Pic of the Day. Storm over SF Bay

Published on November 1st, 2009

Posted by John C Dvorak in General

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# 1 GetReal said, on November 1st, 2009 at 7:57 am

I always enjoy your photography, John. You have an artistic eye, and know how to get it on “film”.

I especially enjoyed your European pictures Nyhavn, Copenhagen for instance. Didn’t you also shoot in Venice?

Good stuff.

# 2 player66 said, on November 1st, 2009 at 9:04 am

Was this taken today? I’m in Pinole and the fog’s just starting to lift. Great photo!

# 3 Chriswsm said, on November 1st, 2009 at 9:59 am

Very imposing storm approaching GET TO HIGH GROUND (with a metal umbrella)

# 4 StoopidFlanders said, on November 1st, 2009 at 10:07 am

What’s that off in the right distance? Isn’t it now illegal to take photos of government infrastructure? After all, terrorists could use them to find and study targets for future attacks. I hope you went through the required government vetting process and pulled all relevant government permits before operating that dangerous camera.

# 5 Floyd said, on November 1st, 2009 at 10:10 am

Since it’s in the picture, How are the Bay Bridge repairs coming along, and are they doing preventive maintenance as well (I saw what happened to I-35 in Minneapolis)?

# 6 AlanB said, on November 1st, 2009 at 10:53 am

Great pic John. It appears to have a lot of dynamic range for a single snapshot. It is a single shot isn’t it?

Very similar to some of the cloudy skies that can be seen in the Flickr HDR pool.

# 7 Ken in Berkeley said, on November 1st, 2009 at 10:56 am

#5,

Every morning the authorities tell us that the Bay Bridge should be reopened in time for the evening commute home. And when the afternoon comes along they say that they are not quite ready, will need some more inspections done, and then need time to take all of the cones off of the bridge, so wait for the next day. When the next cay comes they say the same thing. Meanwhile traffic is horrible all around the bay, there have been tons of accidents, and the Dubai Star spilled a bunch of oil in our nice little bay here. Just lovely.

Originally

# 8 AlanB said, on November 1st, 2009 at 10:57 am

I screwed up that link.

Some day I’ll learn how to turn text into links like the rest of you guys.

# 9 bill said, on November 1st, 2009 at 11:03 am

Where was that picture taken? Emeryville? Berkeley?

# 10 John C Dvorak said, on November 1st, 2009 at 12:05 pm

Taken from Albany Hill. Elevation 500 feet.

# 11 Faxon said, on November 1st, 2009 at 12:25 pm

John,
As a pro photographer, I would like to know the technical details.
Camera? (sensor type, mp count)
Lens?
Focal length setting if a variable?
ISO?
Shutter?
Aperture?
Processed, raw?
Lightroom, Aperture or Photoshop tweaked?

# 12 admash said, on November 1st, 2009 at 1:51 pm

I’d like to know the tech details of this pic also.

Great work!

It is now my desktop wallpaper.

# 13 AlanB said, on November 1st, 2009 at 2:00 pm

@11- Faxon,

If you have a photo editing program it will display the pictures EXIF data that lists all the particulars.

John used:
an Oly E-520
Photoshop CS2 (time to upgrade John)
Shutter speed 1/640
at F/3.5
ISO 100

EXIF records a lot more than listed above but that gives you the idea.

# 14 Faxon said, on November 1st, 2009 at 2:15 pm

Thanks. So I would import the picture into my Lightroom, and all would be revealed. Good.

# 15 Jorn said, on November 1st, 2009 at 5:16 pm

Excellent! love contrasts, and great resolution also its on my desktop as we speak. Thanks!

# 16 bobbo, ex PSA judge and imagined expert said, on November 1st, 2009 at 8:48 pm

1/640 ??? Hard to believe it would turn out with ISO 100. Must have been a powerful flash gun? ((Hah, hah))

http://olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1386

Motivates me to take my Cannon out and see what it can do at dusk. No, can’t believe 1/640.

Composition wise, the eye is drawn to “the hot spot” which is too near the center of the pic. The eye then moves down diagonally to the left then overt to the right along the bottom. This leaves some dead space in the upper right of the pic. It might benefit from just a touch of cropping. Still a great pic though==one of your best. Congrats.

# 17 AlanB said, on November 2nd, 2009 at 8:37 am

@ bobbo

I calls ‘em like I sees ‘em. Check it out for yourself.

It also appears John took the shot in auto mode and the camera set the above exposure settings.

# 18 AlanB said, on November 2nd, 2009 at 8:38 am

It’s likely 1/64 and the EXIF appended a “0″

# 19 Bob said, on November 2nd, 2009 at 3:26 pm

Makes a great wallpaper. Thanks, John

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