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Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-02-19

#ThrowBackThursday

Chinese New Year Celebrations - LA

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #potd #photooftheday #travel #travelphotography #street #streetphotography #us #usa #california #socal #leftcoast #people #la #dtla #losangeles #chinatownLA #chinatown #chinesenewyear #lunarnewYear #chinese #dragondance #dragon #dance #losangeles

This is a colour street photo in landscape format of a Chinese Dragon dance during the Chinese new year celebrations. Los Angles, California (2014). In the centre of the image is our Chinese Dragon, it's held being held high and looking directly at the camera. Most noticeable are the two large staring eyes looking straight at the lens. The head is large, multi-coloured and with black feather like material outlining the eyes and the rest of the head. The top of the head is decorated with numerous small red, orange and black balls attached with short springs causing them to wobble around. The brave Dragon operator, wearing a bright red t-shirt adorned with Chinese characters, can be seen below holding the head high above his or her shoulders. Behind is the long glowing red fabric body of the beast with two further 'Dragon Dancers' holding the body. In the background is an urban cityscape with a parked police car, shopfronts deep in shadow and one bearded passerby. The location: Chinatown, Los Angeles - The year of the Horse.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-02-18

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

Fishing at Sunset

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #potd #photooftheday #travel #sea #ocean #pacific #travelphotography #water #sunset #dusk #seascape #street #pacificocean #streetphotography #fishing #angling #us #usa #california #socal #leftcoast #people

This is a colour sunset photo in portrait format of a man fishing in the sea from a pier. Redondo Beach, California (2013). In the centre of the image is the silhouette of a man, back to the camera with his head facing to the left. He has a fishing rod (fishing pole) that's out of view in front of him, the line dropping down into the sea below. Stretching from left to right is a metal railing with two horizontal parallel metal poles with wires stretched across in the gap between the poles. Beyond is the surface of the Pacific Ocean, rendered to a golden glow from the sun that's behind our fisherman, a thick stripe of sunlight reaches across the water from the horizon to the man. Just below the upper rail is a clear and crisp horizon that runs across the image from left to right. Above is a clear and cloudless sky with a deep orange glow from the setting sun.
Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏SPF@hear-me.social
2026-02-05

"WANTED, Girl to wear stretch pants in pits during coming motorcycle road-racing season. Must be able to turn stop watches off and on, and must also be able to turn rider mostly on."

from the classified ads in Helix, a #Seattle underground newspaper, February 1968. The others are rather spicy too....

#counterculture #1960s #sexualrevolution #trans #Motorcycle #motorcycles #culturalhistory #historyofsex #feminism #washingtonstate #pnw #leftcoast

Portion of a typewritten page with "unclassified" ads in boxes. They include a magazine that explores "the world of transvestism," a married couple seeking partners for swinging, and a plea for Judi to call her mother
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-02-04

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

The Battle With The Pacific Continues....

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #potd #photooftheday #travel #sea #ocean #travelphotography #water #california #socal #la #usa #us #surfing #surfer #pacific #sport #sports #people #surf #leftcoast #watersports #pacificocean #hermosabeach

This is a colour water sports photo in landscape format of a surfer overwhelmed by the surf of a breaking Pacific wave. Hermosa Beach, California (2016). In the centre of the image is a faint and close-up view of a male surfer who is covered in the brilliant white, foaming surf of a large breaking wave. The surf covers the entire frame with only the outline of our surfer in the centre. The intrepid surfer is viewed in profile, and is placed, for a moment, diagonally across the photo, head towards the upper right corner and right hand towards the lower left. Thats about all thats visible - well he has blond or ginger hair, eyes clamped shut, is wearing a black wetsuit and possesses a right arm and hand - thats it, thats all thats visible, just surf - lots of surf. Oh, in case you wondered, he survived: thought nothing of it, swam back with his board to meet the next wave.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-02-01

#stillersontag #silentsunday

The Dawn Chorus Commences

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photography #photo #potd #photooftheday #travel #losangeles #travelphotography #la #lax #california #socal #leftcoast #dawn #sunrise #landscape #aviation #avgeek #landscapephotography #aircraft #airplane #airplanes #jet #jets #airport #airports

