RON HENGGELER

August 31, 2013
Photos from the last three weeks in August

Lemonade Stand at the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association’s BBQ Picnic in Huntington Park
San Francisco August 25, 2013

The last day of traffic on the old cantilevered section of the Bay Bridge.
The bridge is now closed for five days over Labor Day weekend.
On Tuesday September 3, the new bridge (on the left) will be open to traffic.
The old cantilevered span will be dismantled with in the next nine months.

Sunrise and the curtain of fog lifting, seen from my window

The view from the Fire Station high top of Mt. Tamalpais, looking north on the coastal ridges

The south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, seen from Crissy Field in San Francisco’s Presidio

Homeless on Kearny Street in Chinatown, San Francisco

The view looking north from the Fire Station high atop Mt. Tamalpais, as seen with a 300mm lens

Face-painting at the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association’s BBQ Picnic in Huntington Park
San Francisco August 25, 2013

Moments after sunset, the view looking west to the Pacific, from the Fire Station high atop Mt. Tamalpais

A ‘Kodak Moment’ on Crissy Field in San Francisco’s Presidio

The illuminated tower of the new Bay Bridge

The far distant Mt. Saint Helena in Napa, seen (with a 300mm lens) from the Fire Station high atop Mt. Tamalpais

Sunset at the Golden Gate, seen from Crissy Field in San Francisco’s Presidio

The Flood Fountain in Huntington Park on Nob Hill
San Francisco

A Nob Hill resident and friend of the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association
during the BBQ Picnic in Huntington Park
San Francisco August 25, 2013

The illuminated new Bay Bridge seen from Yerba Buena Island

Statues on top of a high-rise in San Francisco’s Financial District
seen from the top of the Chinatown Hilton Hotel

The far-distant Sutro Tower seen with a 300mm lens, from the Fire Station high atop Mt. Tamalpais

The Gold Rush-era Old Saint Mary’s Church seen from the top of the Chinatown Hilton Hotel

A blanket of summer fog shrouding Ocean Beach, seen (with a 300mm lens) from the high atop Mt. Tamalpais

Another photo taken from the top of Yerba Buena Island on last day of traffic on the old cantilevered section of the Bay Bridge.
The bridge is now closed for five days over Labor Day weekend.
On Tuesday September 3, the new bridge (on the left) will be open to traffic.
The old cantilevered span will be dismantled with in the next nine months.

Detail of the Turtle Fountain in Huntington Park on Nob Hill in San Francisco

San Francisco (on the right) and Sausalito (in the center) seen (with a 300mm lens) from the Fire Station high atop Mt. Tamalpais

The north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge seen (with a 300mm lens) from the Fire Station high atop Mt. Tamalpais

A trail near the summit of Mt. Tamalpais

Homeless in San Francisco’s Financial District

Late afternoon at the Golden Gate, seen from Crissy Field in San Francisco’s Presidio

In the last moments of the sun setting, the view looking west to the Pacific, from the Fire Station high atop Mt. Tamalpais

Sunlight in the trees near the summit of Mt. Tamalpais

The illuminated new Bay Bridge seen from Yerba Buena Island

Homeless and sleeping, at the 2nd Street entrance to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Mt. Diablo in the far distance, and the darkening shadow of Mt Tamalpais, seen from the summit Fire Station high atop Mt. Tamalpais

Sunset at the Golden Gate, seen from Crissy Field in San Francisco’s Presidio

Detail of the Turtle Fountain in Huntington Park on Nob Hill in San Francisco

Late in the day, looking west on Crissy Field in San Francisco’s Presidio

An approaching blanket of summer fog over Ocean Beach, seen (with a 300mm lens) from high atop Mt. Tamalpais

A Nob Hill resident and friend of the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association,
Watching a Magic Show during the BBQ Picnic in Huntington Park
San Francisco August 25, 2013

Looking south into the tops of the high-rises in San Francisco’s Financial District
seen from the top of the Chinatown Hilton Hotel

San Quentin Prison, seen (with a 300mm lens) from the Fire Station high atop Mt. Tamalpais

Minutes after the sunset, seen from Crissy Field in San Francisco’s Presidio

A Nob Hill resident and friend of the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association,
Watching a Magic Show during the BBQ Picnic in Huntington Park
San Francisco August 25, 2013

Looking east into the top of a high-rise in San Francisco’s Financial District
seen from the top of the Chinatown Hilton Hotel

A scene caught late in the day, looking west on Crissy Field

The panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay Area, seen from the high atop Mt. Tamalpais

The panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay Area, seen from the high atop Mt. Tamalpais

The final moments of sunlight disappearing behind the marine layer covering the Pacific, as seen from the Fire Station high atop Mt. Tamalpais

Noteworthy links:

20 Historic Black and White Photos Colorized
http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/historic-black-white-photos-colorized/

Aerial view of the Yosemite Rim Fire from the National Guard.
http://www.wimp.com/rimfire/

96-year-old man writes a love song for his recently deceased wife of 75 years.
http://www.wimp.com/lovewife/

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