Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks has been on my list of places to photograph for awhile now, so last Sunday I headed up there to check things out. When I arrived there were a couple of things I was disappointed with, for one thing because it was late Sunday evening there are not near as many lights on in the city as there is on a week day. Another problem was the fact that it was very very windy, which was going to make it difficult for any kind of long exposures. I tried to make the best of the situation and found a few places where I could set up the tripod nice and low and used a beanbag on top of the camera to help stabilize it. When I got back in the car I flipped through the pictures I had taken and had a few that I was pretty happy with so I headed for home.
After I got all my stuff loaded into the house I pulled the memory card out of the camera and plugged it into the card reader and a big box opens on the screen that says "CARD UNREADABLE"! I thought, That can't be! So I rebooted the computer and tried putting the card in the reader again, and again "CARD UNREADABLE"!
When I tried putting the card back in the camera it said "CF Card Not Formatted", so after a few choice words and no pictures to show for the evening I went to bed very disappointed.
After work on Monday I decided to head up there and give it another try. The weather wasn't looking very promising when I first arrived, there was a light drizzle and very low clouds so there was virtually no view of the city at all, but I decided to wait it out and hope for the best, and I am really glad I did! As the sun began to set, the rain stopped, the low clouds lifted and there was no wind! The view was so amazing I almost forgot what I was there for!
In this shot I was trying to get as many light trails on the road as I could with one exposure and unfortunately it left me with a few hot spots in the city, Market street looks like a lava flow and across the bay, Oakland looks like it is on fire! Other than that I was pretty happy with this shot. It was an amazing show!
Canon 5D Markll
EF 24-70 mm L @ 32mm
f/18 ISO 100
120 sec exposure
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks has been on my list of places to photograph for awhile now, so last Sunday I headed up there to check things out. When I arrived there were a couple of things I was disappointed with, for one thing because it was late Sunday evening there are not near as many lights on in the city as there is on a week day. Another problem was the fact that it was very very windy, which was going to make it difficult for any kind of long exposures. I tried to make the best of the situation and found a few places where I could set up the tripod nice and low and used a beanbag on top of the camera to help stabilize it. When I got back in the car I flipped through the pictures I had taken and had a few that I was pretty happy with so I headed for home.
After I got all my stuff loaded into the house I pulled the memory card out of the camera and plugged it into the card reader and a big box opens on the screen that says "CARD UNREADABLE"! I thought, That can't be! So I rebooted the computer and tried putting the card in the reader again, and again "CARD UNREADABLE"!
When I tried putting the card back in the camera it said "CF Card Not Formatted", so after a few choice words and no pictures to show for the evening I went to bed very disappointed.
After work on Monday I decided to head up there and give it another try. The weather wasn't looking very promising when I first arrived, there was a light drizzle and very low clouds so there was virtually no view of the city at all, but I decided to wait it out and hope for the best, and I am really glad I did! As the sun began to set, the rain stopped, the low clouds lifted and there was no wind! The view was so amazing I almost forgot what I was there for!
In this shot I was trying to get as many light trails on the road as I could with one exposure and unfortunately it left me with a few hot spots in the city, Market street looks like a lava flow and across the bay, Oakland looks like it is on fire! Other than that I was pretty happy with this shot. It was an amazing show!
Canon 5D Markll
EF 24-70 mm L @ 32mm
f/18 ISO 100
120 sec exposure