This is a colour sunrise photo in landscape format of two aircraft approaching to land. Los Angeles (2018). The lower half of the image is filled with a layer of white, slightly fluffy, stratus cloud. The upper half of the photo has a near transparent layer of thin cirrus cloud filling the remains of the the photo, with darker stripes stretching across the frame from left to right and is rendered golden by the still hidden (behind the San Gabriel mountain range) rising sun. In the lower left corner is a large four engined passenger plane (Boeing747) with its wheels lowered on its approach to land. In the upper right corner is a further aircraft, possibly 5-10km behind the first. This jet has 2 engines and also has its wheels lowered.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-01-30

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

San Francisco's 1st Space Elevator

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #travel #sf #sfba #us #usa #travelphotography #sanfrancisco #photooftheday #potd #BlackAndWhite #california #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #architecture #building #norcal #architecturalphotography #leftcoast #abstractPhotography #science #streetphotography #street #space

This is a black and white cityscape photo of a tall, triangular shaped high-rise, that, with the perspective of distant converging lines gives the impression that the top of the building disappears into infinity (space). Transamerica Building (2018). On either side of the photo are two rectangular high-rise buildings, that with optical distortion, give the impression that the two buildings lean inwards slightly towards the centre. Both buildings are light or pale grey. The left is the more modern with multiple 'bay' shaped balconies, so perhaps residential or a hotel. The right older block has numerous evenly spaced rectangular windows with an external fire escape and pipework. In the centre of the image is our tall, triangular, high-rise office block. The camera is angled upwards towards the upper floors. The building is brilliant white with tall rectangular windows. It tapers evenly and sharply with a pointed top. With the perspective of 'converging lines' the tip of the tower seems to go on forever and finish in space, if at all. The sky around the summits of the buildings is clear and cloudless, rendered jet black and devoid of any detail. The Building is the 48 story, 260m tall, Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco's Financial District.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-01-29

#ThrowBackThursday #DoorsDay

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#AltText #NoAi #No2AI #photography #photo #potd #photooftheday #travel #street #travelphotography #sf #sfba #streetphotography #sanfrancisco #usa #us #bnw #blackandwhite #norcal #monochrome #california #leftcoast #abandoned #blackandwhitephotography #city #urbex #urban #abstract #abstractPhotography

This is a black and white photo in landscape format of an tall wall with an open door in it, with a woman standing in the doorway and a suspension bridge in the background. San Francisco (2018). In the foreground and rising upwards to the halfway up level is an dark area of short, rough grass and weeds. Beyond is a concrete path with a tall concrete wall, more than two metres high that stretches across the image from left to right. Set in the wall is a dark, corroded open door with an eye level round hole drilled in it. Standing in the doorway on the left side is a woman leaning against the frame and looking down, perhaps at her phone? In the distance, a few km away is the tall tower of a large suspension bridge and a white sky surrounding it. The location: The exercise yard on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
C.cazabon@mindly.social
2026-01-28

@CleoQc

One of B.C.'s nicknames is the Left Coast, for good reason. Though the influx of foreign and tech money over the last decade or so has diminished progressivism a bit there.

#LeftCoast #BC #BritishColumbia #progressive

Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-01-27

#traintracktuesday

California Street

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photography #photo #potd #photooftheday #travel #travelphotography #bnw #usa #sf #sfba #BlackandWhite #us #railroad #leftcoast #monochrome #street #railroads #tram #cablecar #blackandwhitephotography #railway #railways #streetphotography #rail #tracks #rails #california #sanfrancisco

This is a black and white street photo in portrait format of a stationary San Francisco cable car (2012). The camera is directed along a straight and wide city street. Below the centre of the image is an iconic San Francisco cable car, stationary, in the middle of the street and at the start of the line. The cable car car is viewed from the front (or perhaps the rear?) (When it gets to the end of the line the driver gets out of the front goes to the rear and doubles back in reverse, though on a parallel track). The cable car is all wood above the metal chassis. On the lower part of the front/back are the words - 'Van Ness Ave California & Market Streets'. Above, are three rectangular windows with a slightly arched roof above. It's a month before Christmas and there is tinsel around the edge of the roof. On either side of the cable car is the usual assortment of city traffic. On either side of the street are the bottom few floors of various high-rise buildings. In the distance, about half a km, the street climbs steeply with the summit being just short of the top of the image, a little strip of white sky is visible in that gap. Where the road climbs so steeply, the two parallel sets of tracks can be seen clearly in the middle of the street. The location: California Street at the junction with Market Street, looking west, in San Francisco's Business district.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-01-19

#nature #wildlife

Who Are You Looking At ?

