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BrennanOB


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Challenge: Postcard III (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Canon
Location: Yerba Buena Island
Date: Apr 2, 2009
Aperture: f 7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1.0 sec
Galleries: Cityscape, Travel
Date Uploaded: Apr 3, 2009

[Apr. 11th, 2009 01:03:05 PM]

At the last Bay Area GTG jdannels and I were talking about how to get various shots from Yerba Buena Island, and when this challenge came up I decided to try to figure out If I could get down to this spot on the island, legally.
If you are going to get here you can park in the visitor parking lot in the housing on top of the hill, Nimitz or any of the streets up top. Follow the trail counterclockwise and you will see a fence to your right eventually you will cross over the top of the tunnel for this view keep going keeping the fence on your right and circle the island almost to the other side of the island.When you can see the west bound entrance there is a gate in the fence. Scramble through the gate and down the hill and you are on the road that feeds the west bound traffic. Follow this road up hill with the coast guard base on your left now moving clockwise. At the end of the coast guard base the fence cuts downhill to the bay, follow it, and you will end up above the crumbly cliff face of the bay, find your shooting spot.
If you are going for a twilight shot remember to bring a flashlight, cause your car is about thirty hardscramble minuets away right now.

My fave of the shoot

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 163
Avg (all users): 6.8497
Avg (commenters): 7.6111
Avg (participants): 6.6481
Avg (non-participants): 6.9412
Views since voting: 2327
Views during voting: 386
Votes: 173
Comments: 24
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 04/13/2009 02:47:21 PM
This was my favorite image of the challenge, but I'm admittedly a little bit biased. My money was on Joe after that conversation during the GTG, but it's great that you took this one, Brennan. Thanks for posting the directions, which I will be following as soon as possible.
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 04/13/2009 12:22:09 PM
Nice Brennan! I wondered how you did this legally. I figured you may have done the car drop off trick at the bend in the road overlooking the Bay Bridge.

eta: not editing it legally, getting to the location legally! :)

Message edited by author 2009-04-13 19:48:31.
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 04/13/2009 04:34:15 AM
Great job. One of the best entries in my opinion.
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 04/12/2009 08:20:23 PM
Hi Brennan,

Congrats on top 15. I thought this image deserved better. Thank you for the detail description on how to get to this location.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/12/2009 07:17:07 PM
Great post card, a winner
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 04/11/2009 02:43:45 PM
Great color and contrast, the image grain doesn't work well for this image, try removing it.

bumping up after 2nd viewing; the city fits perfectly under the bridge, cropped and filling the frame very nicely.
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 04/10/2009 07:29:43 PM
Excellent image. Would like to know from where to get this view. One of my top score, good luck.
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 04/09/2009 08:55:53 PM
Classic postcard-- great color, appropriate text. 10 from me and good luck!
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 04/09/2009 02:45:01 PM
Beautiful
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 04/09/2009 12:47:44 PM
Excellent. Certainly would sell :-)
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 04/08/2009 06:10:44 AM
Nicely done!
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 04/07/2009 06:00:05 PM
great shot
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 04/07/2009 07:56:01 AM
The shot of the bridge is very nice. If the shot was taken at night time and was converted to grayscale it could have been a bit more interesting though.
 04/07/2009 03:53:20 AM
Fairly horrible looking picture, just as a postcard should be.
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 04/06/2009 09:52:20 PM
a little too saturated for this kind of coloring for me
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 04/06/2009 07:49:45 PM
Classic, very well done!
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 04/06/2009 06:19:56 PM
Perfect - iconic imagery, colorful, lights right on the edge and the sky and buildings are complimentary. The transparent frame works on this and the font and font colors are appropaite both for the picture and for the city itself. Great capture and processing.
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 04/06/2009 03:36:39 PM
No vote, just commenting. This is a great shot , makes a perfect postcard. the colors are great. Though I feel that the font & font color selection could have been improved.
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 04/06/2009 02:31:41 PM
Nice classic image, but looks like a bit of noise got in the sky.
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 04/06/2009 05:38:50 AM
Very pretty. The sky is a little noisy on my monitor but still a very pretty picture.
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 04/06/2009 05:26:10 AM
A beautiful night shot and what is a classic scene from San Francisco. I would buy this postcard. I would love to visit there some day.
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 04/05/2009 08:16:23 PM
I thinkI bought this one a few years back =0)
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 04/05/2009 08:10:16 PM
stunning exposure and lighting should do really well...publishing wise, it has all the hallmarks of a typical postcard...well done 9
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 04/05/2009 08:06:24 PM
This really does look like one that'd pop out to your eye on one of those carousel postcard stands. :~)
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