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San Francisco
The sculpture "Cupid's Span" on the embarcadero, with the Bay Bridge in the background.
Cupid's Span reflected in window of Epic Roasthouse
Epic Roasthouse
369 The Embarcadero
San Francisco, California 94105
Drum roll please ... another bridge shot!
Taken from beneath the sculpture called ‘Cupid’s Span’.
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The stretch from the Ferry Building to the Bay Bridge is my favorite part of the Embarcadero.
I have a gallery of additional shots from my seaplane flight.
This was shot through a dirty window on a bus crossing the Bay Bridge. There were some reflections to deal with, but the biggest problem was blotchy spots in the sky from the dirty window. The healing brush didn't do a good job, but the smudge tool did better at smoothing the sky.
I noticed this parking garage overlooking the Embarcadero, drove to the top for this view and it only cost me six bucks!!
Canon 5 D Mark ll
EF 16-35mm @ 31MM
f/16 ISO 100
30 Second exposure
Made Explore April 5, 2013 #342
This was shot from a bus crossing the Bay Bridge. I planned to shoot through one of the sliding windows, but all of those seats were taken. I ended up shooting through the rear door window. There were some reflections, but the healing brush did a good job of removing them. There are some dirt spots that couldn't be fixed.
Outdoor sculpture of Cupid's Arrow by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Rincon Park at The Embarcadero, Financial District
San Francisco, CA
August 14th, 2017
All photos © Joshua Mellin per the guidelines listed under "Owner settings" to the right.
I was the featured Flickr Photographer in the weekend entertainment section of the SF Chronicle-for the week of 01/24/08 and this was one of the photos that they chose. here is the link!
The Bay Lights is a site-specific monumental light sculpture and art installation on the western span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, designed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its opening. The installation by light artist Leo Villareal includes 25,000 individual white LEDs along 1.8 miles (2.9 km) of the cables on the north side of the suspension span of the bridge between Yerba Buena Island and San Francisco. The installation is controlled via a computer and displays changing patterns that are not meant to repeat. The opening ceremony was held on March 5, 2013
Source: Wikipedia
Cupid's Span by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, was installed in 2002 along the Rincon Park area. Resembling Cupid's bow and arrow with the arrow implanted in the ground, the artists stated that the statue was inspired by San Francisco's reputation as the home port of Eros, hence the stereotypical bow and arrow of Cupid.
Source: Wikipedia
Does anyone really understand Cupid's Span in Rincon Park? I suppose, though, that it is more interesting at night, lit up, along with the rest of the Embarcadero.
A lot more construction has taken place since the last time I shot this scene in August 2017. My shift lens let me get a lot closer to the sculpture and still not have to point the camera upwards to keep straight verticals.
Cupid's Span is an outdoor sculpture by married artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, installed along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California, in the United States. The 60-foot (18 m) sculpture, commissioned by GAP founders Donald and Doris F. Fisher, depicts a partial bow and piece of an arrow.