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Not exactly the same as, but definitely inspired by this shot by classic perfection.
Truth is it gave me the perfect excuse to don this kitty ear hat. But do I really need an excuse?
It was exactly four years ago (March 2016) the "Naniwa" project started with the name "akasOsaka" ("Osaka by chance" / “ Osaka por acaso” in Portuguese). After about 480 exposed film rolls, 13 different (amazing!) analogue cameras, 10 different lenses (mostly 28 mm and 35 mm) and 7 different brands of films (b&w and color) the first part of the project comes to an end. Now my task is select 30 images among 940 pictures posted here and work on a solo exhibit in Osaka probably by the end of 2020. Wish me luck guys! 頑張ります!!
I really appreciate the support of my Flickr followers and friends! Thank you so much! Obrigado;)))
ps. Starting to work on part two soon...
Exactly one month ago and I was thinking how Chicagoland has had quite the moderate Fall and winter up to that point. I aimed south on this trip to do something different since it seemed like snow was forecasted hardly anywhere before Christmas of 2023.
I was content with the sweater weather in Mississippi even amongst the overnight frost. It ended up being a great prop for this daybreak version of the Artesia turn.
Fast forward to January 20th of 2024 and I’m already over Winter. The past two weeks have been rough in the Midwest. While snow is a welcome sight for photography, working in it, driving in it, trying to walk the dog in it, keeping the house clean, constantly wearing multiple layers - it all gets old quite fast. The forecasted high on Monday is in the upper 30s.
I can’t wait.
Uploaded exactly 13 years ago to the day since the photo was taken.
Transnet National Collection
Beyer Garratt locomotives: Henschel-built No 2575 GO Class 4-8-2+2-8-4
George, George, Western Cape, South Africa
The Outeniqua Transport Museum is a railway museum located in George, South Africa.
The Outeniqua Railway Museum is one of Transnet Heritage Foundation museums. Situated in the former PX-goods shed in George, the museum opened on 24 September 1998.
The museum collection consists of a 21 steam locomotives and 22 coaches among other vehicles.
Built 1953. 25 of these saw service. Withdrawn 1985.
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So, next airplane, this may is some kind of experiment... My aim was to create something not so smooth this time. And finally, I ended up with some kind of cyberpunk airplane. I definitely broke my rules in some points... but I hope you like it anyway.
You will find some more pics of it in my stream/profile 😊
best
Thomas
Exactly 50 years ago one of the original 'Peaks' is ready to draw forward with fully loaded HAAs before joining to the rake to the left. The shunter with his shunting pole walks towards the photographer. Happily the loco is preserved just 7 miles distant from here at the Midland Railway Centre at Swanwick Junction.
Unknown photographer.
A bit of an experiment. I joined a group called The Weekend Ruiner founded by Mr Vanmoer (frenchbloke.vanmoer). Every week you get random items. Some of them are like movie sets in a way -- like a long hallway missing one wall so you can do a photoshoot. This week I got this house. It's awesome. A cartoon neon house.
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I had a body I never wore from the Meta-Body experiment of 2011 called Frame Girl which was all lines. I've always wanted to use that body but it's not exactly something you wear out to dinner. It needed the perfect occasion.
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And the umbrella? It's raining in Norway. Nope, I'm not in Norway. I'm in Arizona where the sun is beating down on us. It's just one of those random things that worked for me.
Camera and lighting:
Firestorm, as is
Additional lighting by Lumipro
Also I added a light on the umbrella
Location: Nykus
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nykus/66/199/659
(note: I'll leave it out until Monday night. But Nykus has a landing point. So once you land, look for a round transporter thing and click on 1 to take you to the virtual room or megatrak -- anyways should be 1. Or click this again after you hit the landing point)
Setting:
wr special - 80LII glowing wireframe house thing with stool by Doctor Zimberman
Me:
{ Poppins } White Umbrella by Belle Epoque
Frame Girl shape and skin by Meiló (meilo.minotaur)
Exactly 2 years ago today, NH-1 is seen dropping cars in the Pine Orchard yard for Branford Steam Railroad, Branford, Connecticut.
Front View
1911 Baker Electric Special Extension Coupe, Model V
In the first decades of the 20th century, electric vehicles seemed poised for primacy. Early internal-combustion engines were rudimentary, dangerous, and difficult to operate, requiring all sorts of pump priming and starter torqueing. Those tasks were uncouth for the wealthy gentlemen who were the automobile’s first customers and downright risky for the era’s women, clothed in voluminous, billowing Edwardian dresses and patriarchal notions of competence. Electric cars, on the other hand, were extremely simple to use. So long as the heavy batteries were maintained and charged, all one had to do was click the on switch, twist the go lever, and roll.
