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by http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/24537875/ Fri, 01 May 2009 20:22:59 PDT
Edit: Okay, I got impatient and posted them all during the first week (and there were 39, not 37). Except for a few garden photos coming up, I'm out of photos again until the next outing.

]]> *foxprimephotos Hiatus - and thanks http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/22680955/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/22680955/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:05:35 PST
Thank You!

]]> *foxprimephotos New Photos http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/21992202/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/21992202/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:43:22 PST

]]> *foxprimephotos Old photos http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/21815923/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/21815923/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:33:15 PST For now, I posted a few old photos from the Street Level series that I'd forgotten to upload before.

Hope you enjoy

]]> *foxprimephotos Inspiration evaporation http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/21422099/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/21422099/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:42:48 PST
I will probably take more photos during the (US) Thanksgiving week, but beyond that, I'm not sure if I'll get the energy to go out a-picturing anytime in the next few months. We'll see. Hopefully I'll regain my inspiration when springtime rolls around again.

Anyway, I'll still keep up with the new-photographer features, so take a look at the new ones down below, and check out their galleries as well. Lots of nice stuff waiting to be found!

]]> *foxprimephotos If you live in the US... http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/21313992/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/21313992/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:31:22 PST

While I care about who you vote for, that's not as important as getting out and voting! If we don't vote, we all lose.

]]> *foxprimephotos Help Save My Marriage http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20975606/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20975606/ Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:48:33 PST save my marriage.

No, I'm not having domestic problems, but some narrow-minded people want to write discrimination into the California State Constitution.

I need you to:

Talk about Proposition 8. Talk about how it's an equal rights issue, about me and my partner having the same rights with respect to hospital visitation, property inheritance, etc. Talk about how it would invalidate the marriage that I already entered into. Talk about how it would try to permanently write discrimination into the California State Constitution.

Register to vote.

Vote No on Proposition 8 in November.

]]> *foxprimephotos New Features http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20966716/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20966716/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:36:35 PDT

]]> *foxprimephotos SF Bay Area Residents - recommendations? http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20648987/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20648987/ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:35:19 PDT
I'm looking for places to go in the San Francisco bay area to photograph architecturally-interesting buildings or construction. If you have any recommendations at all, I'd love to hear from you!

I'm currently planning trips to downtown San Jose, around the Plaza De Cesar Chavez, and to the Stanford University campus, and will probably make a trip to San Francisco at some point as well, although I'm not sure where in the City I'll go.

Thanks in advance,
- fox'

]]> *foxprimephotos Spore-head http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20615163/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20615163/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:14:09 PDT
Because of Spore, however, and some back problems before then, I haven't gotten out to take photos in a month or so. I'm going to try to make some quick photo trips over the coming weeks, but if I don't manage to, then my submissions are going to mostly dry up after next week

Anyway, the series of pictures I'll be posting today (along with those posted last Monday) are taken from the Coyote Hills recreational area in Fremont, California. Some pretty hiking trails (some of which are fairly steep, which caused my back problems) overlook the San Francisco bay, and in the morning, the still waters provide wonderful reflections.

]]> *foxprimephotos Gold Country pt 2 - Yosemite http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20386788/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20386788/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:39:04 PDT

]]> *foxprimephotos Quick update - forgotten photos http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20148821/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20148821/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:20:32 PDT
]]> *foxprimephotos Gold Country http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20016849/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/20016849/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:01:09 PDT
For a week, we spent time with one of my husband's friends, his former English Lit teacher from high school. The three of us took small tours of the area around Jackson, Ione, Amador City, and Sutter Creek, took a half day trip to go to Mercer Caverns, and my husband and I took a day trip to Yosemite for my first ever visit there. It was a wonderfully relaxing week, even if it did end with my glasses breaking and me being blind for the last day and a half. (Still got a few good pictures even blind! )

This week, I'll be posting the first couple of days worth of pictures: First, photos from walking around Ione, Amador City, and Sutter Creek, and later, the few photos I managed to get inside Mercer Caverns before my camera reminded me that I should have brought the spare battery.

Hope you enjoy,
- fox'

EDIT: Hopefully I'll get these posted, if DA ever fixes the broken back end servers that are barfing again. God, I'm so frustrated with DA.

]]> *foxprimephotos DA is BROKEN http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19931891/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19931891/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:18:28 PDT
I've been going through and updating the submissions in my gallery, after figuring out how to add the EXIF camera information back into my framed images.

So far, out of the hundred or so that I've updated, there have been 12 that worked properly.

The rest took at least 3 upload tries before they worked. Most of the time it's a sequence of upload the new photo, see it doesn't work, re-edit the submission to change the size, then re-edit to change back to the size I want, and it works. But quite a few have taken literally dozens of iterations of that before I get something that will display.

