All photos taken with Canon EOS 6D, no flash unless otherwise noted
Chapter One: Victorian in Alamo Square
By Bob Canepa, at San Francisco, CA
f5.6, 1/40 second, ISO 100, EF 28–300mm @50mm
Chapter Two: Tall Ship Hawaiian Chieftain
By the author, at Morro Bay, CA
f11.0, 1/100 second, ISO 200, EF 24–105mm @24mm
Chapter Three: Sarcodes sanguinea (Snow Plant)
By Marlin Harms, at Morro Bay, CA
f25.0, 0.8 second, ISO 400, EF 100mm macro @100mm
Chapter Four: California Industrial Scenes, PWA mural by John Langley Howard in San Francisco’s Coit Tower
By Bob Canepa, at San Francisco, CA
f5.6, 1/30 second, ISO 12,800, EF 28–300mm @35mm
Chapter Five: Monarch butterfly on echium
By the author, at Ragged Point, CA
f11.0, 1/320 second, ISO 200, EF 100mm macro @100mm
Chapter Six: Nuttall’s woodpecker feeding its young
By Marlin Harms, at Los Osos, CA
f8.0, 1/500 second, ISO 800, EF 100–400mm @400mm
Chapter Seven: Bay Bridge from Embarcadero Pier, in black-and-white
By Bob Canepa, at San Francisco
f8.0, 1/1000 second, ISO 200, EF 24–105mm @47mm
Chapter Eight: Osteospermum (Whirligig)
By the author, at Los Osos, CA
f4.0, 1/1600 second, ISO 100, EF 100mm macro @100mm
Chapter Nine: China Town Vendor Display
By Bob Canepa, at San Francisco, CA
f5.6, 1/40 second, ISO 100, EF 28–300mm @50mm
Chapter 10: Partially Obscured Golden Gate Bridge, from Fort Point
By Bob Canepa, San Francisco
f8.0, 1/250 second, ISO 400, EF 24–105mm @65mm
Chapter 11: Hand-held Night Scene Mode
By Marlin Harms, at Morro Bay, CA
f4.0, 1/15 second, ISO 25,600, EF 24–105mm @67mm
Chapter 12: Cirsium occidentale (Cobweb Thistle)
By the author, at Pinnacles National Park, Paicines, CA
f5.6, 1/125 second, ISO 400, EF 100mm macro @100mm
Chapter 13: Armand Vaillancourt’s Quebec Libre in Justin Herman Plaza
By Bob Canepa, at San Francisco, CA
f9.0, 1/320 second, ISO 200, EF 24–105mm @24mm
Chapter 14: 1983 V8 Morgan
By the author, at Pinnacles National Park, Paicines, CA
f14.0, 1/640 second, ISO 800, EF 100mm macro @100mm
Chapter 15: Sepia, Boats and Morro Rock
By Marlin Harms, at Morro Bay, CA
f16, 1/160 second, ISO 400, EF 24–105mm @65mm
Chapter 16: Department Store Diner WPA mural, in Coit tower
By Bob Canepa, at San Francisco, CA
f5.6, 1/40 second, ISO 12,800, EF 28–300mm @85mm
Chapter 17: Entry to the Shell Building, on Bush Street
By Bob Canepa, at San Francisco
f5.6, 1/400 second, ISO 400, EF 24–105mm @28mm
Chapter 18: Acmispon cytisoides (Bentham’s Deerweed)
By Marlin Harms, at Morro Bay, CA
f14.0, 1/40 second, ISO 400, EF 100mm macro @100mm
Chapter 19: Warden’s House, Alcatraz Prison
By Bob Canepa, at San Francisco, CA
f8.0, 1/640 second, ISO 400, EF 24–70mm @24mm
Back Cover: Balmy Alley Art, Mission District
By Bob Canepa, at San Francisco, CA
f5.6, 1/40 second, ISO 100, EF 28–300mm @50mm