Having founded the American Ball Bearing Company in 1895, Midwestern engineer Walter C. Baker understood the basics of carriage production. This background gave him faith that he could make the leap into car building. Teaming up with his father-in-law and brother-in-law, he started the Baker Motor Vehicle Company in Cleveland in 1899. Seeing the aforementioned advantages inherent in electric vehicles, Baker decided to place his faith in this powertrain.
“Number one, it’s comfortable, and it’s not terribly difficult to drive,” said Stew Somerville, a volunteer mechanic at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome museum in upstate New York, which holds a 1911 Baker in its eclectic collection. “But part of the attraction of the electric automobile was the fact that it did not emit gasoline fumes, you didn’t have to crank-start the engine, there was no big wheel to wrestle with. It was a very smooth-handling automobile. You didn’t even have a loud, offensive horn. There’s a dainty little bell to warn of its coming.” Period ads were frequently, although not exclusively, pitched directly at women.
Baker’s first car to market was a two-seater, the Imperial Runabout. Priced at a competitive $850, it was first shown in New York at the city’s (and nation’s) first auto show. It attracted a number of notable buyers, including Thomas Edison, who purchased one as his very first car. (Edison designed the long-lived nickel-iron batteries used in some Baker vehicles.) By 1906, Baker was, briefly, the world’s top producer of electric vehicles.
But like many of his cohort in the emergent automotive industry, Baker wasn’t just in it for the business. He was in it for the speed. As his company was enjoying success in the consumer market, he was pursuing his dream by developing a series of advanced, record-setting racing cars. His first, the Torpedo, was built in 1902, at great personal expense to Baker. With its 11 batteries, 14-hp mid-mounted motor, outrageously low-slung 48-inch height, streamlined and lightweight white-pine and oilcloth body, and bizarre webbed canvas seat restraints, it seemed poised to set a world land speed record.
Sadly, in that year’s Automobile Club of America speed trials on Staten Island, the car was involved in a disastrous crash. After crossing the 1-kilometer (0.6 mile) mark in just over 30 seconds, Baker and his co-driver lost control and crashed into a group of spectators. One person died at the scene, and another died later from injuries. The drivers were both arrested and charged with manslaughter but were freed when it was determined that the crowd had pushed past protective barriers and onto the course. (Baker’s innovative safety harness likely protected the car’s occupants from serious injury.)
Further attempts with two smaller, single-seater race cars he named Torpedo Kid were also employed in pursuit of the land speed record but were subsequently abandoned following another, nonlethal spectator crash in 1903. Baker has often been noted as the first person to cross the 100-mph barrier, although his records weren’t official due to these wrecks.
Given this peril, Baker decided to forgo his quest for top speed. As gasoline-powered vehicles increased in popularity and gained infrastructural support, he shifted his attention instead to diminishing the electric car’s liabilities, particularly their limited range. He worked diligently on new battery designs, shaft drives, and other componentry. In 1910, Baker’s new chief engineer, Emil Gruenfeldt, set a record for distance driven on a single charge, taking a Baker Victoria for a 201-mile trip at an average speed of 12 mph. Not exactly Ludicrous speed, but an impressive feat nonetheless.
Baker’s successes gave the company prominence among the elite, and the company capitalized on this publicly. In advertisements around 1909, the brand boldly boasted about the King of Siam owning a Baker. The company made a similar splash in American politics when President William H. Taft’s administration purchased a 1909 model as one of the White House’s first automobiles. (A steam-powered White and two gasoline-powered Pierce-Arrows were also included, Taft hedging his bets on how the battle of the powertrains was going to play out.) Taft later added a 1912 Baker Victoria that went on to be driven by five First Ladies. The Baker brand maintains some celebrity allure today, with car-collecting comedian Jay Leno holding a 1909 model in his expansive collection.
As a means of offsetting some of the powertrain’s inherent shortcomings, Baker made investments in battery-charging infrastructure. The brand announced plans to open stations at every major intersection in Cleveland and to grow the network from there, although this effort became cost prohibitive and never came to fruition. Expansion into the production of electric trucks, police patrol wagons, and even trucks and bomb handlers for the U.S. Army during World War I was not enough to fend off the rising dominance of the internal-combustion engine, especially after the proliferation of the electric starter, first available on the 1912 Cadillac, significantly increased safety and convenience. By 1915, the Baker company was defunct.
