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Art. Software. Independence. Keeper of analogs.network •• oaklens.art •• os.oaklens.art 📍 Oakland, CA

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OakLens @oaklens.art · 6h
Love this color grade! 🎨
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 6h
🔭 👓 👀
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 6h
Great moment 🫂
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 04/10/2026
// As seen on the warm SF walk tonight. 🚶🏽‍♂️ (from the cellphone 📲) #SanFrancisco #Oaklens #FoundPoetry #StreetPhotography #WordsOnWalls
Close up of a concrete light pole in the foreground with three taped, handwritten signs in black, red, and blue marker.

The signs read:
"If there weren't any problems in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do"
"The man who is out of problems is out of the game."
"We all need to have a mission that makes our discomfort worth it"
In the sunlit background, pedestrians walk through the plaza in front of the San Francisco Ferry Building and its clock tower.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 02/10/2026
love this! I can almost see a face in there!
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 02/10/2026
// New to the OakLens archive: ::: ' Say Yes, The hold ' ::: sf, 2026 #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #StreetClassics #Urban #SanFrancisco #noir #transit #oaklens
Monochrome capture of a woman isolated in front of an urban transit shelter, framed by vertical steel beams and typography reading "San Francisco" and "Yes," with anonymous commuters people behind her.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 30/09/2026
⚫️⚪️ Love this grade. Hits perfectly
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 30/09/2026
Thank you Luis! I hope you have a good week as well!
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 30/09/2026
Thank you!! ♥️📸
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 30/09/2026
// Fall. Now arriving at Lake Merritt 🍂 #Oakland #LakeMerritt #nature #photography #seasons
A view of a heavily wooded section of of Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA at sunset. The leaves are subtly starting to change a few days into the 2026 fall season.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 28/09/2026
I can feel the pressure and wind rushing past me! Great capture!
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 28/09/2026
// Contact sheets into Spoolr 🎞️ Sessions now include a contact sheet stamped with date + filename, stored right beside the RAWs in B2 Check the sheet, grab just the file you want, skip pulling down junk Testing now, pushing public soon #opensource #photography #workflow #tools ↗ oaklens.art/dev
Spoolr dashboard in dark mode: a green 'Safe to Format' verdict, a seven-step pipeline (Pull, Peel, Tag, Bench, Stash, Reconcile, Sweep), and a ledger of capture sessions, each card showing a small contact sheetContact sheet for session SES-012, shot 2026-09-17: 18 street photos of downtown San Francisco (vintage streetcars, a city bus, crosswalks, tall buildings) in a six-across grid, each labelled with a number, the date and the camera filename
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 28/09/2026
// 'Pacific Patrol' an oldie from the archive ::: Captured at Ocean Beach in SF 🏄🏾‍♂️ #SanFrancisco #Surfing #Sunset ##BayArea #streetphotography
Two surfers in wetsuits carry their surfboards along the pavement at Ocean Beach, backlit by the warm golden light of a low Pacific sunset reflecting over the water.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 28/09/2026
// Golden hour out of the city. ⏮️ Lens Rewind #SanFrancisco #Oakland #Maritime #cinematography
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 27/09/2026
// ' 4BIDN' (2026) - the latest evolution of observed street art @ Telegraph Ave and Thomas L. Berkeley Way ::: Oakland, CA #Oakland #streetphotography #oaklens #graffiti #photosky #photography #mural #streetart
Eye-level shot across an asphalt street showing the facade of an urban single-story building covered in extensive graffiti. The primary piece features bold, blocky lettering spelling "4BIDN" outlined in black with green and white fill, flanked by intricate tags and throw-ups under direct daylight.Wide corner view of the same graffiti-covered building positioned at an intersection. Marked pedestrian crosswalk stripes lead across the foreground pavement toward the sidewalk, highlighting the full scale of the painted building exterior and surrounding street signs.Candid street scene outside heavily tagged roll-up security gates and painted building columns. A pedestrian wearing a white jacket, dark pants, and a baseball cap walks along the sidewalk carrying red shopping bags, passing in front of vibrant graffiti while a cyclist (child in tandem) appears at the edge of the frame.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 27/09/2026
// Clouds parted for thirty seconds early this morning, catching the moon right at the seam 🌛 #Oakland #nightphotography #moon #oaklens #frame719
