21 photos
The Golden Gate Bridge is such an icon that most people think that there is no way to capture an original image of it. But with a lot of climbing, hard work and a bit of luck, it is possible. There are many difficult-to-reach vantage points that are much better for landscape photography than the numerous tourist spots where everybody congregates, if you don't mind scrambling down crumbling cliff sides in the dark that end abruptly with a 300 foot plunge to the ocean below! Also, it is possible to anticipate rare fog and tidal conditions that may happen only a few times per year. Those are the moments you never see in postcards. I am always on the lookout for those moments.
Passageway
Foghorns
Into the Mist
Rust and Surf #2
Golden Gate Dawn #1
The Headlands
Daybreak
Stormswept
Heavens Gate
Kirby Cove Sands
Point Bonita Evening
Under the Pier - San Francisco #3
Low Tide at the Golden Gate
End of the Day
Golden Gate Dawn #2
International Orange
Under the Pier - San Francisco #2
Under the Pier - San Francisco #1
Under the Pier - Sausalito
Light on the Marin Headlands - San Francisco, California
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