San Francisco From A Rare Perspective
by Kevin McNeal
I know this is an icon but I had never seen it ever from here until I saw a similar image. I owe this image to Ed Nunez who I had visited to shoot the Big Sur Coastline with. I wanted to get to this location but he told me it is almost impossible as this is on government property and has pretty tight security due to obvious reasons of late. I told him I had to have it for myself and I would do whatever it took. So we drive there as the sun set and he asked me to jump out the car without stopping and make my way down the steepest embankment of my life all the way down to the water. He could not stop as the police were constantly patrolling the area and I only had a matter of seconds to get out of sight. Once I finally got to the spot I could not setup my tripod due to the steepness; I could not even put my bag down as it rolled down the hill. I know that a lot of NPN'ers will disagree with this but when you are desperate to get a rare perspective you will do anything !!! Thanks again to Ed Nunez who made this possible.
Thanks for looking !
Canon 5D 17-40L
f/11 25 seconds ISO 100
Comments
39 commentsNow that you've got this shot are you ready for a road trip to the Groom Lake govt. property... I'll drive!
Excellent job!
John
well done......but I can see this as a slightly better image if you were to adjust the color balance just a hair!!!!
Kent in SD
Greetings,
Ann
The image and the description are awesome! There is fantastic clarity and I love the awash-in-orange look from the lights. Congrats on getting this great shot. Like Kent, I have to ask how this ended? Dive through the window of the moving car on Ed's return trip?
it looks as if you made a "Mission Impossible" to "Mission Possible"
Next time we'll do something even riskier :-) ... I already have a location in mind
Great job!
I gotta know... How in the heck did you get back outa there?!
Great dedication and what an outcome! Yes..many of us probably do anything for this image - this almost looked like NYC - never seen SF like this before
This is simply a SPECTACULAR image and a well deserved EP! I lived there for a year and know where you went to get this shot and am equally impressed with the effort to get the image. One of the very best images I've ever seen of the city! Wow is all I can say! Definitely worth at least a minor flesh wound to get this one.