By Brett Berk, Car and Driver
And now death has followed you home, come to live in your house...
◇ ◆[Figure 8] Naughty Heart
◇ ◆ANTINATURAL[+] Lost Saints / Holy Halo / GOLD.
◇ ◆ANTINATURAL[+] Lost Saints / Overshoulder Snake / WHITE.
◇ ◆ANTINATURAL[+] Lost Saints / Sacred Silence / GOLD.
◇ ◆[ContraptioN] Seven Sights Blindfold.
◇ ◆15. [CX] Taut Amour Undies - Onyx - Maitreya
◇ ◆[CX] Shredder Claws - Onyx.
♫Oh, the skies, tumbling from your eyes
So sublime, a chase to end all time
Seasons call and fall, from grace and uniform
Anatomical, metaphysical
Oh, the dye
A blood red setting sun
Rushing through my veins
Burning up my skin
I will survive, live and thrive
Win this deadly game
Love crime
Love crime
I will survive, live and thrive
I will survive
I will ♫
Exactly, the title is repeated. More news at 9, now. Okay, here we are again at the end of a Kazakhstan trip. I'm telling the story in reverse chronological order, and for now, only the last third of the journey. It will be a longer report. Let's see how long I can manage. I didn't have the time to write separate travel reports, even though I really appreciate that kind of sophisticated entertainment.
It was tough. My impression is that surveillance has increased somewhat, especially by local officials. Of course, the police are everywhere. Drones play a role to some extent. This made certain parts of the day difficult; some photos weren't possible. But this impression is subjective. In the end, the rule for our wonderful hobby is: stay inconspicuous, be defensive, dress like the locals, and hide the car!
The day was freezing cold, minus 10 degrees Celsius, and there was an icy wind. Things were quiet at the AO Central Asia Cement yard; a certain productive calm prevailed there, a good opportunity for this picture.
Казахстан
Карагандинская область
АО "Central Asia Cement"
ТЭМ2-5546
...first looking up...now looking down...
shot with:
Canon EOS Rebel XSi
SIGMA EX 10-20mm 4-5.6 DC HSM
Not exactly in the mountains, but my thoughts are with those who are and have lost their homes to fire.
I believe I can see the future
Cause I repeat the same routine
I think I used to have a purpose
Then again
That might have been a dream
I think I used to have a voice
Now I never make a sound
And I just do what i've been told
I really don't want
Them to come around
Oh no
"People may not remember exactly what you did or what you said, but they will remember how you made them feel."
Rose Garden
Point Defiance Park
Tacoma, Washington
102115
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I was exactly here... watching the sun painting in red the Majestic rocks of the great natural parks in West USA.
Due anni fa
Ero esattamente qui... guardando il sole dipingere di rosso le maestose rocce dei grandi parchi dell'Ovest americano..
Not exactly sure what these metal inserts are - or are for. There were a few of them in a section of sidewalk along Washington Street in Port Townsend, WA as we left the Fountain Cafe. They seemed to be metal and about 2 feet long. I thought they were worth a photo, though, kind of attractive and interesting texture in contrast to the cement. Never hurts to look down --- or up with your camera!
Exactly 20 years ago today, I took this picture at Corfu Airport (CFU/LGKR).
LTU flight LT300 shortly after arrival from Dusseldorf (DUS/EDDL). Over an hour later this 12 years old airframe took my back to Munich (MUC/EDDM) as flight LT303.
Not exactly a deluge of water this time, but I thought it was still an interesting winter sight, with flowing water and icicles sort of resembling one another as they flow over the exposed dark rock, which itself acts as a relief to the bright white, snow covered surroundings.
Okay, so almost exactly ten years ago when I last visited Australia, I took a bus trip to the Twelve Apostles and I fell in love with the south Australia coastline. Once I started getting into photography, it really made me want to come back. So I waited patiently for years for a trip to come, and it came. And then for a day off work, and Sunday looked like that day. So a work buddy and I started to drive at 9am. Got to the coast by around noon, and then spend HOURS driving along a windy road, only to get to the Twelve Apostles… too early. It was 7:30pm, and it was still bright out. Now it was still a 4 hour drive back to the Bed & Breakfast where we’re staying, so he was anxious to get back. I’d tell him, “just hold on, the sunset will b amazing!” While waiting I saw a guy taking a photo of a large group of people, presumably on a bus tour. Being the way I am, I asked if he wanted to be in the shot, so he said yes, and gave me (and I’m not exaggerating) 25 other digital cameras. Took pictures of them all, no worries mate! They were very appreciative and offered me some beer from the bus, gave me a nick-name, etc, etc. I told them I just wanted a sunset picture, but thanks.
