Slowly I am scanning the 300 plus images I shot at the esplanade in San Francisco of the young skating enthusiasts and I am finding that I have more of them that I could post! The hour long I spent was worth sweating in the sun with a 10 pounds camera sitting on my palm! And this was my day 2 with the D200 and I was trying out the 80 – 400 f/5.6 VR with the 1.4x converter on. That is a massive 840 mm! This was a way …

With the sun bright and spring once again back to California, the roads are now seeing an increasing number of convertible and sports cars. The fascinating ones are those that are custom made. This one, in bright yellow color, was spotted in Fremont, California today – a custom built Chevy!

I am a window shopper, spending more time outside the shop looking through the glass windows and viewing the mannequins at various angles. And if I am in a mall, it is quite an effort to window shop at all the showrooms. If you are also photographing people and looking for some of those candid moments, the mall probably offers a great place. And while you are at the mall, the food court is The Spot.
Although lately all the mall management have restricted photography inside the malls and people in …

This image is from my test shots on my D200. While I spent an hour with these amazing group of youngsters while they were engrossed in perfecting their art of skating on the Embarcadero promenade. It was 1:00 PM and the sun was bright with the temperature shooting over 75F, but the sweating heat did less to stop these young enthusiasts from trying their acrobats – something worth ranting!
Skateboarders in action

Back to the tram cars! While I was following this tram car on foot, it’s passengers were nice enough to give me their smiles. It’s true they were enjoying the ride on an “open sleigh”. If you have ever noticed, they still change tracks manually with two people tugging and pushing the cart from one track to another at the end of one leg of its route.

Back to the tram cars of San Francisco