Presidio SF and Flowers

[Old Crank]

Some flowers at the Presidio in SF.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. I love the SF area

Always wanted to come back to visit again but life got in the way. 🙂

Your photos are beautiful!

[Old Crank]

2. Thanks

Got a break with the late afternoon light.

[usonian]

3. Were the flowers in the wild, and not in the conservatory? (I was thinking Golden Gate Park)

Wikipedia says Leucospermum a.k.a. Protea family.

South African. Stunning flowers (I love photographing flowers. Started doing so over 50 years ago.)

Presidio is a fabulous place.

You never know what you'll find there!



Hope the visit relieved your high anxiety. (the take-off of Vertigo)



I offered to take my daughter on a movie tour of San Francisco, but she is not an old movie fan.

I am!

Hope you had a great time.

[Old Crank]

5. If you call garden beds teh wild

that is where they were. We were killing some time before dinner. THe light was good and the flowers pretty.
I had to trust my autofocus since my cataracts gave me fits focusing close. They have been fixed now so I will see how they work.

Lots of movies shot in SF. And a couple of TV shows.

[usonian]

7. Good for you.

I am so nearsighted that I use the viewfinder with glasses and take the glasses off to use the flat panel.

My old Coolpix had a terrible viewfinder ( new ones are great) so I had to use the flat panel in the bright sun. Chasing hummingbirds feeding on wildflowers. Ouch. The autofocus was my rescue.

I was working in SF when Nash Bridges blew something up in an excavation. On purpose.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. These are just wonderful, my dear Old Crank!

The light is perfect!

[Old Crank]

6. Thanks.

It was great to not have overcloudy and drizzle like about half the trip.