Daybreak at the Golden Gate - a photo on Flickriver

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4-Second exposure @F22 with Lee soft ND grads 0.9 + 0.6
Cokin z-pro filter holder
(The grads were pulled all the way down to the foreground rocks at 8am/2pm.)
Canon 5D
Canon 17-40L @ 35, ISO 50
The location is exactly where I placed it on the map.
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop

Another attempt to present the bridge in a new way!  Usually you see photos from this angle from the top of the cliff directly behind and above the camera with no foreground included in the shot.  So I climbed down the 300 foot crumbly cliff in the dark before sunrise to get to this spot before the sun rose.  I just like those foreground rocks.  Even the poison oak that I knew was there was not enough to stop me.  And I got a good bit of it too!  Unfortunately some of the best spots are so heavily fortified with poison oak that I may never reach them.

The sun way very bright as it rose over the city, but then it hid behind that thin ribbon of cloud, allowing the light to spread across the landscape and even between the city buildings.  1 minute later and the light show was over.  Kirby Cove is in the lower left of the frame.

And watch out for the poison oak!  The best cliffside views are heavily fortified.  


   

Taken in: United States / California / Sausalito (show map)

Taken on: November 10, 2007

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D, f/22.0, 4 sec, 35mm, ISO 50 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	4
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	50
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Unknown (-1)
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
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