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San Francisco / Oakland Bay Bridge

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
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San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge

This is the beautiful bay bridge that connects the San Francisco Peninsula to Oakland and the East Bay. I captured this photo from atop Yerba Buena Island on a great overlook looking almost directly down on the bridge and towards San Francisco (“The City”).

If you look closely at the large version of the photo, you can see streaks of white and red light, the result of car headlights and taillights being captured with a slow shutter setting on my camera. I was pleased with the lighting effect of this night shot.

Tropical Sunset?

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
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Sunset, Northern California

The sunset as viewed from my balcony in Northern California last evening. The range of colors in the sky was absolutely breathtaking! While I wouldn’t exactly call Northern California “tropical”, it did remind me of postcards with tropical sunset photos from Hawaii/etc.

Mt. Diablo Sunrise

Sunday, October 12th, 2008
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Sunrise over Mount Diablo, Walnut Creek

Sunrise over Mount Diablo in Walnut Creek, California I captured one morning earlier this month.

As the year draws to an end, it’s getting much easier to capture sunrise/early morning shots as you no longer have to get out of bed at such a difficult hour!

Light Among the John Muir Redwoods

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
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Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, CA

I took this photo while hiking at the John Muir Woods National Monument, just north of San Francisco, California. These giant redwood trees tower hundreds of feet overhead and nearly block out all light on the forest floor below. If you view the large version of this photo (link below), you can just see a fencepost in the bottom right corner of the photo, which gives you an idea of the size of these trees.

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