Peering at the Golden Gate

By Harold Davis | Published July 16, 2007


Golden Gate from Berkeley Pier, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

I celebrated Julian’s 10th birthday a bit early yesterday with Julian and his grandparents (they won’t be around on his actual birthday). We had a very nice dinner at Skates (for his desert, Julian had Chocolate Decadence cake with a candle). Then we walked out on the Berkeley Pier.

I exposed this image for 25 seconds so I could stop the lens down as far as possible (to f/25). My idea was to get the Golden Gate Bridge in focus at infinity, using the high depth-of-field to also maintain clarity in the pier’s wood railing.

This entry was posted in Landscape, Photography, San Francisco Area.

4 Comments

  1. oscar October 27, 2007 at 2:51 am #

    this photo MUST go in your book about the GGB! i absolutely love this picture!

  2. oscar October 27, 2007 at 2:52 am #

    this photo MUST go in your book about the GGB! i absolutely love this picture!

  3. George Mattei October 11, 2014 at 5:29 pm #

    Beautiful photo as always. If it appropriate in this forum I would like to ask what tripod & head you use.
    Thanks

  4. Harold Davis October 11, 2014 at 7:58 pm #

    Hi George,

    I use carbon fiber Gitzo legs (the exact model isn’t made any more, but they are light weight) along with a Kirk Enterprises BH-3 Ballhead. Very best wishes, Harold

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