Taken on an unusually clear evening just at the start of summer. Confirming what I learned last January, the Golden Gate bridge looks best after sunset, when there is still a touch of color in the sky and the towers are lit from below.
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Taken last July at Fort Point which is a civil war eara fort just underneath the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Taken from Treasure Island. One of first attempts at panorama stitching.
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I stopped on the way home from the Reno Balloon Races at the Nevada State Railway museum. I was surprised to learn that many of the steam engines that the museum has in its collection were saved by Hollywood’s penchant for train movies.
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A member of crew manipulates fire as part the Fire Vortex exhibit by Nate Smith at the Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival 2009.
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Shot just north of Davenport, CA on Summer Solstice 2009. Both summer and winter solstices are important days to me. For thousands of years of humans have marked the solstice with some ancient civilizations building massive moments on solstice alignments. For me, it’s both a day to appreciate all the glorious sunlight of the longest day of the year and to think about our connection to our ancient ancestors.
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The Golden Gate Bridge has always frustrated me as a subject. I find it very difficult to get a picture that I don’t dislike. I was hoping to break my zero for too many to count streak of outings to shoot the bridge. Tonight’s outing was at least not a strike out. Taken from Baker Beach.
Update: Reaction has been good to this image so I’m declaring this round for myself. I’m now 1 for 15 or so with the bridge.
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From the Day of Dead Festival in San Francisco
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The magic of the Dawn Patrol at the Great Reno Balloon Race. This was my first balloon festival. I was completely entranced by the experience. So much so that I forgot the pain of getting up at 4:30am.
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