On a recent visit to San Francisco I was able to gain rooftop access to the Mark Hopkins hotel. Thought I would show you this shot that was kinda interesting to expose. Rene gave me the idea to expose onto a sheet twice (I owe ya for being able to get this one!!).
So for this shot I exposed the top orange sky for 15 seconds knowing that the bottom part would be too dark. Then I waited 40 minutes for the sun to go completely down and then exposed the shot again for 2.5 minutes which gave me the detail in the bottom part of the shot. Very luckily - there was no wind out that night.
The actual drum scan has so much detail you can see people in their rooms over at the Huntington Hotel. Fortunately (or maybe unfortunately) the picture only gets a PG-13 rating.
Ebony SV45Te
Nikon 150mm W
Fuji Velvia 100
RichieV
Posted by Mel Ladewig on March 22, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Very cool Richie. You definitely used double exposure to great effect on this one.
Posted by Paul Wegemann on March 22, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Cool shot Richie, and thanks for sharing your technique. BTW, how did you convince the hotel to let you on the roof? I haven't had luck with this in the past.
This was for a special project I was working on. I doubt under normal circumstances I would have been able to get this.
RichieV
Posted by Derek Sedillo on March 23, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Hey Richie, great colors and detail.
I was just curious if you had the chance to do any more cityscapes while in SF? I know it must be difficult on a business trip to break away. But SF is a great city for this sort of thing. The GG bridge at night/sunset is always a nice subject.
Posted by Kalin Wilson on March 23, 2008 at 1:00 AM
Thanks everybody for the comments. It was truly a terrific evening!
Derek,
This is the other shot I made from the same rooftop. It is merely the other view from the top of nob hill. For those unfamiliar with San Francisco the middle building is Bank of America and the triangle like building is Transamerica and the bridge in the distance is the Oakland Bay Bridge. Since I had no wind and conditions were perfect I was able to capture this. It was a 1.5 minute exposure. I have already printed it at 23x53.5 with amazing detail.
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8 repliesSo for this shot I exposed the top orange sky for 15 seconds knowing that the bottom part would be too dark. Then I waited 40 minutes for the sun to go completely down and then exposed the shot again for 2.5 minutes which gave me the detail in the bottom part of the shot. Very luckily - there was no wind out that night.
The actual drum scan has so much detail you can see people in their rooms over at the Huntington Hotel. Fortunately (or maybe unfortunately) the picture only gets a PG-13 rating.
Ebony SV45Te
Nikon 150mm W
Fuji Velvia 100
RichieV
RichieV
I was just curious if you had the chance to do any more cityscapes while in SF? I know it must be difficult on a business trip to break away. But SF is a great city for this sort of thing. The GG bridge at night/sunset is always a nice subject.
Derek,
This is the other shot I made from the same rooftop. It is merely the other view from the top of nob hill. For those unfamiliar with San Francisco the middle building is Bank of America and the triangle like building is Transamerica and the bridge in the distance is the Oakland Bay Bridge. Since I had no wind and conditions were perfect I was able to capture this. It was a 1.5 minute exposure. I have already printed it at 23x53.5 with amazing detail.
Ebony SV45Te
Nikon 150mm W
Fuji Velvia 100 - 1.5 minute
RichieV