Golden Gate from Fort Baker
by Bear_Music

Comment by Iraklis:
Not to me it wasn't average! Ahem...see below... : )

Speedy recovery Robert...

Golden Gate from Fort Baker
by Bear_Music

Comment by pineapple:
I voted a 7. Seemed nice enough to me...

Golden Gate from Fort Baker
by Bear_Music

Comment by Melethia:
Tis a magnificent view you've given us - all the more splendid that it is in B&W as it adds that nice timeless feel. For monitors that are too dark (one of mine is) the detail in the main land mass is hard to distinguish. On my other monitor, however, it is spot on. The water is splendiforous in it's luminosity, and the skyline so nicely encased in the bridge is highlighted by those awesome and very cooperative clouds. Sadly, the DPC limitation also limits the grandness of this view. This is one of those that really needs to be printed and viewed much larger than monitors permit.

Golden Gate from Fort Baker
by Bear_Music

Comment by tnun:
First off, this is an amazing perspective, packing in a lot and keeping it all in balance. Your use of the light for the broody swirls of clouds and the glinty texture of the water together with the very dark darks for the rock and bridge masses shows us what the eye normally wouldn't be able to take in all at one glance, and this is what makes it a challenging picture to view. As well, the muted background of the cityscape is not what one expects to see at the top of your water ess. And portrait mode is challenging for finding a place for the eye to rest. I happen to like stuff that challenges me, that I don't "get" right off the bat. AND it really needs a bigger size.

Golden Gate from Fort Baker
by Bear_Music

Comment by TrollMan:
You found a nice spot for this. Good job!

Golden Gate from Fort Baker
by Bear_Music

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
Hey Bear, nice processing and detail, including picking out those fishermen down on the rocks below. I really like the way you pulled the texture out on the water -- that light gave me problems, so I went a different direction on my entry. (no vote, comment only)

Golden Gate from Fort Baker
by Bear_Music

Comment by Iraklis:
Excellent landscape... Love the contrasts and hazy city...

Evening Snack
by Bear_Music

Comment by Gabriel:
I'm not that suprised at the relatively low score of this one (but I have many shots scored way lower than that).

The DOF and subtle light are perfect, but...

*The noise is problematic, especially the red component of it. I personally don't like color noise, in my mind this is associated to "low quality P&S/phone". I understand that you decided to add this noise, which is your own choice, fine. But it would probably have scored better if you only added luminance noise instead of color noise. Luminance noise can sometimes fool the viewer into thinking "grain", while color noise most of the time can't.

*Framing. (I am coming from a part of the world where we write from left to right, so Arabic or Asian people might have a different opinion on this)
The gull is going to the right, and his head is aligned on the upper right Rule of Third point. But as it is moving, I know that he is going to the right. The problem is that his head is already quite close to the right border of the frame, and he doesn't have much space to move within the frame. When looking at this pic, I then have the feeling that the gull will soon go out of the frame, leading me to already reconsider the picture without the gull in it. Having more empty space on the right would have allowed me to have a better, more "static" look at this picture.

Golden Gate from Fort Baker
by Bear_Music

Comment by maxxumg:
I know that the golden gate bridge is impressive, but if you cut this picture in half (horizontally), the bottom part is so much more interesting than the top.

Golden Gate from Fort Baker
by Bear_Music

Comment by Fredster:
Nice depth and good processing