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Palace of Fine Arts- San Francisco

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Copyright © 2014 Deborah M. Zajac. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

The Palace of Fine Arts San FranciscoI rose at 3AM this morning to head up to San Francisco to make some images. I was hoping for pockets in the fog to see the Moonset, or have thick fog in the bay so I might get the fog/ Golden Gate Bridge image I have in my head, but I struck out on both counts this morning. I couldn’t see the moon anywhere, and the pocket in the fog was in the bay with no fog at all on Golden Gate Bridge.

Trying to make lemonade out of lemons I made this image.  I’ve shot this location several times both at night and in the daylight, but not in the “Blue period” so, at least it’s a bit different from the images I’ve made before.

This is a 2 minute exposure taken with a Nikon D700| AF-S 24-70mm @f8| ISO 200| Matrix Metering| tripod| B+W 3 stop ND filter

I need a nap. I hope you have a wonderful week-end! 🙂

Rhythm

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Rhythm, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.

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Alex a friend of mine is taking a photography course at a local college and missed a field trip, so needing to make up the assignment he asked several of us if we were free to spend some time in San Francisco shooting several venues with him. Fortunately, neither Dali or I had to work on this day and I eagerly jumped on the opportunity.
On the way up I asked Alex about the assignments for each venue.
At this venue the theme was “Rhythm”. Rhythm!?! If there is a concert I’ll see it. Having a “literal mind” I thought of music straight away, but there is Rhythm in patterns, and symmetry.

I found rhythm in the ceiling of the Palace Gazebo’s tall columns leading up to the dome, and geometric shapes leading the viewer to the center of the dome.

A fabulous exercise! One that certainly took my literal mind outside the box. Thank you Alex for inviting me to spend the day with you photographing several lovely venues, and for teaching me to “See” rhythm is in all things.

I absolutely abhor borrowing and lending. I’m anal that way…anyway I was going nowhere getting the entire dome in the frame with my 17-35mm and Dali was so kind, and generous by insisting I borrow his Fisheye lens to take this shot. Thank you a million times for that Dali! I appreciate it immensely.
It’s a pretty cool lens! ACK! A seed has been planted!

Nikon D300s| Nikkor 10.5 fisheye| f22| 30 seconds| ISO 160| Manual Mode| On a Tripod| Triggered with Self Timer