San Francisco Transamerica Pyramid Photo

Photographer’s Note

Taken in an alley with a view of the famous Transamerica Pyramid.

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Silvio1953 (43362) 2009-01-23 13:48 [Comment]

batalay (21408) 2009-01-23 15:11

Hello Kevin,

The buildings in the foreground provide an effective bracketing for the Transamerica Pyramid, which was just going up when I was a postdoc at UCal-Berkeley. I like the effect of the framing. You can make the image larger, a full 800x600 instead of 624x468 by simply saving it at a slightly lower quality (albeit imperceptible), as long as the file size is equal to or less than 300KB (it used to be 200).

Welcome to Trekearth.

Bulent

Wandering_Dan (3325) 2009-01-23 19:13

Hi, Kevin, welcome to TE!

One of the more photographed buildings in San Francisco, of course, but this is a different angle. I like the lighting on the right side buildings, but the left side is too harsh; a bit of brushwork in post-processing could fix that. There is also a bit of wide angle distortion (not of the TA building itself, though), which you may or may not feel needs adjusting.

Keep posting!
Dan

erdna (5360) 2009-08-28 10:21

This is one of the best shots I have seen of this building. Most are coming from Columbus Street view. I like the contrast of the dark buildings and the sunlight lit Trans-America Building.

I browsed throug your gallery and I like your architectural shots.

Have a nice day,
Andre'