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High overhead its lights shall gleam
High overhead its lights shall gleam
Chandi


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bridges III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Lens: Sony SAL16-80Z DT 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 ZA
Location: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Date: Oct 9, 2010
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 400
Shutter: 54 seconds
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Oct 12, 2010

 San Francisco landmark Golden Gate bridge.
Title taken from the poem "The mighty task is done" by Joseph Strauss.

Shot at night with the aperture as small as possible to give the starry lights effect. Pretty much as shot, cropped about 2% off the image for balance, topaz denoise, resize for submission, sharpen. Wish I could've removed the 2 star trails, but then, it's 'basic editing'.


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Post-Voting
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Was hoping it would end up in the top 10 and am so glad it made it there. Thanks all for the wonderful comments. It's a cliche shot of San Francisco and was worried that it'll get lost among so many other Golden Gate shots in this challenge, some from this same perspective. Managed to hang in there :)

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 145
Avg (all users): 6.8352
Avg (commenters): 8.4286
Avg (participants): 6.4464
Avg (non-participants): 7.0079
Views since voting: 2485
Views during voting: 339
Votes: 182
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/05/2010 03:16:07 PM
I'm really liking your photography so far. Keep em coming!
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 10/21/2010 06:24:25 PM
Great use of a star filter. Nice job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/19/2010 09:18:33 PM
Nicely done - I'm gonna have to go across the bay and try this spot out next time I go to SF. Grats on the top 10!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/19/2010 03:40:12 PM
Reallu nice! Too bad that there's noise in the sky =( 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/19/2010 10:37:28 AM
Outstanding work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/18/2010 08:59:34 AM
I'm starting to think that there could have been a dpchallenge convention on that ridge.... This is the best GG pic I've seen so far.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/13/2010 08:22:48 AM
Love the rich tones!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/13/2010 06:54:26 AM
It's a very good long exposure. Love the light stars and the fog.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/12/2010 09:57:10 PM
Great shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/12/2010 08:34:41 PM
Bridge, fog, stars, lights; great composition and tones!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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