Photo of the Day
Today I would like to show another image that I made last year from the top of Hawk Hill overlooking San Francisco. I only had one morning to make an image of this iconic bridge, and you never know when the fog is going to roll in. In fact as I was making this image the fog was coming closer to the bridge. I knew that I wanted a high vantage point so that I would not be shut out. I knew that the sun would rise in the wrong location, but I banked on some color to help me make an interesting image. I really had a great morning that made me want to spend many more around this bridge. Once the sun had come up most of the crowd up on the hill left. I made some pictures behind the hill, and then on my way back around I made this one. When I am somewhere new I don’t want to rush the scene. One of my favorite images from the trip came about a half an hour after this image was made.
Technical Data
For this photo I started off with a crop. I did not like the foreground, and I thought that the panoramic crop would get me closer to what I wanted the viewer to see. I then used the graduated filter to make the sky a little darker and a little warmer. With that done I could then cool down the water a bit to give this image this unique look. I then spent the rest of the time working on the sky. For some reason I was shooting at f/23 according to the exif data, and the dust spots were everywhere. A rough morning on my lens really showed up here.
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