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Little Boxes, University Mound, San Francisco, CA, 2024 (cdn.masto.host)
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Little Boxes, University Mound, San Francisco, CA, 2024.All the pixels, none of which look the just the same, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54#photography

A panoramic view of a hillside in San Francisco, covered mostly in small mid-century residential houses.

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (8 children)

Captured with the Rodenstock 138mm/6.5 HR Digaron-SW lens (@ f/7.1), Phase One IQ4-150 back (@ ISO 50, 1/125 sec), Cambo WRS 1250 camera. Stitched panorama of two images, shifted left and right +/- about 18mm.This view reminded me of Malvina Reynolds's famous 1962 song (though she was inspired by nearby Daly City). If you look closely, the houses don't quite "all look just the same", but somehow, viewed on the hillside, there's more uniformity than there is up close.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

    This is an image that works best at the highest resolution. The Rodenstock 138mm lens has extraordinary edge-to-edge sharpness and a general lack of distortion that makes it especially well suited to wide stitched panoramas like this one.The effect is sort like Where's Waldo; the whole is shown mainly to invite you into the details.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I am, by the way, a terrible hiking partner and dinner guest. If there's something interesting on the horizon or view out the window that catches my eye, I tend to reflexively set up the tripod* and geek out in my own little world while everyone else is trying to move on down the trail or sit down to eat.* (Yes, I carry a tripod on hikes and to dinner parties. See above.)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @mattblaze Hahaha, I had that experience when, ... uhm, exploring a ... lost place with some other people. I brought tripod and camera, and it was night so I was doing 2 minute exposures, while most everybody else was trying to move on. Except one guy: He didn't have a camera, but he did bring a ZOOM recorder and was fascinated with recording long stretches of the ambient sound of the place. ;)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @mattblaze Sounds familiar, even though I don‘t carry my tripod with me except when planned. Even when not photographing, I need to explore a place on my own, including my own time. When anyone makes a recommendation how much time to take with some place or hike, I multiply theta by at least 2 or 3. Hikes or scenic roads? If someone suggests 2h for a stretch, I plan for an entire day and once I‘ve been there might decide to come back at some point b/c I haven‘t seen enough yet.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Hehe, feel you @mattblaze Me being notorious for mounting one of my foldable FM logperiodics during dinner events on restaurant balconies & chatting with random regional hams via the nearest repeater. 😎

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    @mattblaze This reminds me, since you seem to get out here now and then: if you’re going to be in Bay Area and haven’t visited Computer History Museum in Mountain View and would like a free tour, let me know.

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    • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @mattblaze My husband is from Berkeley and I remember visiting his family. As we were driving in from the airport, his father would sing Little Boxes the whole time. Thanks for the memory!

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