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #travel #dtla #la #socal #animal #travelphotography #animals #blackandwhite #photooftheday #potd #monochrome #horse #horses #usa #us #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #california #leftcoast #equine

This is a black and white street photo of a horse looking at the camera in an urban setting. Los Angeles (2014). Surrounding the margins of the photo is an assortment of out of focus 'street stuff', much of it so heavily blurred to be unrecognisable. However, on the right is an ornamental lantern and the back of a person wearing a hoodie with some lettering stitched on the back of the jacket. Isolated within all this 'street stuff' is the head of a horse, in the upper right corner, looking directly at the camera, the rest of the horse is hidden by the 'stuff'. The horse is dark and has a thick white stripe stretching along the centre of the head from above the eyes to the nose. Our horse is wearing a harness around the head and has a large, dark leaf cut into the shape of a heart fixed to the top of the head. The location: Chinatown, LA. The event: preparation for the annual Chinese New Year Parade.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-01-14

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

The Battle With The Pacific Continues...

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #potd #photooftheday #travel #sea #ocean #action #people #travelphotography #water #california #socal #la #usa #us #surfing #surfer #pacific #sport #sports #people #surf #leftcoast #watersports #pacificocean #hermosabeach

This is a colour water sports photo in landscape format of a man surfing in front of a large breaking wave. Hermosa Beach, California (2014). The lower half of the image is filled with the nearly smooth water ahead of a breaking wave. The water has almost turquoise colour to it with small lines disturbing the surface running at right angles to the waves. In that water is a slightly rippled reflection of the surfer. Above and to the right of centre is our male surfer. He is barely standing on his surfboard that's tilted upwards at an angle of about 60º with only the back of the board still in the water. The Surfboard is white with a green edging surrounding it. At the back are two Shark like fins on the underside. Our surfer, probably in his twenties, has shoulder length wet hair and is wearing a black wetsuit. He is leaning backwards with his arms outspread as he tries to maintain his balance. Behind him and filling most of the upper half of the photo is a tall wall of foaming white surf ahead of an unseen breaking wave.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-01-10

#schiffsamstag #shipsaturday

Some Yachts Are Larger Than Others

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#AltText #NoAi #No2Ai #photo #photography #travel #california #socal #travelphotography #street #leftcoast #photooftheday #potd #us #BlackAndWhite #catalina #avalon #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #ship #ships #shipsofmastodon #usa #maritime #nautical #water #sea #ocean #boat #boats #pacific

This is a black and white photo of a cruise ship anchored beyond a sign saying 'Catalina Island Yacht Club' with a few smaller moored boats in the foreground. Santa Catalina (2014). In the lower left of the image are some black wooden railings and platform that start leading off to the right for a few metres before turning left through 90º and continuing for a few more metres, past a mounted telescope, before disappearing from view. Before the 90º turn there are two vertical poles supporting the white sign in the form of a scroll with the lettering in black 'Catalina Island Yacht Club'. In the middle ground is the still water of a bay with numerous white mooring buoys and a few (six) small boats moored to them. In the background, say about 1km, is a medium sized white cruise ship at anchor, blurred out of focus, its length filling the width of the photo. The ship's bow is to the left and is viewed in profile. Above is a white overcast sky, without any visible detail.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-01-05

#nature #wildlife

I Think The Correct Term Of Address Is 'Sir' or Ma'am

Or

I Didn't Notice Anyone Trying To Feed It

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #travel #pelican #catalina #pelicans #animal #travelphotography #animals #bird #photooftheday #potd #birds #birdsofmastodon #birding #california #socal #leftcoast #usa #us #santacatalina

