News and Views from Dave Wilson

San Francisco Skyline at Dusk

by on Apr.10, 2010, under Photography

I visited Santa Clara on Wednesday this week for a training session I was presenting at and, unusually, actually managed to race up to San Francisco in time for sunset. I reckoned this may be possible so I lugged 40 pounds of camera gear with me and was delighted when my aching back was rewarded with gorgeous clear weather and some great views.

I visited the Marin Headlands just north of the Golden Gate Bridge rather briefly then headed back into the city to Twin Peaks which I had read offered some spectacular views of the downtown skyline.

Prior to the visit, I had emailed Jim Goldstein, photographer, blogger, tweeter and host of PhotoNetCast to see if he would be available to get together for dinner. He was so he came up to Twin Peaks and graciously hung around for an hour or so in a stiff, cold breeze while I waited for the light to be right for this picture.

All-in-all, it was a great visit. A successful training session followed by a very exciting photography trip into a city that I love and an opportunity to meet someone I’ve known online for a couple of years but have never got together with before.

By the way, this is an HDR shot using the technique I used for various other similar shots. You can find this described here.

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