you can see the tops of theese trees in the previous photo. nice little area just north of the Coit Tower, with paths down to the street. The street that it reaches (at least when I was there) was where the wild parrots were all resting. I didn’t manage to get a decent photo of them, though.
View from the Coit Tower. I’m not quite sure why I like this photo.
I was rather disappointed with the Coit Tower, although I guess nobody had told me that it was good or bad before. I guess I shouldn’t have expected it to be free (was $3.25 or $3.50, I forget which). Take an elevator and then stairs to the top, which is fairly crowded (okay, so it was a Saturday), and small. The view is restricted to the glass-covered windows, as you can see.
I was a little reluctant to post this one. Since it was taken from one of the windows of the Coit Tower, I presume there are about five million identical photos online. But I liked it. The rear shows the financial district, prominently the Transamerica Pyramid.
I’m proud to say I managed to narrow down all my good photos of this spider to only three. This one was needed for size reference 🙂
same spider as in the previous photo. looks like it may be about to jump?
Among the dozen or so photos I took of this spider are the very first shots I’ve taken of very small animals that I would consider successful. Unlike almost all the photos I post, I’ve cropped this one to show a more close-up view.
Apparently this species is a sort of jumping spider. Maybe that means it’s a wolf spider? I’ll have to look it up.
Update: okay, apparently wolf spiders are bigger, so it’s something else.
Also along the stairs near Coit Tower (see previous photo).
I’m extremely pleased with how well this photo turned out. The flowers and other plants around the stairs leading up to the hill with the Coit Tower are beautiful; I wonder if it is the homeowners, the city, or both, that take care of them.
the same tree as the previous photo, in Pioneer Park
