Category: California

Coming Home

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I think this tanker was coming home, empty to get more oil. Or maybe it is not a tanker at all but freight ship coming back to get loaded with containers. Not really sure, I’m not an expert on it. It is interesting how it was accompanied by that tiny boat. They went through in a matter of couple minutes, maybe even faster as I was only able to take a few shots at it.

This was our first morning in San Francisco, we went to see sunrise and the first thing I saw is this boat coming back from the sea. Pretty cool.

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Golden Gates

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I think this is probably one of the least common views of the Golden Gates bridge. Most of them are taken from the north side or from the east side in San Francisco. I think most tourists don’t make to this part of the city. Walking is a bit far, I’m not sure if any public transportation really goes here, getting by car is the most convenient way, at least it is how we got here, driving out to the Pacific ocean I was trying to get some views of the bridge and we found our way to El Camino del Mar.

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Sleepless in San Francisco

Dmitrii36 Comments

Actually quite contrary, I wanted to get more sleep, but how often do I have a chance to visit San Francisco and go see sunrise at the Fisherman’s Warf? This was the first photo I took that day. Didn’t plan to take it at all, but as we were walking towards the Pier 39 I saw this trolley coming towards us, it took me couple seconds to put camera down on the ground, level it, frame it and push the trigger. No time for a second shot. The driver gave me a high five (over the air, Smile) as he was passing us. It was a good start for a good day in a cool city.

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Golden Gates

Dmitrii37 Comments

On my prior visits to San Francisco, which were business oriented, I never had a chance to see Golden Gate Bridge up close and personal. On this trip I made sure we see it from a few different places. In fact as soon as we arrived to San Francisco, we drove over the bridge to he north side and enjoyed the view. I took a few photos, duh.., here is one of them. It was around 11PM and bitterly cold with winds from the Pacific, but parking area was fairly full and at least 3-4 other groups of folks, interestingly, mostly speaking Japanese and Chinese hanging around and taking some photos and even videos of the bridge with city behind it. Popular spot.

I wondered at that time how busy it would be here during nice sunny day. Couple days later we drove by during the day, it was like a zoo.  So if you ever come there, make sure to time it right.

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Friday Mystery Photo

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I hope everyone is having a good Friday and looking forward to a nice weekend. I’m sure looking forward to it.

To keep with my newly established tradition I’m not disclosing location of this photo. Lets see if anyone recognizes this place. Should I provide a hint? hmm, maybe, lets just say that if a good earthquake strikes, I would not want to be inside of it.

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