SF Bay Bridge Sunrise

kdog · December 27, 2016

Hi all. On Christmas morning, I headed into SF with my bud, Dgrin member Stumblebum, to catch the sunrise which was predicted to be a good one. I wouldn't call it epic, but we did score some nice color. We'd intended to hit a remote beach, but changed our mind when it looked to be fogged in. Instead we opted for the ever-popular Embarcadero view of the Bay Bridge which is a cinch to access. Here are a couple of shots.

Pre-dawn

Sunrise

Comments/critiques always welcome and thanks for looking.

-joel

David_S85 · December 27, 2016

Speechless.

JAG · December 27, 2016

Beautiful!

Molsondog · December 27, 2016

Before I clicked on the post I thought "gee, another bridge over the bay shot. This will be like the thousands of others". But WOW, what a special shot. Well done. Very well done. Thanks for restoring my faith in originality.

denisegoldberg · December 27, 2016

These are simply amazing!

torags · December 27, 2016

Super captures...

I was in SF the night before Christmas eve trying to get night shots of the Embarcadero center lights

It was raining... what a nightmare attempt

Happy to see you had better luck

Cornflake · December 27, 2016

Beautiful!

black mamba · December 27, 2016

Gorgeous shots....both of them are really striking.

BTW...how did David get to use the old emoji?

Tom

kdog · December 27, 2016

@David_S85 said:

Speechless.

Thanks, boss.

kdog · December 27, 2016

@JAG said:
Beautiful!

Thanks, Joyce!

kdog · December 27, 2016

@Molsondog said:
Before I clicked on the post I thought "gee, another bridge over the bay shot. This will be like the thousands of others". But WOW, what a special shot. Well done. Very well done. Thanks for restoring my faith in originality.

Ha, thanks, Molson. I hear ya. Honestly we were both a bit bummed out to be shooting such a cliche' location, but we were out of time and needed a good comp quick. In fact Taz actually walked away to try to get something more original closer to the bridge. We'll have to wait and see if he'll post what he got.
Anyway, it just goes to show you that good light is everything.

kdog · December 27, 2016

@denisegoldberg said:
These are simply amazing!

Thanks very much Denise.

kdog · December 27, 2016

@torags said:
Super captures...

I was in SF the night before Christmas eve trying to get night shots of the Embarcadero center lights

It was raining... what a nightmare attempt

Happy to see you had better luck

Thanks, Rags. Sorry to hear you got rained out.

kdog · December 27, 2016

@Cornflake said:
Beautiful!

Thanks, Don!

@black mamba said:
Gorgeous shots....both of them are really striking.

Thanks, Tom

BTW...how did David get to use the old emoji?

He cheated and simply posted them as images in his reply. Here are the URLs that he used.

https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/uploads/emoji/clap.gif
https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/uploads/emoji/thumb.gif

Cornflake · December 27, 2016

"Anyway, it just goes to show you that good light is everything.' Pretty much, which is unfortunate, since it's difficult to come by.

Stumblebum · December 27, 2016

Killer shots both K-dog! Wish I had stayed at same spot! ;o)
Cheers!

kdog · December 27, 2016

@Cornflake said:
"Anyway, it just goes to show you that good light is everything.' Pretty much, which is unfortunate, since it's difficult to come by.

That's what makes it special though.

@Stumblebum said:
Killer shots both K-dog! Wish I had stayed at same spot! ;o)

Thanks, man. Great hanging with you as always. I'd feel sorry that you missed out on this POV if I didn't know you already have better shots from there taken on different days.

David_S85 · December 28, 2016

@black mamba said:
...
BTW...how did David get to use the old emoji?
Tom

The moderators have a small room (about the size of a closet) next to our new Vanilla Moderator's break room that holds many of our old smilies. We hope to start a sort of museum.

Cygnus Studios · December 28, 2016

Cliche or not, this set works very well. Love those colors.

kdog · December 28, 2016

@Cygnus Studios said:
Cliche or not, this set works very well. Love those colors.

Thanks, Steve!!

Eia · December 28, 2016

Jaw dropping, especially the first one. The color bouncing off the wood in the water is awesome. WowZer!

jerryr · December 28, 2016

Sunrise image - excellent !!

kdog · December 29, 2016

@Eia said:
Jaw dropping, especially the first one. The color bouncing off the wood in the water is awesome. WowZer!

Thank you, AnnaMaria. Funny, I processed that second one first and almost didn't bother processing the early ones because of lack of color. I'm glad I did though and am having a hard time choosing between the two myself now.