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Exploring The Palace of Fine Arts

I have never been to the beautiful buildings and grounds at The Palace of Fine Arts. I went with First Exposures and I already want to go back with more cameras and maybe a model or two... any volunteers?
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Exploring Fort Mason – Fisheye View

I've had my Lomo FishEye camera for a while, but haven't been very good about adding it to my camera bag. I've been playing with it more lately after I found these shots taken at Fort Mason. I'm headed back there tomorrow for my first ever sailboat ride on the bay!
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Exploring Mission Dolores

I lived in the Mission for 7 years and passed Mission Dolores on my way up and down from Dolores Park, but I never went inside. I went on a field trip with a class a couple of years ago. It's a great
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Exploring: Musée Mécanique

When I was a kid, I loved pinball and video games! Musée Mécanique one of my favorite spots to visit when touring the touristy Pier 39 neighborhood and definitely brings out my inner child. A handful
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Exploring: Alcatraz Prison Cells

The tour of Alcatraz not only includes the physical space the inmates were confined to, but in a few cases, recreations of personal artifacts. This is the last of my digital photo tour of Alcatraz
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Exploring: Inside Alcatraz Prison

The Alcatraz prison audio tour has won well deserved awards. I usually prefer to go it alone, but I thoroughly enjoyed the interviews, the behind the scenes information, and the reenactments. Next
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Exploring: The Ruins of Alcatraz

Last week I started posting images I took during a recent visit to Alcatraz. Today's images feature the ruins. I especially love how the skeletons of the buildings look with the beautiful San
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Exploring: The Gardens of Alcatraz

I moved to San Francisco in September of 2001 and it took over 12 years and a visiting friend from Belgium for me to finally visit Alcatraz. Last October, I took hundreds of images, both digital and
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Exploring Embarcadero

Here are some more photos from our adventures with our friend Sue. We wandered from the ferry building to the cable car turnaround. Here are a few shots I took along the way. This first group is all
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