This is a colour wildlife photo of a Pelican in portrait format. Santa Catalina, California (2012). Dominating about 90% of the image is what I believe is a Brown Pelican (Pelecanus Occidentalis Californicus) though there seems to be little or no brown in the photo. The bird is perched on a metal railing and is viewed in profile with the low, setting sun providing a warm glow to the bird. Our bird is large: often with a length of 1-1.5m and weighing 2-5kg, this bird being in the upper range. The wings are folded, but when unfurled may span between 2-2.3m. This pelican has a long and stout beak or bill lowered against the chest and is perhaps .5 - .75m long that has a light orange colour to it and a slight hook on the upper tip. The head is white, though with that golden tint to it from the setting sun, and has flecks of grey feathers. The undersides are white while the upper body and wings are a light grey. Two short legs extend underneath with two large webbed feet that are gripping the railing. Because the bird has it's head lowered - it has a stern appearance to it. The background is heavily blurred out of focus, isolating our Pelican, but a gentle pale blue Pacific Ocean rises upwards two-third in the photo with an ill defines horizon and a pink tint above graduating into a very light and pale orange stretching to the top of the photo.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2026-01-04

#stillersontag #silentsunday

Make A Wish - You Get Three

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photography #photo #potd #photooftheday #travel #california #travelphotography #bnw #socal #BlackandWhite #landscape #monochrome #usa #us #leftcoast #blackandwhitephotography #street #streetphotography #hermosabeach

This is a black and white street photo in portrait format of an ornamental well in a residential garden. Hermosa Beach, California (2013). Surrounding the image is a mass of dense and lush vegetation with numerous palm like branches. Centred in the photo is our well. There is a wrought iron, arched frame with numerous ornate scrolls on the inside and outside of the frame. Under the frame is a single pulley wheel supporting a simple metal bucket. The base of the well is obscured by the vegetation at the base of the image. Behind the well is a dark and featureless background, devoid of any detail.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-31

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

The Battle With The Pacific Continues..

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #potd #photooftheday #travel #sea #ocean #monochrome #travelphotography #water #california #socal #la #usa #us #surfing #surfer #pacific #bnw #sport #sports #people #surf #leftcoast #watersports #pacificocean #blackandWhite #hermosabeach #blackandwhitephotography

This is a black and white water sports photo in landscape format of a man surfing ahead of a large and very angry breaking wave. Hermosa Beach, California (2016). In the centre of the image is a young to middle-aged male surfer, wearing a black wetsuit and standing on his white and black surfboard. He is facing the camera while his board is heading diagonally across the image from right to left and heading towards the lower left corner. The water he is crossing is the fairly calm area ahead of the breaking wave behind him. Immediately behind him is a small zone of brilliant white, steaming surf that becomes more dense and taller further to the right, where it touches the upper right corner of the image. Behind the surf is the tall wall of angry water of the breaking wave that dominates the background of the photo. The part of the wave in view is about twice the height of the surfer, so say about 4 metres. The breaking wave looks more like the water cascading over a large water fall or weir, rather than a wave as the pacific ocean falls at a near vertical angle behind our surfer.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-30

#traintracktuesday

Washington Street

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photography #photo #potd #photooftheday #travel #sf #sfba #travelphotography #bnw #sanfrancisco #california #norcal #usa #BlackandWhite #landscape #us #trams #cityscape #landscapephotography #monochrome #street #leftcoast #blackandwhitephotography #tram #streetphotography #rail #tracks

This is a black and white street photo in portrait format looking along a San Francisco Cable Car track in a quiet residential district. California (2013). The lens is centred along the middle of a set of San Francisco Cable Car tracks or rails that stretch away from the viewer and up a fairly steep hill. The track consists of the usual two parallel rails but between them is a metal strip with a gap in it's centre where the moving cable is located. Either side of the street are cars parked along the kerb and all facing down the hill towards the camera. As is common in San Francisco, the cars have their front tyres angled towards the kerb (lest the brakes fail). Either side of the parked cars and towards the middle of the street are two parallel white lines. About 3/4 of the way up in the image there is a junction in the tracks where the track splits and leads off the the right. The location: Washington Street in Nob Hill, the tracks leading off to the right leads to the 'Cable Car Barn', the building containing the winding machinery and museum.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-20

#schiffsamstag #shipsaturday

Port Of Long Beach, California

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#AltText #NoAi #No2Ai #photo #usa #us #photography #travel #sunrise #travelphotography #photooftheday #potd #BlackAndWhite #longbeach #california #socal #leftcoast #dawn #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #ship #ships #shipsofmastodon #maritime #nautical #seascape #water #sea #ocean #pacific

