The Featured Image is an opportunity to shake up the flow of posts with something odd, if not disturbing. The head hangs over a fence along Mission Avenue in San Diego neighborhood University Heights. The photo is from Aug. 10, 2025, but the thing is still there—leering down on people who happen to look up as they walk by,
During any other Winter season, the thang might have been compromised by constant, heavy rains. But this part of California is experiencing unseasonably pleasant weather of warm days with low humidity. Today’s high, for example, was 28 degrees Celsius (82 Fahrenheit) and breezy.
I made the moment using Nikon Zf and NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR lens. Vitals: f/9, ISO 200, 1/250 sec, 70mm; 10:44 a.m. PDT. Composed as shot.