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Golden Gate Bridge at Dusk, Dedicated to My Good Friend Robert Scoble

quite a neat water texture that a 15sec exposure makes.
Golden Gate Bridge at Dusk, Dedicated to My Good Friend Robert Scoble by Thomas Hawk.
Had a great night tonight hanging out with Robert Scoble. Robert's been a good friend for a while. We originally met at a geek dinner he put on a few years back. He's put on quite a few subsequently. Robert was one of the guys at Microsoft who really got blogging and opened a lot of doors there for me to better understand and interact with the company. He's left Microsoft now (as everyone knows of course) and is working for PodTech. It's an interesting company that is doing a lot of interesting things in video. They are becoming a network of sorts of interesting hosted video. With Robert on board expect great things from the company.

Scoble was at TechCrunch7 and filmed it but it was super noisy at the party and difficult to really have a conversation. We spent a good three hours or so tonight though just talking one on one about photography, video, photo sharing sites, etc.

Scoble was filming me for a video he's putting together on some of the stuff I've done with digital photography for his new show on PodTech which will launch in mid-September. Be sure to check in with Pod-Tech next month if you want to see a video of our shoot. We decided to do our photo shoot together down by the Golden Gate Bridge -- and what a fantastic night it was.

The weather was warm and a beautiful bank of clouds rolled in over the bridge as we shot and talked a ton about digital photography. It really was one of the best nights to shoot the bridge. I always enjoy talking about photography with Robert. He used to work in a camera store and likes to photo geek out and talk about things like prime lenses and the what not.

Afterwards we took a walk up Chestnut Street and had dinner at Andale, a nice Mexican Restaurant. Man Robert is a fast blogger. He blogged about our photowalk right there while we had dinner.

It was great to catch up with Robert and hang out one on one. For a set of some of the images from tonight click through here.

Scoble has his promo up for his new show here: media.podtech.net/media/2006/09/PID_000960/Podtech__Previ... 
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*Sherry*  Pro User  says:

Gorgeous shot!
Love these long-exposures :)
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ppz  Pro User  says:

Wonderful!
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Kris Kros  Pro User  says:

Amazing shot, Tom.
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Shavar Ross  Pro User  says:

Extraordinary photograph.
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Robert Scoble  Pro User  says:

Thanks Thomas for a wonderful night!

By the way, I videotaped Thomas shooting these pictures so you'll be able to see that in my new show that'll start in mid-September over on www.podtech.net.
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CantikFotos [deleted] says:

Fantastic shot. Love the light and color.
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MartyDev  Pro User  says:

A fantastic image, Thomas!!
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Sbocaj  Pro User  says:

Frickin' sweet!
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tree22™  Pro User  says:

Great shot!
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Francisco M.  Pro User  says:

Fantastic! I love it!
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aumbody images  Pro User  says:

Wow, an awesome night shot!!! The light and colour is incredible! Love it!
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*ade  Pro User  says:

I must go out at night with my tripod more often. Oh, and to San Francisco too.
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45street | www.victorpuig.com  Pro User  says:

Stunning colors and light !. Fantastic.Beautiful picture. Brilliant composition.
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btezra [deleted] says:

~silky smooth water, rich colors...stellar exposure~
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occhiovivo  Pro User  says:

Absolutely magic!
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Renata Baião  Pro User  says:

great shot! :D
fantastic caption - made me curious about it :)
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JennyHuang  Pro User  says:

Excellent!!
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Afulki  Pro User  says:

Stunning shot! Well done.
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bloomsday616  Pro User  says:

Wonderfully done!
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Yato  Pro User  says:

superb image .....
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Chuckumentary  Pro User  says:

breathtaking for sure!
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McSnappy  Pro User  says:

Amazing... great composition, fantastic colors. great back story too
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PhotoBal  Pro User  says:

What a great image, the colours, composition, everything is perfect.
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Ed Karjala  Pro User  says:

A beautiful image for sure. Congrats on the upcoming feature!
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mimbrava  Pro User  says:

Long exposure + wide angle + Thomas Hawk eye = superb photograph.

