Interesting places in Buena Vista Park:

South Side Trails		Buena Vista Summit
Buena Vista Tennis Courts		Buena Vista Playground
Buena Vista Manor House		Walden House

Buena Vista Park is a park in the Haight-Ashbury and Buena Vista Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco, California, United States. It is the oldest official park in San Francisco, established in 1867 as Hill Park and renamed Buena Vista in 1894. It is bounded by Haight Street to the north, and by Buena Vista Avenue West and Buena Vista Avenue East. The park is on a steep hill that peaks at 589 feet, and covers 37 acres (150,000 mē). The lowest section is the north end along Haight.

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The Towers of Saint Ignatius
Made by raj3636
St. Ignatius Church viewed from Buena Vista Park in San Francisco, CA. Windy Conditions, creating a little motion blur Kodak Plus-X (expired 8/2010) - Perceptol (processed @ www.gammasf.com) (Shot at 80ASA, Metered through the filter) SEKONIC L-778 DUAL SPOT F METER B+W (MC) RED-ORANGE #041 (22) FILTER EV11: 1/30sec @ f8 6mm downward shift. Hasselblad Flexbody w/120mm f5.6 Zeiss S-Planar T* Epson PERFECTION V750-M PRO SCANNER (20110724_PlusX_Exp201008_emul0441011_ASA80Perceptol_48853_008)


The Towers of Saint Ignatius
Made by raj3636
St. Ignatius Church viewed from Buena Vista Park in San Francisco, CA. Windy Conditions, creating a lot of motion blur! Ilford SFX 200 - Perceptol (processed @ www.gammasf.com) (Shot at 200ASA, Metered through the filter) SEKONIC L-778 DUAL SPOT F METER Heliopan 67mm INFRARED RG-715 FILTER EV8 (+reciprocity compensation): 8sec @ f32 6mm downward shift. Hasselblad Flexbody w/120mm f5.6 Zeiss S-Planar T* Epson PERFECTION V750-M PRO SCANNER (20110724_IlfordSFX200_Perceptol_48853_009)


Buena Vista Park, San Francisco
Made by raj3636
Transamerica Building viewed from Buena Vista Park in San Francisco, CA. Windy Conditions, creating a little motion blur! Ilford SFX 200 - Perceptol (processed @ www.gammasf.com) (Shot at 200ASA, Metered through the filter) SEKONIC L-778 DUAL SPOT F METER Heliopan 67mm INFRARED RG-715 FILTER EV8 : 1sec @ f16 7mm downward shift. Hasselblad Flexbody w/120mm f5.6 Zeiss S-Planar T* Epson PERFECTION V750-M PRO SCANNER (20110724_IlfordSFX200_Perceptol_48853_011)


Buena Vista Park, San Francisco
Made by raj3636
Transamerica Building viewed from Buena Vista Park in San Francisco, CA. Kodak Plus-X (expired 8/2010) - Perceptol (processed @ www.gammasf.com) (Shot at 80ASA, Metered through the filter) SEKONIC L-778 DUAL SPOT F METER (exposure unrecorded,no filtration) 7mm downward shift. Hasselblad Flexbody w/120mm f5.6 Zeiss S-Planar T* Epson PERFECTION V750-M PRO SCANNER (20110724_PlusX_Exp201008_emul0441011_ASA80Perceptol_48853_011)



Made by heather
January 18, 2010: 018. Further inland, bits of tombstones were used to line the gutters at Buena Vista Park. Most of the stones used were turned so that the smooth side of the stone faced up, but if you look closely, you can find a few pieces with writing on them that hasn't completely worn away. Bits and Pieces of San Francisco History


My contribution to International Yarnbombing Day 2011
Made by heather
The Saturdays of 2011: June 11, Some idiot tagger defaced this tree in late 2010 or early 2011 with white paint. I walk my dogs here daily and it's bothered me ever since. Today (June 11, 2011) is International Yarnbombing Day. I created this knitted camo sleeve to cover the paint and return this beautiful tree to being a tree and not some idiot tagger's canvas. Please enjoy. The tag is tucked inside the back of the limb sleeve.


555 Buena Vista Avenue West, San Francisco
Made by Anomalous_A
circa 1925, H. C. Baumann neo-Churrigueresque apartment building more info: H. C. Baumann: www.classicsfproperties.com/Architecture/hcbaumann.htm definition - Churrigueresque www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-Churrigueresque.html


Golden Gate Bridge
Made by CPMcGann
It's off in the distance...this one isn't the picture everyone takes. That you can see it all the way from Buena Vista Park is just very cool! A fun way to spend an afternoon ^._.^ Take a Closer Look


Ophelia the Chihuahua
Made by JonBauer
Snapped during Santarchy / SantaCon in San Francisco. Strobist: Handheld a SB-800, on the left side of the camera. Triggered with optical, CLS.


Coast Live Oaks woodland
Made by Eric in SF
Common name: Coast Live Oak A woodland of Quercus agrifolia on the northwestern side of Buena Vista Park, San Francisco Unfortunately the understory/groundcover is the non-native Hedera - probably the Canary Island species, Hedera canariensis.



Made by heather
I don't know what happened to my mother's Olympus XA, but in the spirit of working out all my orphan issues via photography, I picked up a very nice XA on the internets -- it's a beautiful little range finder. This is a photo from the first roll.


174 (edit)
Made by heather
Bozo update: . I think that one of the parents in our neighbourhood found the image a little unsettling. 06.22.08 (This is the first diptych. I've been resisting, but these two work so well together and the story wouldn't make sense otherwise.)



Made by heather
August 20, 2010: 232. Nellie. Impossible Project PX 70 Color Shade / First Flush. Nellie's an oldster with arthritis. She's quite the trooper, but a certain point, a lap around Buena Vista is a bit much and her human carries her home.


Queen of the hill
Made by heather
Not all that fabulous a photo, but captures Chieka's impatience perfectly. She always runs ahead, secures the area and then stands waiting for me to arrive at the top of the stairs. Alternate title: 6.5 pounds of impatience


Cookie Cutter Houses
Made by zoxcleb
Rows of houses all bearing down on me I can feel their blue hands touching me All these things in all positions All these things will one day take control And fade out again and fade out - Radiohead


fog, buena vista
Made by heather
Lying on my back watching the fog roll in at the top of Buena Vista. If you listen very closely, you can hear a little of the general insanity that is Bay to Breakers drifting up from the panhandle.



Made by heather
August 31, 2010: 243. Zero Image 25mm 4 x 5 pinhole with Polaroid 100 Sepia film, 1 second. I have a few favourite trees in Buena Vista. Haven't quite captured this one yet. I shall keep trying.


view from the early morning walk
Made by heather
slept in -- that means 7:00 instead of 6:00 - and we were able to enjoy a walk in buena vista this morning. a little too early for the squirrels, much to bug's disappointment.


EMWR: Don't go in the woods!
Made by heather
iPhone 4 in Haitch-Dee-Arr mode. It was crazy foggy this morning. There's a wonderful moment between fog and sun when the two play very nicely together in Buena Vista Park.



Made by heather
Monster hands. Taken with a handmade matchbox pinhole camera, 2 second exposure. Make your own: matchboxpinhole.com/