I submitted a help desk report about this yesterday, but of course no response yet.

The stupid interface, plus this, is nearly making me ready to just give up on DA entirely.

*stompstompstomp*

update:

Now one of the submissions I updated won't display at all, no matter what I do. I've been trying for 25 minutes. The file doesn't exist on the back-end file server that DA is trying to use - but exists on ALL 7 OTHER file servers, just not the one DA is displaying

This is so fucking broken.

update 2:

The submission I was having problems with suddenly started working. I don't know if it's because of random chance, or because someone looked at the PLEASE HELP ME help desk request I just submitted and fixed that particular file without correcting the underlying causes of all the problems.

I don't know if I should try any more files or not

update 3:

Okay, things are working *almost* sanely now. Images still don't display when I submit the new file, but if I wait 10 or 15 minutes, they will. I don't think it's reasonable to have to wait that long, but I can deal with it for now.

]]> *foxprimephotos Back from vacation & first Nikon pix :D http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19638828/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19638828/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:47:57 PDT What a wonderfully relaxing week. Still processing the photos I took and figuring out which ones will be posted.

I just finished posting the first series of photos taken on my new Nikon! Unfortunately, I had the white balance messed up when I took the Stearman series of photos, so everything has a blueish tinge

]]> *foxprimephotos Alien Landscape http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19481818/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19481818/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:58:25 PDT
A co-worker mentioned to me that he thought the salt ponds were fascinating to look at and would make great photos. I agreed with him, so one day I took a stroll around the edges of the evaporation ponds at the western end of the Dumbarton bridge, resulting in these photos.

These are also the last photos I took with my FujiFilm FinePix S3000 camera. After I return from a week-long vacation, I'll begin submitting the photos from my new Nikon D60

]]> *foxprimephotos DA v6 http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19336672/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19336672/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:14:49 PDT

Okay, so generally I dislike change anyway, but ... I can't tell what they were fixing amidst all the stuff that's less useful and less usable now.

The interface is slower to load.

You can't navigate the pages anymore using the keyboard (type-to-search to find links), since the links are either graphical images, or html plain text that uses javascript to load pages, or hidden away in javascript-based menus.

There is more "junk" on the screen and less of what I want to see.

The initial post-login page is seeing all the crap that everyone's uploaded, rather than the channels that I want to see on the homepage that I spent a long time configuring.

The DA developers need to stop stroking their own egos with "slick" interfaces, and focus on getting an interface that's more usable.

- crankyfox

]]> *foxprimephotos Corporate Landscape http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19117894/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19117894/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:30:21 PDT
(Still playing with the new camera; it'll still be two or three more weeks to get through them all)

]]> *foxprimephotos Music Challenge http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19065739/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19065739/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:51:33 PDT
Music Challenge Rules

1) Start your music player in randomize mode.
2) Get anything that will let you write the song titles down.
3) Randomize 10 (or more, your choice) songs, writing the titles down for all of them.
4) Then, you make one submission for each of the songs, relating to the title of the song.
5) Post the list somewhere public and keep it updated as you go.
6) When you finish, tell =vilhelmina about it, and she'll add you to her list.
7) Spread the joy! Tell your friends, tag people, things like that.

When randomizing, if you come across a song you don't like at all, or for whatever reason don't think would be suitable to draw/photograph something related to, just skip it. This is supposed to be fun, so. ;D Try not to skip TOO many songs though, we still want to keep some kind of randomized feeling.

My list will be kept at the end of my journal, after my features & clubs listings.

]]> *foxprimephotos SQUEEEE http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19051769/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/19051769/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:36:55 PDT
SQUEE

He bought me a new Nikon D60 (including an 18-55mm/3.5-5.6G lens) and a 55-200mm/4-5.6 lens, plus camera case, remote control, extra battery, memory cards, camera harness, etcetcetc.

SQUEEEEEEE

Now I just have to practice and get used to using the new big DSLR.

While I'm learning it, I've still got 50something pictures queued up to post, so I have a couple of weeks to learn

]]> *foxprimephotos Weathered http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18963232/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18963232/ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:21:44 PDT Vasquez Rocks county park, north of Los Angeles, California. This is a beautiful area of weathered sandstone uplifted some 25 million years ago. When you drive Highway 14 between the Antelope Valley and Los Angeles, you get to see a small portion of the park from the freeway; that was enough to get me to finally go see the park itself. It's beautiful terrain, some of it angled and jagged, some wonderfully rounded, and different views around every bend in the trails.

If you're in Southern California and enjoy walks (or horse rides) through picturesque settings, I highly recommend it.