A luminous full moon glowing through dark, textured early morning clouds
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 26/09/2026
// ♥️ Love the light around this time at MacArthur BART station. #oakland #BART #publictransit #photography
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The Rolling Buffer
Capture first. Process later. · 2026-09-25
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 24/09/2026
It's such a great idea, the other side could be that corruption is even worse because of the working man's salary. Definitely not trying to say it's a lose-lose but these politicians are crafty as hell
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 24/09/2026
Powerful 💯
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 21/09/2026
// Looking back at Summer #SanFrancisco #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #street
The silhouetted view of the San Francisco waterfront as the San Francisco Bay Ferry departs towards Oakland, California
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 21/09/2026
😁😁😁
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 21/09/2026
// 🎞️ 10 new frames on the virtual light table #photography #sanfrancisco #tranist #dusk
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The Rolling Buffer
Capture first. Process later. · 2026-09-18
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 21/09/2026
// Updates to dev! Expanded the dev hub from just Fixxer to all three projects. Built a proper home for the tools with live commit logs and an animated grid. Live at: oaklens.art/dev #webdev #opensource #indieweb #Oakland #cli #oaklens
Screenshot of the dark mode dev dashboard on oaklens.art, styled like a terminal interface with glowing red accents. At the top right, a red pixel commit matrix displays activity across the last 12 months. Below are three project cards Oaklens OS, Fixxer, and Spoolr detailing their open source stack and functionality, followed by a live chronological log of recent commits.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 20/09/2026
Great shot! I bet the hanging lanterns really give that intersection a great light at night 🌛
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 20/09/2026
Boss set! The framing, the grading, the narrative (arms up with the moon behind) very powerful. Thanks for sharing!
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 20/09/2026
powerful!
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 19/09/2026
I remember my mom had one of those dolls!
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 19/09/2026
// - 333 Market: Liminal Spotlight || SF, 2026 New to the archive: oaklens.art/archive Grab your drink, your fav stream and browse the frames! #SanFrancisco #liminal #street #brutalist #architecture #oaklens #photography #urbanphotography #city
Focused light reflected from out of frame SF, Market St. office towers spotlighted on a lone individual swallowed by liminal, brutalist, architecture during magic hour.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 18/09/2026
Climbing the 19th ST. BART station steps. Looks like a stairway to heaven, but it's Oakland haha (This is from my cellphone...just a quick snap on the way to my destination 😀) #Oakland #Sky #photosky #nature #transit #bayarea #photography
Looking up the blue brick facade of the 19th st. Bart station in Oakland, CA.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 18/09/2026
// Drafting some grade/lighting ideas from yesterday's shoot. #SanFrancisco #Oaklens #street #streetphotography #photosky #trains #publictransit #walk
A dusk scene on Market St. in SanFrancisco, Ca. A woman crosses the street as a teal/orange street cart waits for a green light, feet away from her.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 18/09/2026
beautifully composed and so fun!
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 18/09/2026
love this shot, the sodium vapor lights at night. locked in!
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 16/09/2026
For the love of God, stay away from work on your unique Friday LOL. Enjoy it. If work is your Love, what can I say...🤣
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 15/09/2026
♥️🔥
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 15/09/2026
Epic!!
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 14/09/2026
😆
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 14/09/2026
lmao 😜
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 14/09/2026
// Fresh to the oaklens archive : 'Van Ness Amigos' || SF CA, 26 #StreetPhotography #SanFrancisco #LightAndShadow #Chiaroscuro #Urban #ColorPhotography #BayArea #photosky #oaklens #transit
high contrast street photograph of pedestrians in silhouette against bright sunlight. The central figure is walking, wearing a flowing red dress that is brilliantly illuminated by the backlighting. In the background shadows, the side of a San Francisco cable car is partially visible with text reading "Van Ness," "California," and "Market Streets."