So sunset finally came a couple minutes later at 9pm, and the sky lit up, but as you can see fro the picture below, it was pretty busy, so getting a spot at the end to shoot wasn’t simple. I was walking around with my camera on a tripod looking for a spot. One of the blokes who was in that group saw me and said (in a bit louder voice, probably because they had all been drinking all day):
“HEY, Mr. 25 Camera Guy needs a spot, back away!”
So he and another guy backed away from the railing and gave me the best spot in the house! And I got the shot I wanted for years and years. larger
See, sometimes helping out strangers pays off. Especially when they’ve been drinking.
Got home at 1am. And now off to the Australian Open to catch Roddick. Happy Australia Day!
These little sparrows (white chinned) get in my outside chicken pen and sometimes get very flustered when I come in to scatter chicken scratch (feed) and forget that they actually know the little holes where they came in at. You would think they would eventually get used to me and figure out I was the one leaving all that yummy food for them.... but that hasn't happened yet!
genau im richtigen Moment am richtigen Ort und die Kamera in der Hand ...
in the right place at exactly the right moment and with the camera in your hand...
...spent some time this morning at a local pond passing some time. Thought I would try for some shorebirds but ended up entertained by a Great Blue Heron and a Great Egret vying for the fishing rights to the area...they challenged each other at least 3 times while I was there :)
Uploaded exactly 13 years ago to the day since the photo was taken.
Onder-Papegaaiberg, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Stellenbosch Mountain is a mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The mountain forms part of the Coetsenburg Estate, the Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, the Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve and the larger Hottentots-Holland Mountains Catchment Area. is a mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The mountain forms part of the Coetsenburg Estate, the Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, the Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve and the larger Hottentots-Holland Mountains Catchment Area.
Uploaded exactly 11 years ago to the day since the photo was taken.
Ohingaiti, Manawatu Wanganui, New Zealand
ƒ/13.0
210.0 mm
1/640
2000
Four unshorn sheep, ewes
Austroderia is a genus of five species of tall grasses native to New Zealand, commonly known as toetoe (from Māori). The species are A. toetoe, A. fulvida, A. splendens, A. richardii and A. turbaria. They were recently reclassified in 2011 from the genus Cortaderia, although their distinctiveness had been recognized as early as 1853.
The Māori used the toetoe leaves to make baskets, kites, mats, wall linings and roof thatching. It was also used to make containers to cook food in hot springs, due to the fibres being water-resistant. The flower stalks were also useful - as frames for kites, and in tukutuku panelling. The seed heads themselves were used on fresh wounds to stop bleeding. Other medicinal uses included treatment of diarrhoea, kidney complaints, and burns. Toetoe is New Zealand's largest native grass, growing in clumps up to 3m in height.
The figure in repose is not, as you might expect, Saint Conval, but rather Walter Campbell, the founder of St Conan's kirk. When the chapel was commissioned, special windows were installed so the rising sun could illuminate the figure of Walter atop his tomb which, to be fair, is exactly what I would do if I had the cash to commission my own tomb....
Exactly a year ago i finally plucked up courage to do a Kingfisher. Using Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils. Think a bit bright but first attempt.
I have exactly six images of ravens, and I must say that I'm not unhappy with any of them! Not exactly self-congratulatory, but I have to say that when a Raven stands still for three seconds, you can't miss. (Well, I can't.)
We have no Ravens in the Diablo Valley. Probably too much competition for the crows and other Corvids. I think they're beautiful: it's a shame that all six of my triumphs have been in six different national parks in the west. This large one was strutting his stuff at the edge of the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone NP in Wyoming.
A raven is any of several larger-bodied passerine bird species in the genus Corvus. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between crows and ravens. Names are assigned to different species chiefly based on their size.
The largest raven species are the common raven and the thick-billed raven; these are also the largest passerine species. The term "raven" originally referred to the common raven (Corvus corax), the type species of the genus Corvus, which has a larger distribution than any other species of Corvus, ranging over much of the Northern Hemisphere.
exactly the same scene as the previous, taken an hour later -- i love that low scrim of fog down there, which muted the lights in the earlier image...
