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San Christmascisco

I love Christmas time in San Francisco because the city outlines itself with beautiful holidays lights. The Transamerica Beacon lights its beacon, a star at the top of its pointy roof. Iâve photographed the city from under the Bay Bridge but Iâve always also wanted to photograph it from above the bridge. The last few years the Beacon turned on well after Blue Hour; thankfully this year the Beacon had been turning on at 5pm, right in the middle of our favorite time of the night!

Willie, Alan, and I met on Treasure Island and were the first to arrive at this spot above the bridge. Several other photographers joined us. I staked out a spot that looked straight onto the bridge and waited. After taking a few photos with the traditional bridge line-up, I raced to where Willie and Alan were standing, slightly off center, to get a slightly less traditional view of the city and its Bay Bridge.

Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8:
60mm, f/22, 15 sec, ISO 200

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Taken on: December 28, 2014

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2014

Bay Area

California

Christmas

Embarcadero

Holiday

Holiday Lights

San Francisco

Sunset

Transamerica

Transamerica Beacon

Treasure Island

bay

beacon

blue hour

city

cityscape

holidays

island

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sundown

suspension

suspension bridge

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Sets appears in: • California • San Francisco

Groups appears in: • California's Bay Area Group • Bridges at Night more » • SF Bay Area Shooters (sfbas) • California Photographer • Northern California Photography • Apollo and Dionysus (Moderated) P1/C3 « less

Camera: Nikon D800, f/22.0, 25 sec, 70mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	25
Focal Length:	70mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 (Macintosh)
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