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 13/09/2026
Some real quality work! Beautiful pens, absolutely an excellent idea. 💡
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 13/09/2026
// Quickie upload Musician laying down on the keys in front of the Ferry building in SF today 🎹 ::: Raw frames stitched together and stabilized ::: #SanFrancisco #Oakland #music #livemusic #trains #plaza #musician #StreetPhotography #Photosky #raw #oaklens #champion
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 13/09/2026
// Venice? Nah... People cruising in gondolas across beautiful Lake Merritt in Downtown Oakland. They launch from the lower level of the old boat house (Lake Chalet: great views, good beer, mid food). #LakeMerritt #Oakland #StreetPhotography #BayArea #UrbanPhotography #Gondola #oaklens #Italy
A gondolier in a red and white striped shirt and straw hat steers a traditional black gondola across calm blue water, carrying passengers just past a boat dock. In the foreground, white rowing sculls sit stacked on horizontal racks along the pier. In the background, modern lakeside buildings, lush green trees, and hillside apartment towers rise under bright sunlight. Lake Merritt, Oakland CA
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 11/09/2026
Has those 'jungle' afro beats / electronica vibe, very cool. 🤙🏽
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 10/09/2026
// Morning sun rising over the Oakland hills today ☀️ We only get a few minutes of low atmospheric bounce (those sun rays shooting up) and it is a glorious few minutes... #Oakland #Sunrise #UrbanLandscape #Nature #MorningSky #BayArea #GoldenHour #oaklens #photosky #wx
Silhouetted urban skyline at dawn looking east across East Oakland. Horizontal overhead power lines and utility poles cut across a dramatic sky shifting from deep burnt orange at the horizon to dark, textured indigo and purple clouds above. The dark silhouettes of palm trees, foliage, and rooftops frame the bottom edge.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 08/09/2026
Thank you Luis!
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 07/09/2026
🌊🏆
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 07/09/2026
// Frame #662 in the buffer 🎞️ The white cloud against the stark architecture really caught my eye #photosky #bnwphotography #monochrome #urbanphotography #architecturephotography #sanfrancisco #streetphotography
A high contrast black and white architectural study against a flat, midday sky. On the far left, the dark, tapering silhouette of the Transamerica Pyramid rises vertically into frame. Across the lower right, the sharp, sloped edge of a modern building with dense vertical slats cuts through the composition, anchored beneath a bright, billowing cumulus cloud that breaks up the deep gray negative space.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 07/09/2026
beautiful and peaceful
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 07/09/2026
// The city's most prominent, civic monument to phallic architecture, complete with an airplane making a very questionable trajectory off to the side. #StreetPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Architecture #SanFrancisco #UrbanPhotography #ShadowAndLight #photosky #oaklens
A stark, low angle monochrome photograph looking up at the curved, glass clad crown of the Salesforce Tower against an open sky. Sunlight catches the metallic edge of the building on the right, while the front facade falls into deep shadow, highlighting the dense grid of windows and vertical mullions. In the upper left background, a high altitude airplane cuts across the frame, leaving a sharp, diagonal white vapor contrail.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 07/09/2026
// Atlas towers mid evening reflections [ Flanked by the Tribune Tower on the left and the 'Hill Castle Apartment Hotel' on the right ] #Oakland #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Architecture #UrbanPhotography #BayArea #photosky
High contrast black and white telephoto shot of the Oakland skyline under an overcast sky. A modern dark glass high rise dominates the center, reflecting low clouds and light in its lower windows. To the left sits the historic, ornate clock tower of Tribune Tower, while the vintage rooftop sign of the Hill Castle Apartment Hotel is visible on the right.
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OakLens @oaklens.art · 04/09/2026
// -quick edit: Interesting reflections from the mirrored windows courtesy the storm clouds yesterday ⏮️ #lakemerritt #walk #StreetPhotography #overcast #Oakland #oaklens #photosky #photography
A symmetrical, straight-on architectural shot of a tall mid-century apartment building under an overcast, muted sky. The facade forms a dense grid of floor-to-ceiling glass balconies, with interior curtains and the dull sky reflecting in distorted ripples across the windows. The tone is subdued, with desaturated olive, sage, and pale gray hues across the concrete and glass.
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