I'm not quite sure exactly how many frogs are involved in this entanglement - I reckon at least three. I'm not even sure if there is a female amongst them either as male frogs will cling to almost anything at this time of year. At last though the sun is shining so they are getting on with business in earnest. It's rather a pity that I managed to clip off ' fingers ' and ' toes ' in this shot.
The purpose of our most recent excursion was to witness the bison rut, a first for us, and to pay a visit to some prime moose habitat, not exactly a first for us. The moosing was good…more on that later.
Witnessing the bison rut was right up there with the most fun wildlife experiences we’ve ever had. The activity was frenetic and wasn’t limited to the big bad bulls. Younger bulls, and even this year’s calves were caught up in the frenzy.
I’ll be sharing some of the fun and sometimes surprising behaviors over the next few days...starting with this bellowing bull. During the rut, the deep bellows of bull bison can be heard across the landscape, and it's nearly constant.
Location note:
We had hoped to see the bison rut in Badlands National Park. However, the Badlands herd apparently prefers to do their rutting in private. We only saw a few dispersed bulls there (which I refer to as "banished bulls"). Fortunately, the herds in nearby Custer State Park and Wind Cave National Park didn't mind performing in public and very close to some of the roads in the parks. By far, most of the best photo ops occurred in Wind Cave NP, where this one was captured.
Exactly five minutes after shooting Amtrak train 682 and three minutes after shooting the head end of L080, the Keolis work train crew headed east through thru the curve at CPF AS at MP BW25.8 (measured from North Station in Boston) on Main 2 of the Keolis/MBTA Western Route mainline in this view looking down off the old Salem Street bridge from the opposite side.
The north side work train crew will take the train a mile east up to CPF FR then reverse direction back down Track 17 following L080 into the yard to set out the CSXT geometry train before cutting off light with their locomotive and scooting back to BET.
The three car train consists of CSXT 994366 (Geometry/theater car TGC3), 994365 (support car Hocking Valley), and 994369 (crew car Grand Rapids) with its assigned one of a kind unit, CSXT 9969, an ex MARC GP40WH-2. Double headed on the east end is MBTA GP40MC1129 in the 'cranberry' heritage scheme and on the west end is MBTA F40PH-3C 1033. The train had to be capped with MBTA locomotives due to the fact that 9969 is not equipped with ACSES PTC equipment necessary to lead on the MBTA lines.
The T measures and tests its lines quarterly, but with no equipment of its own has always relied on Amtrak's Corridor Clipper car for this work. For whatever reason Amtrak is no longer able to support this so other arrangements were made. An Ensco truck tested all South Side lines except the Worcester Mainline and the MBTA/Keolis contracted with CSXT to borrow their train which was handed off in Worcester. It was used to test east from Worcester, the Grand Junction Branch, and the eastern route on Wednesday then later this morning will head out and test the New Hampshire and Fitchburg Routes. Finally on this morning it tested the Western Route to as far as this point before wrapping up. With the T in the process of building two GEO cars of its own it seems unlikely that this will ever happen again but around here you just never know!
In the background beyond the power substation can be seen the steeple of the South Congregational Church that dates from 1868.
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Friday May 23, 2025
For my video; youtu.be/vERTaflRxmI?si=fH_mL1TWL5bjznga
Uploaded exactly 19 years ago to the day since the photo was taken.
Brilliant red Maple leaves
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Exactly 12 months to the day since I first took a composed photography of a train, Locomotive Services Limited's 43055 leads the 'Settle & Carlisle Pullman' railtour (1Z14) through Bamber Bridge en-route from Bristol Temple Meads to Carlisle. 43046 brought up the rear.
What better way to celebrate a year since I started than to capture the most marmite livery ever seen. Personally I'm still not sold, but the blue does look better in the June sunshine than the December dullness I last saw it in.
Surprised nobody else on Flickr noticed this was running today...
Exactly five years ago today, I returned from one of the most powerful and moving retreats I had ever attended. The graces given to me from this experience were immense and I couldn't help but feel such joy and elation as I returned from the retreat center in Michigan to my (then new) home in NW Ohio.
With little daylight left on a Sunday afternoon, I decided to head out trackside along the CSX Pemberville Sub to see what I could find. I found my way to this signal bridge just north of the line's namesake, where I got two southbounds in the evening light, the second one being this train, R394: manifest traffic from Detroit, MI to Cumberland, MD.
So much of this photo is gone: the signal, the train symbol; even the chances at seeing a lashup like this. While I don't know what prompted me to go out trackside this evening after such a powerful retreat experience, I'm thankful I did.
