City by the Bay

Those regular viewers of this photoblog may have noticed that I had gone AWOL. I just got back yesterday from a two week photography trip to Colorado and Wyoming. I have more images of Elk bugling than I know what to do with. I got some beautiful images. Throw in gorgeous aspen trees, Pikas, Bison, Prairie Dogs, rabbits and Pronghorn Antelope and I had a marvelous time. It took me a good part of today just to upload all of the images to my computer and back up drive. Now on to my main message for today's photoblog. Because I was flying out of San Francisco I thought it would be a great idea to get some images of the San Francisco skyline. I left my hotel room just before sunset to photograph the city from Treasure Island. A long the way I changed my destination and headed up to the top of Twin Peaks instead. I hadn't been there since I was a young boy when my Uncle Bill brought me up there to show me what he called the best view of the city you will ever get. He was right and the views were fantastic. The night was clear and warm though it was a bit windy. Enjoy the view and God bless, chris Image created with a Canon 7D and a Canon EFS-10-22mm lens mounted on Manfotto 055XB tripod and a Bogen 3055 ballhead. Camera settings used Manual,ISO 100, F10.0 at 25 seconds. The panorama is 5 images merged together.

Up Above the Lights

A few weeks back I had the pleasure to spend three days in Denver, Colorado. For years I have wanted to capture an image from Look Out Mountain above Denver.Late in the afternoon of my second day I drove west on I -70 and took the exit for Look Out Mountain Road.It twists and winds up the mountain and down the other side into the city of Golden. There are several great pull outs that offer great views of the skyline of the whole Denver area. I scouted them out and chose my favorite one, parked my car and waited. After a long wait and a lot of blurry images from the wind I created some nice images of Denver and Golden. God's love to all, chris

San Francisco Skyline

It's been a long while since I have made any blog posts. A few weeks ago I headed off on a trip to my nephew's wedding in Denver, Colorado. The closest major airport that I can fly out of to get there is in San Francisco.The night before my flight out of SFO I drove out to Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay and photographed the stunning views of the city. I tried to get to my favorite spot above the Bay Bridge but I couldn't find access to that point anymore. It was a beautiful evening with a lot of subjects to photograph. God bless, chris