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One of those rare crystal clear nights with the perfect big puffy clouds above my city San Francisco.
This picture was taken from my former backyard in Oakland. I since then moved but I never forgot how awesome the views were from that first purchased house. The house was really small, 900 sq ft. but the back yard was huge and had a great view
as you can see.
When I was driving home from work in the wee hours of the morning, i was mesmerized by the clouds and how bright it was. By the time I crossed the bridge I looked back at the city and could not believe how huge the clouds looked compared to the city. The only place I could quickly think of with a clear view towards the city to try and capture this shot was my old house. Fortunately I knew one of my old neighbors was selling her house and it was empty. I hope her fence to get to my old deck. Climbed up the joining fence to my old deck and started to shoot away. I never even thought of neighbors catching me do this and calling the police.
I just lucked out all the way around that night. I didn't get caught I a got a good picture ;-) Life just is good to me sometimes :-D
This picture was taken from my former backyard in Oakland. I since then moved but I never forgot how awesome the views were from that first purchased house. The house was really small, 900 sq ft. but the back yard was huge and had a great view
as you can see.
When I was driving home from work in the wee hours of the morning, i was mesmerized by the clouds and how bright it was. By the time I crossed the bridge I looked back at the city and could not believe how huge the clouds looked compared to the city. The only place I could quickly think of with a clear view towards the city to try and capture this shot was my old house. Fortunately I knew one of my old neighbors was selling her house and it was empty. I hope her fence to get to my old deck. Climbed up the joining fence to my old deck and started to shoot away. I never even thought of neighbors catching me do this and calling the police.
I just lucked out all the way around that night. I didn't get caught I a got a good picture ;-) Life just is good to me sometimes :-D
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Mike Mattix
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Maybe I missed the EXIF, but can you provide some details about the shot. Lens, shutter speed, etc., and whether any PP was involved.
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It looks as though it were taken from very close to where I grew up in Oakland, on Skyline Blvd. about a mile north of where Keller Ave connects. The view from the cliff just up the street was just about like this. Where exactly is your old house (if you don't mind sharing)? And how wide of a lens did you use?
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That is an awesome shot!
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Jaw dropping gorgeous.
And from looking at the sky in the south bay, it might have a chance of another one of those magical night. And the moon... it's been looking brighter each day!
Well done!
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WOW, that's impressive.
I'd love to see that in a print. A very large print.
wow congrats, that's some view. I wouldn't have moved if I got views like that no matter how small the place.
Sanaka,
You are right on. My old house was at the top of Keller Ave.
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This is actually three different exposures of the same shot.
[quote=aj986s]That is a stunning photo! <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/clap.gif" border="0" alt="" >
Maybe I missed the EXIF, but can you provide some details about the shot. Lens, shutter speed, etc., and whether any PP was involved.[/quote]
Here is some of the EXIF info but remember that this shot has multiple exposures to achieve what i wanted.
<table id="Inbox" cellspacing="0" height="90" width="509"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 120%;" width="30%">Camera:</td> <td style="font-size: 120%;">Nikon D3 on Tripod
</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 120%;" width="30%">Exposure:</td> <td style="font-size: 120%;">Multiple</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 120%;" width="30%">Aperture:</td> <td style="font-size: 120%;">f/8</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 120%;" width="30%">Focal Length:</td> <td style="font-size: 120%;">200 mm</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ISO Speed:</td> <td>200
</td></tr></tbody></table>Taken on March 15th at 3.42am PDT
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Take photos at 3:42 AM! :wow
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Isn't everyone awake when the sun is sleeping and the moon is showing all its glory
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Photoshop or not, that's a cool picture! :wow
Thank you for your kind words
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Thanks for sharing...
Lee
And I bet you are one of the few who realize how beautiful the view is from across the street, looking east at Oakland's watershed lands. I hiked and rode horses back there growing up. It's pretty neat how there is some relatively unspoiled wilderness so close to the urban spread. My Dad, who still lives there, has even encountered a mountain lion once or twice!
Who says there is no "there" there?
I am very lucky to have many memories of the view being very clear. I lived there from 1970 - 1984. To be sure there was plenty of smog by my high school days, but I bet it is worse now :cry
All the more special then is your photo.
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The back hiking trails are my families favorite areas to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and all we have to do is turn our heads 180 deg and we are there. The best backyard anyone can ever ask for:ivar
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I am honored, thank you for everyones awesome comments.
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Everytime I see a comment like this I chuckle, as if this is somehow cheating.
One of the great landscape photographers of our time Ansel Adams always created a multi-page instruction on "how to print" each of his prints. In "The Print" he showed 9 pages of instructions and diagrams used to create his "Clearing Winter Storm" print. He stated that "Many are taught that, when you have a good black and a good white in a print, then you have a good print. Actually when you achieve a good black and a good white in a print, you are then ready to begin to print the negative. You have just reached the point of having a good test strip." Ansel (and many of his peers) used dodging and burning just as we use layers and masks. He never considered it "cheating" to work the negative to get the image he wanted from the negative. We should not consider it "cheating" to use Photoshop to do the same thing.
It is somewhat different when you use Photoshop to create something that was not there in the first place. Not that this is "cheating" but as long as it is known that the image is not reality then if the photographer likes it, why not??
Mike Mattix
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