Bridge.

[Adsos Letter]

Last edited Sun Mar 18, 2018, 10:46 PM - Edit history (1)

One of these days I'll shock everyone and post a photo taken from the Marin side. It's just that Vista Point is often crowded, and Ft. Point not so much.

Edit: the first shot is the original, the next three are crops from it.

Edit again: GAH! 3 & 4 are cropped from #1! If I have such a thing as workflow, it doesn’t function well on a couple of hours sleep.

(Sigh)...ok, I’ve lost complete track of which was cropped from the first one, and which wasn’t. I’m getting a beer and calling it an evening...

[calikid]

1. Nice shots, I always get excited when I see you've posted

[Adsos Letter]

4. Im pleased that you enjoyed them.

Thank you for the kind words.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Adsos Letter!

These are just magnificent, and the glorious sunset is the icing on the cake.

Coming in closer and closer was a great way to get these beautiful shots.

Thank you!

[Adsos Letter]

5. Thanks, Peggy.

It had just finished raining, and the sky was very clear.

[mnhtnbb]

3. Love the last shot!

Color, framing, detail, textures.

[Adsos Letter]

6. These are all actually crops from the same shot.

I should probably have said that up front.

For transparency’s sake I edited the OP to make things clear.

Edit: GAH! 3 & 4 are the images cropped from #1. It was early a.m. and I lost track of my workflow, such as it is.

[MLAA]

7. Gorgeous.

I spent a year in San Fran a few yeRs ago and enjoyed every minute.

[Adsos Letter]

8. It is a wonderful city.

I live about 40 minutes away, and visit off and on. Northern California in general has a lot to offer.

[raven mad]

9. Beautiful.

Needed this on a new-storm-arriving-more-snow Sunday evening! Thank you!

[Adsos Letter]

10. Im glad you enjoyed them.

Stay safe in the storm. Spring is coming!

[raven mad]

20. Yes - about late April!

http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/storm-expected-to-drop-several-inches-of-snow-on-interior/article_67f042e2-2adc-11e8-a2ce-a380068e461b.html

Such is life in the near Arctic. We love it, though. I'd really like to visit your city, having only been once, and that was in 1971!

[PJMcK]

11. What a stunning photograph!

The contrast between the magnificently engineered structure and the random beauty of the sky behind it is lovely.

Thanks for the beautiful picture, Adsos Letter.

ETA: You have a new fan!

[Adsos Letter]

12. You're welcome, and thank you for the kind words.

I really enjoy photographing the bridge from Ft. Point. I agree with you that it's a pretty amazing structure. I've gotten some good photos from Vista Point, but the tour buses stop there, and the place is usually crowded, so I don't go there often.

Midweek I'll be driving down to San Diego, with a big loop out through Joshua Tree, and Anza-Borrego. Hoping the timing will be right for some desert wildflowers but they're predicting the bloom won't be as spectacular this year as in the past couple of years, so...fingers crossed!

[PJMcK]

13. About 20 years ago I attended a wedding in the park at the Presidio

It was held late in the afternoon so the setting sun would cast a golden glow on the newlyweds. Incredibly-- (snark)-- a fog bank was rolling in from the Pacific and it was going right beneath the bridge!

[Beartracks]

14. Wow, the detail! What are you shooting with?

[Adsos Letter]

15. A Nikon D810, with a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR lens.

A big step up from my Nikon D7100, and more camera than I really know what to do with. It's my first full frame camera, and I admit to being pretty blown away by what I've seen it do so far with my limited abilities.

I shot these with the camera in Aperture Priority mode, mounted on a good tripod, and used a remote shutter release, with the camera in mirror up configuration, and with the VR switched to the Normal position.

I know this camera is capable of a lot in the hands of someone who really knows what they're doing. My wife bought it for me as a gift. I'm just hoping to grow into it enough to do some bit of justice to what it can do before I depart this earth (I'm 62, and diabetic, soooo...not too elderly yet, but not exactly a spring chicken either).

I'll certainly still keep my D7100; I have some good lenses for it (Nikon 17-55mm DX, a Sigma 50-100mm F1.8 Art, a Tokina 11-16mm, and a couple more Nikon lenses: 35mm, 50mm, 85mm primes). It's a good kit for walking around with, not too heavy (except with the Sigma, which is sort of a tank) and I've enjoyed it a lot. It's worked pretty well for landscape photography, and it's been great for people shots.

Sorry for prattling on. You got me on a roll.

[liberal N proud]

16. Not just a bridge

It is the bridge

[Adsos Letter]

17. True.

And it goes with The City.

[alfredo]

18. thats one beauty of a full frame. You can crop at will.

[Adsos Letter]

19. I cant wait to get down to the desert and try it.

It's certainly more camera than I really know what to do with.

[alfredo]

23. You'll figure it out I'm sure.

It should be great in low light

[CrispyQ]

21. They are all wonderful with tons of geometric interest!

I'm partial to the last one, though, with the closeup of the light house & that fab arch!

[Adsos Letter]

22. I've always been kind of fascinated with that portion of the bridge.

Something about the coloration and massiveness of those concrete pylons and bumpers that form the anchors for the Fort Point Arch. For some reason, that portion of the bridge is more visually appealing to me than either the towers or the main span.

[CrispyQ]

24. You owe it to the arch to get a photo from the other side.

[intheflow]

25. These are gorgeous, Adsos.

Each progressively (heh) more gorgeous than the last.

[Adsos Letter]

26. Thanks, intheflow.

It had just stopped raining, and the air was really clear.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

27. Very nice. In addition to being a great subject itself,

the bridge serves as a great frame!

[TwistOneUp]

28. Thanks! And...

If you really want to take some unique shots, get on a boat and go *under* the GG bridge.

The architecture and engineering on display from underneath is stunning.

[Tikki]

29. Beautiful...there are places near Vancouver B.C. that look a lot like those surroundings.

The Pacific Coast is amazing with stunning views.

One of my favorite Bay Area views is looking out to the Ocean or into San Francisco from up
on Mt. Tamalpais.

Tikki

[angela1991]

30. Nice ppicture

What is the bridge name?

[Yonnie3]

31. Golden Gate Bridge

If I recall correctly, from the San Francisco end.

[Adsos Letter]

33. Its the Golden Gate.

Taken at a spot between Fort Point and Torpedo Wharf.

[Eliot Rosewater]

32. You have my attention

well done