June 2022. Thank you for looking.

#photography #longexposure #starburst #transit #bluehour
a color outdoor photograph. a train or subway streaks along a city street in the evening. this is a long exposure photograph, so the details of the passing train are blurred away. streetlights have the appearance of 14-point stars. there are no people or animals in this photograph.
Ugh. Hope it goes well!
There will be a full moon tonight! Still plenty of time to plan your shot!

This is the full moon rising over San Francisco, seen from Ghirardelli Square.

#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA★ 50–135mm F2.8. ƒ/8, 1/15sec @ ISO 200. Tripod shot.

Photographed July 2022. Thank you for looking.

#photography #fullmoon #sanfrancisco #skyline #transamericapyramid
a color outdoor photograph. the full moon rises behind the skyline of san francisco. the sky is dark blue, after sundown. the moon is pale yellow, and the upper portion of it is behind a low cloud. some lit windows in the skyscrapers show offices and workers. the headlights of cars reflect in a small patch of water in the immediate foreground. there are no animals in this picture.
For #MacroMonday tillandsia ionatha airplants blossoming this summer.

#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA 35mm F2.8 Macro Limited. ƒ/13, 1/40sec @ ISO 100.

Thanks for looking.

#photography #macro #flowers
a color outdoor photograph. a small, spiky airplant blossoms in the sunshine. this is a macro photograph showing the white pistels, yellow petals, and purple stalks of the flowers. the airplant is tillandsia ionatha. behind the picture are defocused green leaves. there are no people, animals, or vehicles in this picture.

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