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Golden Gate Bridge - Photographing World's Most Photographed Place

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco captured. Note to self: Never hold and shoot with a 2 kg camera in your left hand for more than 1 minute. Perfect recipe for a sprain.

Had gone to visit San Francisco, California in January 2008. After missing my boat to Alcatraz, I visited the next best thing (I know that's debatable). The mighty Golden Gate Bridge, is titled as the 'Most Photographed Man Made Creation on Planet Earth' (Don't know which other planets compete with us).

The only issue while taking this picture was that the shutter button of the DSLR is kind of unreachable (its on the right side), if you are holding and taking the picture simultaneously with one hand (the left one). Hope never to repeat the same feat again.

Seen best in Bigger Size.

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    idiotsarewinning, dancampbell17, jellybeanjill13, de3ug, and 77 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. prabhat50 (61 months ago | reply)

    Nice picture =).. however, I am a bit confused about the focus of this picture..!!!!

  3. Anirudh Koul (61 months ago | reply)

    Haha. I have the picture the other way round too, i.e. Bridge In focus.

  4. sarojkoul (61 months ago | reply)

    Good take

  5. locallytype (61 months ago | reply)

    I did so hope for you this was photo shoped ;)

  6. a*m*y (61 months ago | reply)

    Love it

  7. Iam.D (61 months ago | reply)

    AH, I'm blinded ;)
    ^.-

  8. Zanastardust (60 months ago | reply)

    It's a very cool shot!
    You travel a lot :D

  9. Luis Eduardo ® (60 months ago | reply)

    This is a spectacular foto

  10. kees straver (will be back online soon friends) (60 months ago | reply)

    Lovely!!! Very original. Nicely done

  11. Anirudh Koul (59 months ago | reply)

    Thanks mulberryin!

  12. Anirudh Koul (59 months ago | reply)

    Knock Knock.
    Whose there?
    Flickr's Explorer!!

    Now in Flickr's Explore.

  13. johnny 5.65 (55 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called "Pictures of People taking Pictures", and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  14. johnny 5.65 (55 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for adding your pic! How about voting in our forum? or entering challenge 1.0?

  15. magenta lotus (53 months ago | reply)

    I like this!

  16. tilkejudd (51 months ago | reply)

    Great idea and nice photo! I've used this photo and your name on the website for a computational photography website:
    groups.csail.mit.edu/graphics/iccp09/index.ph p
    Thanks for making it available on the creative commons license.

  17. Mr Din (51 months ago | reply)

    pretty clever capture... haven't seen such capture of the golden gate that often :D

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  18. Wally Baba (50 months ago | reply)

    Very very cool

  19. Xpanda Security Gates (46 months ago | reply)

    I like your snaps. You capture Golden Gate Bridge with different mind.

  20. The Cassandra Project (46 months ago | reply)

    this is pretty cool. what i like about this is that it isn't one of the thousands of photos taken daily of each such landmark. everyone knows what the golden gate bridge, the eiffel tower, the london eye look like. they're iconic, so play with them, allude to them, seduce your public by titillating them ... :o)

    i would have instinctively said, "use a smaller aperture," but no. you're right, leave the bridge itself blurry. it works. it's playful.

  21. Anirudh Koul (46 months ago | reply)

    Thanks Herbi!

  22. Anirudh Koul (46 months ago | reply)

    Thank you very one for your nice comments and favs! Appreciate them.

  23. fPat (46 months ago | reply)

    the color differences really make this!

  24. PhotosByDavid (46 months ago | reply)

    Cool!

  25. marytop (44 months ago | reply)

    uuuuuuuu muy buena

  26. Hoopster_Schmax (44 months ago | reply)

    So it this the raw photo; no other alterations; if yes, great depth of filed.

  27. daviddayphotography (42 months ago | reply)

    Very good. Like cloak and mirrors :)

  28. christine.pingel (41 months ago | reply)

    This is great! Nice capture and fantastic idea!!

  29. Anirudh Koul (41 months ago | reply)

    Thank you folks! Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is definitely a marvelous place to take a snap of.

  30. Asia Society (35 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called What Surrounds You: Environments Inspire , and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  31. Dihan_DS (33 months ago | reply)

    Nice 1

  32. Muchj (13 months ago | reply)

    Nice idea!

  33. jirfy (2 months ago | reply)

    really love the perspective!! nice, cute shot

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