(And the common refrain through all journal entries today - DA's mood system is broken. While I was definitely excited while taking these pictures, right now I'm just trying to wake up. )

]]> *foxprimephotos Back home http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18756907/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18756907/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:18:29 PDT
Now I just have to get through the 400-something submissions from my clubs and the people on my (*darkfoxprime's) watch list... *thud*

]]> *foxprimephotos Hiatus http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18656785/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18656785/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:44:49 PDT

]]> *foxprimephotos Mini-Features http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18621737/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18621737/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:46:12 PDT The first ones are below. Enjoy!

]]> *foxprimephotos Photographer failure :( http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18547629/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18547629/ Wed, 28 May 2008 17:04:34 PDT

I got a couple of pics outside the museum, one of which is posted, and one which will be posted later this week, but the rest are no good. Oh well. Maybe next time.

]]> *foxprimephotos A few more photos http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18423021/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18423021/ Tue, 20 May 2008 21:19:51 PDT
Next update should have more interesting stuff. I'm going to Sacramento for the weekend, and hope to get some nice pictures from the California State Railroad Museum.

]]> *foxprimephotos Proposal http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18343807/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18343807/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:24:54 PDT
Today, my partner / "boyfriend" / One True Love came into my work, brought me a bouquet of 17 roses (one for each year we've been together), and asked me to marry him.

<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

]]> *foxprimephotos Trying out a custom journal style http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18296869/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18296869/ Thu, 15 May 2008 07:28:08 PDT New header image now.

]]> *foxprimephotos More random photos http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18266201/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18266201/ Sun, 11 May 2008 13:42:00 PDT
Update: And 18 pics from our back yard garden

Hope you enjoy

]]> *foxprimephotos More Filoli photos http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18216154/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18216154/ Wed, 07 May 2008 17:48:57 PDT

]]> *foxprimephotos Random Photos http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18172135/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18172135/ Sun, 04 May 2008 20:59:49 PDT
(By the way, there's still several slots open for features here; leave a comment at [link])

]]> *foxprimephotos Features? Sure! http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18062832/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/18062832/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:31:54 PDT

The first ten people to respond to this journal will have my three favorite submissions by them featured in my journal for the month of May.

The catch is that if you get featured, you must do the same in your journal.

(edit: forgot to include *conartist18 from whom I stole the wagon)

Update 15 May 2008: Featured ~honeytofla!

]]> *foxprimephotos Niles Canyon Railway http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/17950537/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/17950537/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:27:17 PDT
I took a ride on the Niles Canyon Railway today.

The NCRy is a tourist railroad that runs about 6 miles down the picturesque Niles Canyon in the San Francisco Bay Area. I caught the 11am train from Niles at 11:20 (locomotive problems were causing delays) and rode it back to Sunol, taking a lot of pictures along the way - mostly of the locomotive and the steam I had lunch in Sunol, then caught the 1:30pm train at 2:00pm back to Niles.

For the trip from Niles to Sunol, the train was pulled by a 1927 ALCO 2-6-2T oil-burning steam engine. Check out the history of Number 3 at the NCRy website for more info about this fun locomotive.

I was in the Open Excursion car right behind the engine, so I got a great view of the sides of the locomotive around turns, and got covered in steam and soot

The ride from one end to the other takes about half an hour, along a portion of the original Transcontinental Railroad route that was rebuilt by volunteers from the Pacific Locomotive Association, which also runs the NCRy and is restoring the Sunol depot.

After lunch, I went back and waited for the 1:30 train. When it showed up at 2pm (due to the earlier delays), I was disappointed to see that the Number 3 had been replaced by a couple of diesels, Southern Pacific numbers 5623 and 1423. Anyway, it gave me a chance to take pictures of other stuff along the track, rather than spending the entire trip watching a steam engine When we passed the NCRy yards at Brightside, I saw the poor lamented No. 3 in the locomotive shed. I hope it gets repaired soon, so I can try to get some pictures of it from off the side of the tracks.

I came back with loads of pictures, which I whittled down to the 29 that I posted here, and a massive sunburn covering my head. (oops). But it was a wonderful day!

]]> *foxprimephotos Welcome http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/17857692/ http://foxprimephotos.deviantart.com/journal/17857692/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:08:56 PDT
I'll try to post an update to both at least once a month.

The latest photos I took were from a two hour hike through the Portola Redwoods State Park in the coastal hills south of San Francisco (well south; nearly due west of Palo Alto). Unfortunately, if I remember correctly, it's also one of the state parks that will be closed at the beginning of the California state fiscal year in July. I don't know what, exactly, that will mean, but I hope people will still be able to visit this picturesque redwood forest.

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