The Golden Gate

anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
edited August 29, 2011 in Landscapes
Spent a night around the Golden Gate Bridge

1. Baker Beach
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2. South End Visitors Center
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3. SE of the Bridge- Fort Point area
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4. SE of the Bridge
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"The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


Aaron Newman

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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited August 21, 2011
    Truly stunning. bowdown.gif They look even better on the screen than they did in your camera too. :giggle

    The weather looked perfect for your shots, and that B&W one really pops!
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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2011
    Nice work and angles of an icon that has been shot a scillian billion times.

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  • christinamaechristinamae Registered Users Posts: 484 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2011
    Wonderful shots, Aaron!
  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2011
    kdog wrote: »
    Truly stunning. bowdown.gif They look even better on the screen than they did in your camera too. :giggle

    The weather looked perfect for your shots, and that B&W one really pops!


    Thanks Joel. Weather was good and bad but I made it work.
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2011
    Sam wrote: »
    Nice work and angles of an icon that has been shot a scillian billion times.

    Sam


    Thanks Sam. It is one of those places that has been shot a ton but you still need to shoot it for yourself. Other than shooting on the bridge itself or shooting from the water I believe I explored every other place it could be shot from.
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2011
    christinamae wrote: »
    Wonderful shots, Aaron!

    Thank you Christina thumb.gif
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2011
    Nice going, ISO! thumb.gifclap
    I didn't know you moved to NorCal :-P mwink.gif
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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2011
    Nikolai wrote: »
    Nice going, ISO! thumb.gifclap
    I didn't know you moved to NorCal :-P mwink.gif

    Thanks Nik! No move to NorCal but I would take the weather any day.
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

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  • canghuixucanghuixu Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2011
    Very nice.

    I like especially like #1 and #2. #2 looks like it could be used for the cover of a reissued Dashell Hammett novel.

    Re #1, did you experiment with any crops? I wonder how it would look if it were cropped on the left and bottom to feature the upper right more prominently. To me at least, right now it seems unbalanced, with the eye drawn to the upper right, and less going on in the lower left.
  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2011
    There is no such thing as "bad" weather... especially in a place like SF in the summer where you have no choice. :D You had great conditions for the lights and the subject. Looks like you had a very successful trip. thumb.gif
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  • clickin girlclickin girl Registered Users Posts: 278 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2011
    Great job!thumb.gif
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  • canghuixucanghuixu Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2011
    Yes, #3 in particular takes nice advantage of the interesting weather. It is neat how the tops of the towers sort of dissolve in the clouds.
    schmoo wrote: »
    There is no such thing as "bad" weather... especially in a place like SF in the summer where you have no choice. :D You had great conditions for the lights and the subject. Looks like you had a very successful trip. thumb.gif
  • TreyHoffTreyHoff Registered Users Posts: 388 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2011
    All Incredible Shots!
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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2011
    canghuixu wrote: »
    Very nice.

    I like especially like #1 and #2. #2 looks like it could be used for the cover of a reissued Dashell Hammett novel.

    Re #1, did you experiment with any crops? I wonder how it would look if it were cropped on the left and bottom to feature the upper right more prominently. To me at least, right now it seems unbalanced, with the eye drawn to the upper right, and less going on in the lower left.


    Thanks for the comments. I played with a few crops but to my eye I prefer this look. At first look the right side seems heavy but if you sit back and allow your eyes to naturally travel the layers of receding waves help draw the eye towards the bottom of the image and the rock off to the left helps to then start a circular pattern back to the bridge.

    At least that's how I see it. :D
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2011
    schmoo wrote: »
    There is no such thing as "bad" weather... especially in a place like SF in the summer where you have no choice. :D You had great conditions for the lights and the subject. Looks like you had a very successful trip. thumb.gif

    I will take your bad weather any day for photography. I was actually disappointed this weather was not consistent throughout the coast. I was hoping to get fog near Point Arena and in Montgomery Woods State Park but the skies were clear in those areas. :cry
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2011
    clickin girl wrote: »
    Great job!thumb.gif


    Thank you for the comments. thumb.gif
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

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  • joe-bobjoe-bob Registered Users Posts: 368 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2011
    #1 is my favorite. Great composition.
  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2011
    Beautiful, Aaron, particularly the first two.
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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2011
    joe-bob wrote: »
    #1 is my favorite. Great composition.

    Thank you joe-bob.
    Cornflake wrote: »
    Beautiful, Aaron, particularly the first two.

    Thank you sir. I appreciate the comments.
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

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  • byoshibyoshi Registered Users Posts: 353 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2011
    I love them all, great captures.
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  • CatOneCatOne Registered Users Posts: 957 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2011
    Very nice! Great shots and color considering the fog, which pretty much hasn't left the area in 5+ months. Like it!
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