January 10, 2021 — San Francisco, California
Hard to believe this was shot in the city of San Francisco and not in the cold, cold North.
Also hard to believe I overlooked this on my first pass through the shots. (Well, not that hard to believe. There were almost 2,000 shots.) On the second pass though, it jumped out at me.
And I thought, “I’m looking at a theater.”
This is a hand-held long exposure shot. That’s why it looks more like a painting. All the streaking is very much intentional. Very little post-processing on this other than to emphasize or deemphasize some tones a little bit here and there. What you see is pretty much what I got. Yes, it’s a color picture.
This is for Gary Zweig.
(Nikon D850, Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR zoom. RAW processing in DxO PhotoLab 4.1; Editing in Adobe Photoshop.)
Very beautiful, my friend, and all the more remarkable that its a colour image – wonderful! 🙂
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Thank you, my friend. It was indeed a grey day.
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…what a ‘Theater’ though!!!
Breathtaking, my friend.
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Thank you. All the world’s a stage…
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🙂
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Looks like Niagara’s Horseshoe Falls came to San Francisco.
Zweig, which means ‘branch’ in German, is the cognate of English twig.
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Thank you! This is absolutely stunning!
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Thank YOU.
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The ocean’s energy side-by-side with the sky’s stillness. As I’m landlocked I appreciate these images that awaken seashore memories.
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I’m very glad you like it. These juxtapositions fascinate me.
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I really love this, Michael, it’s one of my favorites now, I’d say. The balance between readable and obscured is just perfect. In case anyone was wondering (I wasn’t) this absolutely proves that you don’t need excruciating detail and bright colors to convey the power of a scene.
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Thank you very much, Lynn. I agree. Some very impressive art has been in the form of pencil sketches. I sort of think of this as a pencil sketch.
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This is stunning, what power! What performance!
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Thank you very much. And thanks for stopping by.
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