Battered and bruised
I had a small conference to go to in San Francisco, so of course I brought my camera. On the first day, I met up with my Flickr pal Alan Chan. We decided to shoot a part of Sutro Baths that isn't photographed often - with good reason! It's a bit off the beaten path and down a steep slope. I had a little tumble on the way down...thankfully it was a slow tumble, but I did get a bit banged up. I managed to hit my temple on a rock, and as soon as I got up, I began thinking...did not lose consciousness - good. Did not see stars - good...OMG there's a divot on my forehead...oh, that's just the tender area above the hematoma...No bleeding...OK, I think I'm ok...One thing's for sure, I am not the mountain goat that Alan is.
It had intermittently rained on my way up, but we were hopeful as the clouds were beginning to clear a little. Alas, this was probably the best light I got all weekend, as we ended up being skunked for every sunset.
I could have used my 10 stop here, but I ended up using a combination of my polarizer and GND to get a long enough exposure for the waves. This is a blend of three images to get rid of some distracting splash.
We were high up on the rocks, so I did not get wet. That was a different day.
Battered and bruised
I had a small conference to go to in San Francisco, so of course I brought my camera. On the first day, I met up with my Flickr pal Alan Chan. We decided to shoot a part of Sutro Baths that isn't photographed often - with good reason! It's a bit off the beaten path and down a steep slope. I had a little tumble on the way down...thankfully it was a slow tumble, but I did get a bit banged up. I managed to hit my temple on a rock, and as soon as I got up, I began thinking...did not lose consciousness - good. Did not see stars - good...OMG there's a divot on my forehead...oh, that's just the tender area above the hematoma...No bleeding...OK, I think I'm ok...One thing's for sure, I am not the mountain goat that Alan is.
It had intermittently rained on my way up, but we were hopeful as the clouds were beginning to clear a little. Alas, this was probably the best light I got all weekend, as we ended up being skunked for every sunset.
I could have used my 10 stop here, but I ended up using a combination of my polarizer and GND to get a long enough exposure for the waves. This is a blend of three images to get rid of some distracting splash.
We were high up on the rocks, so I did not get wet. That was a different day.