Almost exactly one year ago, I was in San Jose and gave two talks at a conference and since my flight back to New York was on Sunday, I decided to visit San Francisco on Saturday which turned out to be an amazing experience and also a little bit of an adventure.
The whole journey started in my Airbnb in San Jose, where I told to my landlord about my planned trip to San Francisco and she said, that her husband comes from San Francisco and he can drive me to the train station in San Jose in the morning. I wasn’t sure if she was serious since I told her that I want to be there very early at around 4-5 am (and it was weekend), but then her husband joined the conversation and said that he gets up this early everyday for work and also on the weekends since he is so used to this rhythm that he cannot sleep any longer. Of course I was super happy since I didn’t have to take a taxi or an Uber and indeed, the next morning he got up almost the same time as I did and drove me to the train station. After buying the ticket, I enjoyed the ride with the Caltrain and around 7 a.m. I arrived at the San Francisco train station.
I actually looked up a lot of the things about the Golden Gate Bridge which I wanted to visit, but I didn’t spend time on reading about the public transport. First I was not sure, were my bus station was, and after asking a woman which turned out to be a bus driver, she told me that I should jump onto this bus standing there, but I can only pay cash and I do not get any change from the ticket machine in the bus. She was like „Hurry, otherwise you don’t catch that bus!“ and so I jumped into the bus and noticed that I only had 10, 20 or 50 dollar bills which I told the driver. He then looked angry at me and said: „Please stand back!“ Since I had no ticket and he sometimes looked back at me through the mirror, I got out of the bus at one of the next stations since I felt very uncomfortable. Funnily, another bus stopped right in front of my nose, the door opened and this woman from earlier was sitting in there and saying: „Did he threw you out of the bus?!?“ I told her that I decided to leave the bus and then she said: „Come on, jump in.“ We then started to talk, she was super kind and asked me where I’m from and what I’m doing here and after showing her that I don’t have any coins or one dollar bills, she gave me a ticket for free and even told me that this is valid for a few hours. Whilst driving through San Francisco, she then told me a lot of things like „Look, there you can see the famous Lombard Street a little!“ meaning that I got more or less a little tour during my bus ride. After a few stations, she then told me that I have to get out of the bus here and switch to another one which is already labeled with „Golden Gate Bridge“. So I got out of her bus and thanked her a few times since I was just so happy that she was so kind. Since I knew that my ticket was still valid a few hours, I decided to quickly walk back to Lombard street since I didn’t want to miss it if I’m already here on the other end of the world. After seeing this wound street and a lot of people there, I walked back to the bus station and jumped onto the bus to the Golden Gate Bridge and arrived there around 9 am.
First, I took a few images from the parking lot of the Welcome Center, had a look into the center to make up my mind which souvenirs I might buy later and then I decided to eat something such that I have enough energy to walk around and see all the viewpoints I wanted to visit. I then decided to first walk over the bridge which was pretty cool, especially when you feel this massive steel construction moving and shaking a little when cars drive by. At the other end, I walked up to the Battery Spencer viewpoint, one of the most popular viewpoints, at least judging from the crowds of people there. The view was indeed very nice, but there was no fog around the bridge or nice clouds in the air and thus it was photographically a bit boring. Nevertheless it was very nice and I then continued the road up the hill a little and after that I decided to go back down and cross the bridge again to get back to the Welcome Center.
After having some lunch and buying some souvenirs, I then decided to continue to the next „viewpoint“ called Marshall Beach. I was actually a little early for sunset, but I thought better be early than late, especially since I didn’t exactly know how to get there. It turned out that it was pretty easy to find and I went down the stairs and was at the beach around 4 p.m. Since there were a few hours left til sunset, I played around with some very long exposures which didn’t turn out very great. Since I was still pretty far away from the bridge, I noticed people climbing over some rocks at the other end of the beach and hence I did the same and got to another beach closer to the bridge, where I found this rock with all its algae on it and I thought that this might serve as a nice foreground. Since I’ve never done any seascape photography, I played around with different shutter speeds and timings and found, that I get the best results when I start exposing after a wave hits the rock and the water is flowing back into the ocean. I then took a lot of images as the sun went down and got my feet wet a few times due to some bigger waves which was totally worth it I think :) The sunset itself was not very spectacular since the sun was mostly behind the clouds, but there was some red color in the sky which I enhanced in post processing. Of all the images I took, this one turned out to be my favorite since I really like how the water winds itself around the stone in the foreground, creating this nice S-curve which leads to the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance. Hope you like it too! :)