This is a high contrast black and white seascape photo in 'landscape' format of three cargo ships at anchor during sunrise. Port of Long Beach, California (2017). The sea water is calm with only the smallest ripples disturbing the surface. The water starts at the base of the image and rises upwards to the two-thirds up point, where, instead of a horizon there is a long, low, harbour breakwater, perhaps a few km away, dividing the sea from the sky. Inside this harbour wall are three large cargo ships, probably crude oil tankers, anchored and all viewed in profile and with their bows pointing to the right. The closest is to the right of centre, still at least 1km away, the next is closer to the breakwater and near the centre of the image, while the third is to the left of centre. The filtering of the strong blue light from the sky and water has caused a horizontal funnel illusion with the left side of the photo unaffected while moving towards the right, the image becomes ever darker in the upper and lower right corners, leaving a narrow tube of clear image along the centre line of the photo.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-17

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

The Battle With The Pacific Continues

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #potd #photooftheday #travel #sea #ocean #monochrome #travelphotography #water #woman #california #socal #la #usa #us #surfing #surfer #pacific #bnw #sport #sports #people #surf #leftcoast #watersports #pacificocean #blackandWhite #hermosabeach #blackandwhitephotography

This is a black and white sports photo in landscape format of a young woman clinging to her surfboard amid a maelstrom of white surf. Hermosa Beach, California (2016). Below and to the left of centre is the head of a young woman lying prone on her surfboard, viewed from above and about two or three metres away. Her body is obscured by the swirling surf with only the sole of her right foot just visible above the vortex. The surfboard is angled diagonally across the image, filling most of the photo, with the forward tip being close to the upper right corner, the board between the tip and the surfer can be seen but anything behind is hidden by the surf. Our surfer is facing forward and to the left. Her long blond hair is very wet and is clinging to her head and shoulders. The rest of the image is filled with a maelstrom of swirling white surf.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-15

#streetphotography

Delightful New Avian (Feline Free), Development Available for Immediate Rental Or Purchase - Enquire Within

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #travel #catalina #bird #travelphotography #blackandwhite #socal #photooftheday #potd #birds #monochrome #california #us #usa #abstract #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #abstractphotography #leftcoast

This is an abstract black and white photo in landscape format of multiple bird houses mounted on the white wooden frame supporting an awning over a bungalow's porch. Santa Catalina, California (2015). In the foreground and perhaps two metres from the camera, is a white wooden frame built in front of a bungalow supporting a fabric awning over the porch. The frame consist of four pairs of long parallel planks stretching away from the camera towards the house, that support a further pair located at the front and at right angles to the others. The fabric is stretched across the top, however, its become detached closer to the house on the right side where its hanging down loose. Located along the front pair of planks that are at right angles to the camera are ten small bird houses, all different and facing away from the house (facing the camera). There are at least two further bird house hanging from a support on the left side closer to the house. Above is a clear and cloudless sky rendered dark grey. The location: Avalon, Santa Catalina, California.
Jon Lordjonlord@mastodon.world
2025-12-13

#schiffsamstag #shipsaturday

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#AltText #NoAi #No2Ai #photo #usa #us #photography #travel #travelphotography #photooftheday #potd #BlackAndWhite #sanfrancisco #california #norcal #sfba #leftcoast #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #ship #ships #shipsofmastodon #maritime #nautical #sf #fog #mist #seascape #water #sea #ocean #pacific

This is a black and white seascape photo in landscape format of a cargo ship approaching a suspension bridge and about to enter a bank of thick sea fog. San Francisco (2016). A mass of dark and disturbed water rises from the base of the image to the halfway up point, the water is disturbed by a strong sea breeze. In the centre of the image is the cargo ship, a crude oil tanker, viewed from the stern, from slightly above and at a distance of a few km. The ship is underway with a small amount of white wake visible aft of the vessel. In common with most merchant ships, she has a black hull and the superstructure at the stern is white. The ship is heading away from the camera, is about to enter a dense bank of brilliant white sea fog that is forming around a hidden (by the fog), strait. While the fog is thick, very dense with a forward visibility of perhaps less than 50 metres it is a layer of 30-50 metres tall with the visibility good above the layer. The ship is a short distance from and approaching a large suspension bridge. The tops of the two towers and cables can be seen, also some of the deck on the right side, the rest of the bridge is obscured by the fog. The ship is going to pass slightly to the right of the centre of the bridge and will shortly disappear from view into the fog. The body of water is the San Francisco Bay, the bridge: the Golden Gate Bridge and the oil tanker is heading for the Pacific Ocean a short distance ahead.

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