Photo of the sky from the office. Shot on an iPhone 7 Plus.
Wow, what an amazing sunset. While San Francisco needed the rain this week, it’s definitely nice to see the sun through all the clouds.
Another photo from the office.
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Photo of the Milky Way with Noise Reduction
Photo of the Milky Way created from 30 stacked photos.
I shot a time lapse last night and got some pretty nice pictures of the Milky Way. The photo pictured above was created from 30 photos, with a median stack. Shot at 3200 ISO, a single image had a decent amount of noise.
A single photo of the Milky Way with noise.
Notice the amount of image noise in the darker areas. I added some noise reduction, but it still looked kind of janky around the edges.
Time lapse video created from the photos.
Enjoy!
Sunrise from My Room
Photo of San Francisco from my room in Bernal Heights. Shot with the iPhone 7 Plus.
I woke up this morning and the sunrise was just absolutely fantastic. Now that I have my bike, I might have to ride up to the top of Bernal Heights park and snap some time lapse videos.
Full House and Painted Ladies
Painted Ladies, a landmark of San Francisco and where the Full House show took place.
After breakfast at Sweet Maple, we went to look for the Full House, house.
“Painted ladies” is a term in American architecture used for Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings painted in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details. The term was first used for San Francisco Victorian houses by writers Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen in their 1978 book Painted Ladies – San Francisco’s Resplendent Victorians. –Wikipedia
The intro of Full House.
Man, that show brings back so many memories.
I actually watched a couple episodes from the new series on Netflix. It was surprisingly good, but a little sad—life goes by so quickly. I remember when I was a kid watching this with my sis, Michelle. It’s strange watching a throwback from 20 years ago.
Closer angle of the painted ladies.
Julia and Annie posing in front of the Painted Ladies.
Alamo Park was being renovated, but the houses looked beautiful. This was definitely a tourist attraction, and mobs of people were outside taking photos.
Julia and Annie posing in front of the actual house.
The house shown is located at 1709 Broderick Street, not one of the Painted Ladies on Postcard Row. The Tanner family home, zoomed out. From the opening credits of Full House, season one.
The Painted Ladies are in Alamo Square, however, a warning to all the Full House fans—these are only used for the opening credits to show the family having a picnic. The actual house where the family lived was on 1708 Broderick Street.
Anyway, it was pretty cool to swing by and see all these landmarks.
Sunset at Treasure Island
Photo of San Francisco from Treasure Island with Annie (left) and Julia (right).
On our way to Oakland, we stopped by Treasure Island to snag some photos during the sunset.
Treasure Island is an artificial island in San Francisco Bay. –Wikipedia
Heart shape created by Annie and me.
Julia and Annie taking a selfie.
It was fun spending time with Annie’s sister on this trip. I got to know her much better, and vice versa. The biggest thing I’ve learned this trip is that she likes her landmarks and selfies. Hah! All jokes aside, Annie has a great family and they’re a joy to be around.
Twin Peaks at Night
Long exposure of San Francisco from Twin Peaks at night. This photo was created by stacking 9 images together.
There’s been a crazy heat wave in San Francisco over the last two days, so night time photography seems to be the best solution to stay cool. We drove over to Twin Peaks to snap a couple photos.
Annie and Julia posing in front of the San Francisco skyline at night.
I didn’t have a flash on me, so I used my iPhone light to create a little fill light. It turns out that the iPhone flash light works pretty well.
By the way, there were so many people smoking weed up there that I was probably getting a second hand high.
Annie and I posing in front of the SF skyline.
The Twin Peaks are two prominent hills with an elevation of about 925 feet (282 m) located near the geographic center of San Francisco, California. Only 928 foot (283 m) Mount Davidson is higher within the city.
If you like these photos, you can check out some of pics I shot years ago with my old Nikon D200. Also, for a similar night time view, check out pictures from my hike at Mt. Davidson.