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    Great pics of the new Academy of Sciences Steinhart aquariums. Don't you love the giant Northern California tank, that's built around the corner, which you capture in your photo.

    The angel fish in the second photo are very beautiful. They're not the ones commonly kept in our aquariums (pterophyllum scalare) but these are the pterophyllum altum angel fish , that live in the wild in the amazon area. They're a bit higher and slimmer.

    Great work!

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    Hey Zahc,

    These two photos look like pastel paintings. I did a lot of landscape pastel paintings along the beach, and I could swear these are paintings. They are so lyrical. Fantastic!

    germanartist

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    Sorry Zahc, these are the paintings I meant, which look like pastel paintings. Really nice!

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    Hey Zahc,

    These two photos look like pastel paintings. I did a lot of landscape pastel paintings along the beach, and I could swear these are paintings. They are so lyrical. Fantastic!

    germanartist

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    Those are three really nice pictures, especially the first one with the preacher, of whom one only sees the porcupine hair with the congregation in the back. I bet it's the Rescue Mission in the Tenderloin...

    But all three pictures together make a great combination of textures, shapes, patterns

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    Another one of your series of photographs where it looks like an eerie spaceship (here the Federal Building) landed in the City. Last time it was the round UFO in Yuerba Buena Gardens. I just love your work, as you can see by my many comments...

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    Zahc, you are one of the best photographers at Urban Planet! Some of your pictures leave me speechless. What sets you apart from many other photographers on this website, is that you include the human element in your photographs. Cities are full of architecture, yes, but people inhabit them.

    I know this place you depict here. It's a place where junkies hang out and shoot up, while the rest of the population sits in the restaurant and view the scene that plays out outside the display window. Here the homeless junkie is passed out, and the pigeons go about their daily routine. This picture is not melodramatic, to me, inspite of the tragic subject matter. Like these pigeons, you see and depict life just as it is, without judging or becoming maudlin. This is the reasons your photographs are so powerful. Again, you remind me so much of my favorite Japanese movie director, Ozu.

    Thank you Zahc, for your beautiful ART.

  5. 2009 American Institute of Architects San Francisco Award Winning Design : Congregation Beth Shalom, 14th Ave. & Clement

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    24th Street Mission BART

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    Skyline & Summer Fog from Masonic Ave.

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    Really nice photos of the beautiful modern synagogue. I love the wonderful composition of the BART 24th St. station even more!

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    the mission/bernal heights/noe valley

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    All these photographs look very moody, almost apocalyptic. There are days like this in San Francisco, when one feels the fog will never lift... and then, in the next hour, or even minute, the weather can change, and it's bright sunlight, and all is well again.

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    Where did you find these? These pictures are so colorful. It almost reminds me of childrens' toys. What a nice refreshing change from the usual architectural photographs at Urban Planet. I like that you show other parts of the city that not many people would notice. I almost suspect you're a painter at heart.

  8. GermanArtist...The 40th Anniversary Stonewall "Pride" was indeed much fun and rather calm this year (probably because Bush is no longer President). I missed the Dykes on Bikes yet again, but did come face to face with our greatest and Honorable Mayor who looks like a movie star. What a tall, fit and handsome man! This year he decided to walk instead of ride in his car that followed behind...

    What I thought would be a few photos ended up being 700+ (more than I planned), so I'd start with just a few of my favorites & post the others later in my gallery or in pictures, which might take some time...

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    Wells Fargo Float...

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    Kaiser's blue THRIVE balloons...

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    Thanks Zahc, those are wonderful. I didn't go to the parade but am looking forward to more or your pics!

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