Sunrise Over the Port of San Francisco
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 11:21PM
Greg Jones in California, California, Embarcadero, Embarcadero, HDR, HDR, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, San Francisco, Travel, Travel

Sunrise Over the Port of San Francisco, originally uploaded by big_pixel_pusher.

In San Francisco to work on a proposal and staying at the Hyatt Regency on the Embarcadero, I had a great view of the Ferry Building and Bay Bridge. On this particular day I got up around 4:30 AM, showered and went to get some breakfast. From the street level, I could see that the sunrise was going to be spectacular. I went back to my room, grabbed my camera, tripod, ExpoDisc and off camera shutter release. From there I headed for a secret balcony that I had discovered a few years ago on another visit. There's no sign that says "hotel employees only" or anything similar so in any case, I got the shots I wanted and nobody was the wiser. It was very windy on the 19th floor so my tripod shook a little during the long exposures, but not enough to ruin the shot. 10 Exposure HDR covering 10ev. Post processed in Photomatix, Lightroom and Photoshop.

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