Photochrome Camera Club

This is your chance to photograph more than 25 species of butterflies as they flit from flower to flower. The Conservatory also houses almost two thousand plant species Excellent images can be captured in the Lowland Tropics, Aquatic Plants, Potted Plants and Highland Tropics galleries. The building itself extends fine interpretive opportunities. Remember: NO Tripods inside. Admission: $5 adults, $3 seniors. E-mail ge.larsen at sbcglobal.net if you will attend.

(Late word - this trip has been fully subscribed.  However, you can still join the group by entering the zoo when the gates open at 10 am.  Contact Gary for more info.)Our field trip to the San Francisco Zoo will be on Saturday, Sept. 6^th 2008. We will park on Sloat Blvd. and gather at the Zoo entrance at 9:00am. Gail Secchia has arranged to waiver the entrance fee for the first 15 members. Contact Gary Larsen, field trip coordinator to sign up. Sorry but this one is for members only.

By Gail Secchia
On Saturday, June 7, nine early-bird members rode south down the coast to meet at Pescadero Beach to take advantage of a very low tide. When the ocean water recedes, little pools of water are left in the rocks creating tide pools. In these pools are Starfish, Sea Anemones, and other living organisms creating wonderful “photo-ops.”

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Stacy Boorn Leads

Great Minus Tides = Great Tide Pools. They sometimes entail hardship. This one is EARLY! Stacy says we meet at the Church to car pool at 7:00am. We’ll check out the tide pools at Pescadero and the Marsh Lands. That’ll take ‘till noon. Then a picnic lunch, your own, or purchased in Pescadero (great fresh artichoke bread at Norm’s Market —oh yes it is delicious). In the afternoon shoot at Pebble Beach with the elegant pebbles in the small holes and caverns in the rocks. Shadowy rock creatures can be found too, if/when the light is right. Now, for those who will drive down on their own, Stacy adds these directions: Meet up with the carpoolers who will park at the lot just north of the T intersection turnoff to Pescadero, just after the lagoon on the left (east side of highway 1). Look for Stacy’s Ice Blue Escape Hybrid….go down the stairs and to the right. This is a bit rocky and slippery , so try to walk on the sand between the rocks, if even in the water. A good place to leave some equipment at home

Mountain Home Lake & Fort Scott
Alice Steele, Leader
Much of the Presidio is restored and just seems to invite the viewer to “Take my picture!” Some parts are more reserved and not quite so well-tended. First, we’ll visit Mountain Home Lake, at the very edge of the Presidio. Enter at 12th Avenue and Lake Streets (find street parking) to seek out an interpretation of this attractive little lake. We’ll spend about an hour there and then head for Fort Scott, an area that’s not-yet prettied up. Enter at the intersection of Storey Road and Lincoln Blvd. A parking lot is at the south side of the intersection on Storey Road. Old buildings, peeling paint. Note: There may be some police practice activity nearby but that is off limits for our photography. If you would like to carpool, email me at sfalice-at-aol.com.

Saturday, April 5. 10:00 amGuests welcome. Tripods are allowed, admission is free.

Meet in the parking lot next to the fort.
Directions

Along with the spectacular views of the Golden Gate, the Fort is known for Civil War period masonry. Fort Point is located under the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge at the end of Marine Drive on the Presidio of San Francisco. While you can make pictures of the Fort from outside, we’ll venture into the Fort to find new perspectives also. For more information on the Fort, see the NPS website and this site. It should be an interesting morning. We can have lunch at the Warming Hut after the shoot.