Screw You, DavidTO

wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
edited February 17, 2006 in Landscapes
So I says I'm doing some bidness in SF, and I sez I want to take some piccies of the GG bridge.

DavidTO, who's a really funny guy - really - posts this.

Well David, here's a hearty "screw you"!

And yes, I know there's some schmutz on it, I don't have Photoshop on this laptop.

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Sid.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2006
    Purdy!
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  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2006
    Beautiful photo sidthumb.gif ya really nailed this one.
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited February 15, 2006
    Yowzers, Sid, that shot is so "just right" that it is painful. A wall hanger 4 sure.

    edit: a little niggle. Something in the upper right hand corner. Tiny cloud? Dust?
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2006
    Thanks guys. TO is in hiding, no doubt. naughty.gif

    Yeah, I think that's junk on my sensor, gotta clean it when I get home. It was windy up there, I changed lenses a few times, stuff may have blown in.
    Sid.
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  • DJ-S1DJ-S1 Registered Users Posts: 2,303 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2006
    Wonderful shot, really nice.thumb.gif Care to share any details of the capture?
  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    Lovely image. thumb.gif
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    DJ-S1 wrote:
    Wonderful shot, really nice.thumb.gif Care to share any details of the capture?

    Sure, happy to.

    It was a dark and stormy night when... well, actually it was a beautiful sunny day. I got the usual 'golden light' shot. But I knew from past experience that if you wait long enough and do a long enough exposure, you can squeeze unlikely colors from the sky. In particular, you can get a deep blue color that I love. Plus you get traffic trails. And it smooths out the water.

    So I waited until after the sun had gone below the horizon behind me. There was still a little bit of light in the sky, but the bridge lights and city lights were now becoming visible. That's the moment when I try to get some long exposures.

    This one was 20 seconds, ISO L (below 100, not sure that number they assign to L), f7.1. I was delighted I could get such long exposures without a ND filter.

    I definitely had to fiddle with curves a bit. I have Canon's Digital Photography Pro on this laptop. So I gave it a general curves twist. Plus I messed with the red curve so that it didn't bloom. And with the blue curve so that the water and the sky had a nice hue. Plus a saturation boost.

    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
    Sid.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    Here's the 'golden light' shot. As you can see, it's not nearly as interesting.

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    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    how very familiar...
    No real photographer goes to San Francisco without getting that shot. Welcome to the club!
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited February 16, 2006
    Sid - unlikely as it may seem I believe you may have shut DTO down with that lovely shot thumb.gif

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  • marlofmarlof Registered Users Posts: 1,833 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    I really like the reflection on the water. Well done, Sid.
    enjoy being here while getting there
  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    Congrats, Sid. Nice shot.

    Gee, I wish I'd been there to see the sight.....of the wxwax squat:
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  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    wxwax wrote:
    Here's the 'golden light' shot. As you can see, it's not nearly as interesting.
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    15524779-Ti.gif This one is seems so boring when compared to the masterful capture at the top of this thread. And this "golden light" photo is not bad. The other one is just soooo much better.thumb.gif
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,940 moderator
    edited February 16, 2006
    I love that evening shot. How cool is that?
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    Sid congrats on a wonderful shot!
  • JusticeiroJusticeiro Registered Users Posts: 1,177 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    Good Shot. Just because something is cliche, does that mean you shouldn't shoot it? If that was true, wedding photographers would all be on welfare:D.

    I've seen a lot of GGB shots. This one is one of my favorites. Just don't frame it and add a cheesy quote about some sort of virtue. that would be going too far.
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  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    Awesome shoot Sid very nice

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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    Reaally Beaut............
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  • StevenVStevenV Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    great job, man. now you gotta get home and try to get a good shot of a bridge over the 'hooch! :D
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    ne_nau.gif Excellent simply amazing
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    Sid, great shot!
    I'm glad to see you have found the spot you wanted. And hey, there is no shame in taking a beautiful picture, even if somebody else have already used the same spot before you.thumb.gif
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited February 16, 2006
    Mike Lane wrote:
    No real photographer goes to San Francisco without getting that shot. Welcome to the club!

    Nice shot Sid thumb.gifthumb.gif I agree the "golden light" shot doesn't do much for me either. The night shot is so much more viewable clap.gif

    As Mike wrote, this is a mandatory shot if you visit the City. You didn't happen to run across any old rib bones Andy might have left scattered around the Headlands, did you? lol3.gif

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    lol3.gif No bones, but some mighty fine eating. I had a wonderous lamb shank and fava bean puree today at an Italian garlic factory called The Stinking Rose, in North Beach. *burp* Just a couple of blocks north of here.

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    Sid.
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    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    I know that place:-)
    wxwax wrote:
    lol3.gif No bones, but some mighty fine eating. I had a wonderous lamb shank and fava bean puree today at an Italian garlic factory called The Stinking Rose, in North Beach. *burp* Just a couple of blocks north of here.
    Been there cup'o'tymzthumb.gif Nice choice of place:-)
    Looks like you got yourself a nice weather during your trip:-)
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,940 moderator
    edited February 17, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    Been there cup'o'tymzthumb.gif Nice choice of place:-)
    Looks like you got yourself a nice weather during your trip:-)

    I made him come down the Peninsula. Where it's RAINING (or at least it
    was) :D

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Ah, my dinner with Ian... was excellent! Two first class meals in one day - that's a rarity. A terrific Middle Eastern restaurant where everything was good, even the eggplant.

    And no, that's not a reference to Ian, my most excellent host. naughty.gif



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    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    OK, so I'm too lazy and disinterested to find out the name of this place or who worships here. Let's just say it's the Italian Cathedral because it's in North Beach right by the really good restaurants.

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    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • StevenVStevenV Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    wxwax wrote:
    Let's just say it's the Italian Cathedral...

    let's just say "awesome color, beautiful weather!"
    (back home it's cloudy and rainy today :puke1 )
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