san francisco

After shooting the detail scene I had envisioned (shared in my previous post) I moved to another location to try taking advantage of the sunrise on a wider scale. Here is my favorite image from that spot, showing the full GG bridge, San Francisco, and much of the SF Bay. Any thoughts are welcome.

Here's a view of downtown San Francisco through the Golden Gate Bridge taken before sunrise this morning. Any thoughts are welcome.

Here are a couple more shots from my drive up to the Berkeley hills this week, this time in a portrait orientation. One has more sunset color and the other has more lights in the city. I'll be interested to hear thoughts about the differences. I guess if I was feeling like it I could combine the...

Here is a view of sunset over the San Francisco Bay captured last night from the Berkeley hills. Any thoughts are welcome. And here is a 16x9 crop based on Jim's suggestion.

I opened up my archive diving photography project to Facebook (feel free to send friend requests if you want to play) and started taking requests. Here's the first from a friend that misses the Bay Area. I shot this from Twin Peaks a while back and my real intention was to shoot towards downtown...

San-Francisco-260-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Jul 30, 2019 at 8:02 AM Not sure which forum to put this in, it could fit landscape, or wildlife (I think the pelicans make it), but the city in the background dominates for me so I put it here. Got this last week with my German friends who were...

After living in the Bay Area for over 50 years, I finally made it to this iconic (and not particularly legal) spot to shoot sunset over San Francisco and the Bay Bridge. The last shot is what I was after, but the whole evening was lovely so I figured I'd show the progression. Any thoughts are...

While out shooting the Golden Gate a few years ago, I had to change my focus and capture some of the great colors that appeared to my left. Any thoughts are welcome.

This one has been a favorite of mine for a while. I just updated the image a little to bring out some more detail in the sky so I figured I'd share. Any thoughts are welcome.

"Bay Bridge ~ Blue Hour" If you shoot sunset, then you pretty much have to stay for blue hour, right? I think it is like a rule? From a recent trip to San Francisco. All comments are welcome.

"Bay Bridge ~ San Francisco" From a recent trip to San Francisco. All comments are welcome.

"San Francisco Night Life" On a recent trip to San Francisco I was intrigued by the night time view from our hotel window. When you have a big, fat, expensive camera with you it should be used as often as possible. Wouldn't you agree? Ah, there may have been some wine involved. Just...

"California and Powell Streets" I went to California and Powell to try to capture this scene one morning, before heading over to Treasure Island for the city skyline. You can capture the sun rising behind the bridge span twice a year. I think I missed it by a week. San Francisco ~ California...

"Backdoor" I discovered it is very easy to miss a scene like this while walking around the city. If I wasn't paying attention I would have walked right by it in about three seconds. This was shot from the city sidewalk. Downtown San Francisco ~ California ~ USA All comments are welcome.

"Bay Bridge Sunset" I had the privilege of watching a sunset and the city lights awaken from this location. A wonderful way to spend an evening! Bay Bridge ~ San Francisco ~ California ~ USA All comments are welcome.

"Twin Peaks Sunset" Several local residents of San Francisco told us to go to Twin Peaks for a terrific view of the city skyline. Based on those recommendations we headed for Twin Peaks one late afternoon to experience sunset. Well, it was a considerable Uber ride from the city center. It...

"Coit Tower Sunset" Coit Tower is all lit up at sunset. Set designed with some nice background sunset colors. The colors were made more dramatic, sadly, by the smoke that drifted in from the Santa Rosa wild fires. Shot from Treasure Island. All comments are welcome.

"Golden Gate Sunset" "Golden Gate Sunset" My wife and I spent last week in San Francisco. The Santa Rosa wild fires started the evening of Sunday October 8th, the same day we arrived. Thoughts and prayers to all the people and families affected by the horrific fires. I wanted to capture some...

"Smokey Golden Gate" My wife and I spent last week in San Francisco. The Santa Rosa wild fires started Sunday evening, the same day we arrived. Thoughts and prayers to all the people and families affected by the horrific fires. I went to the Golden Gate overlook to capture the bridge for...

"Round and Round" We just finished spending some time in San Francisco. This is an iphone shot from the Mechanics Institute or Mechanics Library. Someone told me about the staircase and that the building was tolerant of photographers. iPhone shot. Better processed images to come later. All...