Originally Posted by Damn Brit
Thanks Rosemary, the last pic is of one of the cranes for unloading ships at Oakland docks. Supposedly they were the inspiration for one of the war machines in the first Star Wars movies. The bird one was a 3d model of the Bay Area. It was sort of a Godzilla parody. Those spiky things in the second shot are what the ferry pulls alongside.
Interesting info to go with the pics

I do like the bird pic though

So...now what was that lady doing????