SF Golden Gate Bridge at sundown. 30 second exposure made it blurry :(. Taken from the Marin Headlands.

SF Golden Gate Bridge at sundown. 30 second exposure made it blurry :(. Taken from the Marin Headlands.

SF Golden Gate Bridge at sundown. 30 second exposure made it blurry (at least this one isn't *awful*). Taken from the Marin Headlands.

Less blurry picture of the SF Golden Gate bridge at sunrise. Taken from Marin Headlands

The first pilon of the SF Golden Gate Bridge, at sunrise. Taken from the Marin Headlands.

The first pilon of the SF Golden Gate Bridge, at sunrise. Taken from the Marin Headlands.

HDR Image of the Marin Headlands and the SF Golden Gate Bridge, at sunrise.

1st attempt at a cleaned up version of my GGB shot for HDRspotting.com. I ended up not liking this because there's way too much blue in this. I got up early on Christmas morning with a friend and we drove up to San Francisco to photograph the Golden Gate Bridge. We got lucky and it was completely clear with no fog! This photo was taken from the pier at Horseshoe Bay, below the vista point. Nikon D80 w/Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX: 18 mm, ISO 125 4 images stitched together into an HDR using Photomatix Pro

After posting the previous photo to HDRspotting.com I realized it had way too much blue in the water/sky. I went back to the beginning and reprocessed this in Photomatix and then edited in Photoshop. I'm much happier with this version of the photo. I got up early on Christmas morning with a friend and we drove up to San Francisco to photograph the Golden Gate Bridge. We got lucky and it was completely clear with no fog! This photo was taken from the pier at Horseshoe Bay, below the vista point. Nikon D80 w/Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX: 18 mm, ISO 125 4 images stitched together into an HDR using Photomatix Pro

Long exposure of the SF Golden Gate Bridge at sunrise, taken from the pier below the Vista Point (Horseshoe Bay?)

Another shot of the SF Golden Gate Bridge, taken from the pier below Vista Point (Horseshoe Bay?). The sun was up by now.

Silky water by the pier below the Golden Gate Bridge.

Big pilons on the pier in front of the SF Golden Gate Bridge. This came out a bit too blue, but it's not a white balance issue. I just gave up with editing this because I got tired.

Zack taking some pictures with his Nikon D70 and massive massive tripod.

The fort below the SF Golden Gate Bridge, HDR.

The fort below the SF Golden Gate Bridge, HDR.

HDR of the pier below the Golden Gate Bridge, showing the SF Skyline. I was going for the "Comic book" kinda look with this HDR.

HDR of the pier below the Golden Gate Bridge, showing the SF Skyline. I was going for the "Comic book" kinda look with this HDR.

Some birds on the pier below the Golden Gate bridge.

A seal decided to play with us as we took pictures.

We went for a drive and came across some nice little coves.

Another view of the Golden Gate Bridge as we drove along the road in the Marin Headlands.

All the old forts near the Golden Gate Bridge now have colorful graffiti all over them

More graffiti on the forts near the Golden Gate Bridge.