A Few Shots From San Fran

Nebezpeci Mys

Just finished processing shots from the first part of our recent trip to California. I'm so happy that they are finally done that I decided to share a few...:D If somebody feels like it, C&C is welcome.

SF Skyline


Hazy GGB


the GOLDEN bridge


Learning The Ropes


Palace of Fine Arts


California Flat Old


On The Move


Small&Far Away

Freddie59

Wow! What a place. Love No. 1 and No. 8.:)

.Longshanks.

Really like the composition on all of these, not so much the HDR pp'ing (apologies if they're not - viewed in my iPhone tiny screen).
Only other c&c I'll offer is I would have preferred to have gotten the whole pole in the last one. But then again the extra viewable distortion might take away from an excellent shot
Going myself next march & these have got me excited, so thanks!

Edit - was it California or San Fran you visited

Thecageyone

# 2 works for me, Very nice.

I don't like the HDR look of the others I'm afraid, it suits the old ford best - but looks like overkill on the scenics/bridge shots.

Nebezpeci Mys

@ kev Longshanks100 - thanks very much. Some of the shots are HDR (3&5), the rest aren't. The place is absolutely amazing with loadza stuff to take pix of. Did bit of travelling too - Yosemite, Big Suir, Badwater (the lowest point in the desert) to name the best known places... Enjoy your travels! Looking forward to see your pix here...

Thecageyone

Some of the others look HDR, how did you process? Maybe they're just a little over-saturated? Love the mist and compo in #2 anyway

greeneyedspirit

I really like 1, 2 and 4 - the others are good shots, but don't do much for me, HDR really isn't my cup of tea.
Looks like it was a great trip, anyway, lovely place to visit, I'd say!

LionelNashe

I like these, especially the first one.

kjt

Really like #3 & #5, well processed!

Is it me, or are most of them crooked...

alexlyons

Incredible! I was there last month and wish I'd had more time to wander around shooting. Love the misty GGB. Where was 1 taken?

Please tell me you went to Sausalito? It's an incredible little town!

Nebezpeci Mys

Thecageyone
Some of the others look HDR, how did you process? Maybe they're just a little over-saturated? Love the mist and compo in #2 anyway

I normally use LR and sometimes Photomatix for tonemapping, i.e. no. 1 was tonemapped, while the rest non-HDR images went through LR; I usually mess around with my own filters and presets.

greeneyedspirit
Looks like it was a great trip, anyway, lovely place to visit, I'd say!

It absolutely is. This was my first trip to the US and already I plan to go back to SF and travel around in a different direction.

kjt
Is it me, or are most of them crooked...

Shouldn't be but it's difficult to say, i.e. the GGB ones - the towers are thinner the higher they get and the ropes do not help either. Another one could be no. 5 where you can choose which line you will take as the centre point because it will throw all the other ones to one side or another...:o

alexlyons
Incredible! I was there last month and wish I'd had more time to wander around shooting. Love the misty GGB. Where was 1 taken?

Please tell me you went to Sausalito? It's an incredible little town!

I know exactly how you feel - we spent 10 days in SF and 7 driving around and it definitely felt like we didn't have enough time. No matter how well you do your research you will not find the hidden gems unless you talk to the people there. So, even after those 10 days I still have places which I would like to go to and see...:)

No. 1 was taken from Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill and no, we didn't go to Sausalito. We drove a different way I'm afraid... but this is just another reason to go back there and continue our adventure!

Thank you all for your comments, folks. Appreciate the feedback.

the_monkey

Very nice pics, I was looking at the EXIF of the last one, f4.5 and 17mm , how come the buildings in the background are also in focus ?

i would have thought this would be f22 or so ...

Thecageyone

Really clear day, allowing for fast exposure? good glass?

ColmDawson

Composition is great, but I'm not mad about the PP.

johnmcdnl

Love the last one - not so sure about the GGB ones though.. maybe it's just me that'd like a bit of colour in those shots..

charybdis

the_monkey wrote: »

Very nice pics, I was looking at the EXIF of the last one, f4.5 and 17mm , how come the buildings in the background are also in focus ?

i would have thought this would be f22 or so ...

Depth-of-field is influenced by more than just aperture value; it can usually be sufficiently controlled without ever having to resort to f/22 or greater. I haven't done the math, but I suspect that (for a reasonable circle-of-confusion) a 17mm lens at f/4.5 focused to somewhere in the middle-distance (preferably near the hyperfocal distance) will put everything in focus from about a meter away from the camera to infinity.

Even if the lens wasn't focused anywhere near the hyperfocal distance and wasn't focused near its minimum focusing distance, I'd say the depth-of-field would still cover a very significant range, at least enough to make the flag and skyline look somewhat in focus.

scudzilla

Awesome pics

Quick question (s)

What camera did you use? Could i get the same sort of results wit my Canon 400d??

Trev M

well done really like the processing on them all.

Flat old is my favorite

PCPhoto

scudzilla wrote: »

Awesome pics

Quick question (s)

What camera did you use? Could i get the same sort of results wit my Canon 400d??

EXIF data shows Canon 450D was used

Nebezpeci Mys

Thanks a million guys. I guess all questions were answered at this stage, so just to fill the gaps:

the monkey
Very nice pics, I was looking at the EXIF of the last one, f4.5 and 17mm , how come the buildings in the background are also in focus ?

i would have thought this would be f22 or so ...

As answered by charybdis, you can choose what part of the shot you want to have in focus, no matter the aperture; aperture controls the DoF, i.e. how much will be in focus, it doesn't dictate that if you shoot something far away you can only use high F no. (I hope I'm making sense...:o)

You actually had me to check the original size (approx. 6times larger than the one posted here) and the buildings are not as sharp as you think.

Thecageyone
Really clear day, allowing for fast exposure? good glass?

scudzilla
What camera did you use? Could i get the same sort of results wit my Canon 400d??

I use Canon 450D and various lenses; for no. 8 it was Canon 17-85mm, the rest are between Tamron 18-200mm, Canon 70-200mm L USM and the Canon kit lens (18-55mm).

I don't see any reason why the same or very similar results couldn't be achieved with 400D, although you might experience more noise in low light conditions if using ISO higher than 400. Have a look at trooney's photos on pix.ie, I believe that these were taken with 400D.

Once again thanks to everybody for all the comments&thanks.