GoldenGate and FOG

ISO 200 F/11 76 secs.

Request for comments ans critiques.....

Sunil

Sunil,  Great shot with wonderful soft mood.  I also like the warming effect of the yellow/orange lights.    You have been rewarded with a terrific image.

Nice image. I think you get a lot of fog around that bridge. Worth a whole series of pics I should think.

sunil, this is a terrific shot. i think it's your best so far. as a bay area resident myself, there are quite a few things i like about this. first of all, the golden gate bridge is not usually seen as golden; more often it's red. you have just the right amount of nighttime glow to bring out its true character. so that's really appealing. the second thing which really works in this pic is the fog. your exposure time allowed you to capture the advancing fog--i particularly like how it partially obscures the far tower on the bridge. the third thing i like is the deep purplish colors. the smaller details, like the red and yellow sunstars, and the reflected glow of the bridge in the water, also work. also it looks like you focused on the near tower, which was a good call, as some detail is evident there.

If I was being nit-picky, i'd say the only things which could improve this image might be more of a transition between light and dark colors in the sky from left to right--which sort of depends on the degree to which the environment is cooperating with the photographer--and/or a boat passing directly under the bridge at the time of capture. also, the rock near the bottom left-hand corner doesn't really add anything to the pic; it would be stronger without it, especially if you had the bridge going all the way from left to right.

but overall, this looks more like a 'resident' photo than a tourist photo. it's hard to shoot with fog--which tends to soften images--so give yourself a pat on the back. you're definitely on the right track here--i would just keep experimenting with variations of this shot at different angles, different exposure times, and different times of the day. i'm not sure how much further you can get to the bridge itself from this location without being in the actual water, but if you could move a little closer and also a little to the right, you might be able to lose the rock on the left.

nice job!

Thanks a lot Eric for your kind words about the picture! As always you give very valuable feedback and that helps a lot.

Next time i will try from another location...

Many Thanks,

Sunil

Outstanding capture, the dusk tone effect is superbly brought out here and the exposure if this image is so well timed for this time of the day, the details are outstanding and so the composition which is so well thought off.

Thank you for sharing it and wishing you all of the best.

nice composition and great light