WonderCon 2009

[This is the draft of my event posting for ARTDM-150.]

The 2009 WonderCon (http://www.comic-con.org/wc/) was held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco last week from Friday through Sunday (February 27 through March 1). WonderCon is an annual comic book, speculative fiction, and movie convention.

The convention hall was crammed with artists, vendors, celebrities, and other exhibitors; many convention goers arrive in costume - Batman and Spiderman were there, and there were a lot of Star Wars characters. There were panel discussions and movie previews. The upcoming Watchmen, Star Trek, and Terminator movies drew crowds; and Pixar showed excerpts from their next film, Up.

People arriving at the Moscone Center for WonderCon just before opening time.

Browsing for sharp things at the ArmorGeddon booth.

The Pixar discussion panel was crowded, and it included a preview of their next film.

Monsters and scantily-clad amazon women never go out of style.

Mr. Vader recruits another youngster for the empire.

Some Lilac Street murals as a CD label

This was made from a >300-degree panorama

Lilac St. mural panorama #1

This is part of the Lilac Street Mural Project, near 24th and Mission in SF.

I've put links to the panorama software I use at the top of the right column on this page:

Autostitch (the demo version) is easy to use and it's fast, and it's only available for Windows. Hugin is open-source software for Mac, PC, and others (if you compile it yourself.) Hugin gives you a lot of control over the process and the final result, and it can handle projects that Autostitch just can't cope with.

Downtown SF

Austin-Healy

I think I intended to have the car in focus, and the background out-of-focus, instead of the other way around.

I darkened the upper third of the photo, and lightened the area with the car. Maybe I should have sharpened it, too.

Fort Point, again

I just don't get tired of watching the waves break at Fort Point.

I've been meaning to go there again at low tide and get pictures of the shore crabs on the rocks.

I sure know how to have a good time.

The Vaillancourt fountain again.

Had I been thinking more clearly, I might have tried to zoom in some on the glasses in the ad, with water drops in the foreground.

Decisive Moment

Crissy Field, and near the Embarcadero Center

Taken at Crissy Field.






Assembled from pictures taken at the Vaillancourt fountain.