Congrats from me, too, on the forthcoming article.
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Steve.Korn  Pro User  says:

Beautiful shot, nice story.
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KUJHawk says:

Excellent shot! Love the colors and angle.
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KAGoldberg  Pro User  says:

The water reflection is wonderful. (15 seconds! Wow.)
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[ValCo]  Pro User  says:

Fantastic long exposure, interesting story on Scoble
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TNT Studio  Pro User  says:

Love the soft texture in the water from the long exposure.
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ddk4runner  Pro User  says:

Glorious night scape!
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Daniel Pascoal says:

Great picture!!
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Robby Edwards  Pro User  says:

Fantastic!
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--Steve-- says:

Its a really lovely photo. The colors are wonderful, excellent night shot.
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Hutchkd says:

My all time favorite Golden Gate shot!!!!!
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possum4all  Pro User  says:

Good stuff. You guys really do have access to so much in the Bay Area...... especially when it comes to ventures, startups, etc. But especially the proximity to experience and that spirit of entrepreneurship. Great shot!
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Ar'alani  Pro User  says:

Absolutely gorgeous.
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Mazda6 (Tor)  Pro User  says:

wow, thats a great picture!
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clappstar  Pro User  says:

Super.
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patrickodowd  Pro User  says:

Really great job.
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OSR Photography  Pro User  says:

Very nice shot.
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rayced says:

fantastic.
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Spiralz  Pro User  says:

Ooooh, I just love this one, and had to fave it too!
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peskymac says:

Gorgeous and inspiring!
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Kentuckiana (In & Out of Flickr) says:

This is one jaw dropping capture. The composition is flawless!
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elgutek says:

it hardly looks real its flawless
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Ikhlasul Amal  Pro User  says:

Fantastic!

I have seen Golden Gates picture several times, but this photo impresses me again!
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bleu celt says:

belle perspective visuelle !
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Mark Griffith  Pro User  says:

Congrats on the great photo and explore
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noushin n  Pro User  says:

Fantastic shot and processing.
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prima momma  Pro User  says:

holy effin' cow
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austrian_joe says:

It´s a great photo, fantastic!!!
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the bbp  Pro User  says:

oh my God, what a picture!!!!!
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clyk says:

impressive!
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The Dogg and Mrs. C  Pro User  says:

Superb picture!! WOW
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betiim [deleted] says:

Amazing...
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~Steph~  Pro User  says:

really wonderful, especially in large size. Bravo !
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Mc Shutter  Pro User  says:

There are thousands (millions?) of shots of this scene, and I've taken many, myself.
This is the best image of this bridge and scene I have ever seen, anywhere!
The detail of the foreground rocks, and even the ironwork on the side of the bridge's causeway is fantastic.
Beautiful composition and perfect exposure.....................

......I've faved and tagged this one "QUALITY" and am hoping you will join and post it to:
www.flickr.com/groups/quality_photography/
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Please read (and heed) the comment entitled"YOUR Responsibility" on the Group's opening page.
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jeraldsingh.  Pro User  says:

Beautiful
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h2okatcher [deleted] says:

Wow! Deeply beautiful portrait of the GG!
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mik5156  Pro User  says:

Beautiful.
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mike matthews  Pro User  says:

Stunning image.
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8thcross  Pro User  says:

Wow! incredible...
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CanonEosDigital says:

Really love that picture! My dream is to go to San Francisco and just shoot pictures of everything!
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RedArt photographer  Pro User  says:

great shot!
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Philippe Gomez says:

Incredible shot ! The colors, the angle, all is perfect...
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DIgital DI  Pro User  says:

lucky robert. this is a gorgeous image!
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shooten4ya  Pro User  says:

Perfect!!
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kp_photog [deleted] says:

this rocks! I love bridge photos. The stark contrast of totally sharp man made objects w/ the movement of water and sky is great.
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Mattrix81 says:

Bloody awesome. I agree with Mc Shutter - The best shot of this bridge ever seen.
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Cipriani ("chipsterguy")  Pro User  says:

Wonderful image! Superb subject, outstanding capture! I really enjoy the soft clouds!
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Ravi Vora says:

golden indeed!
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Len Erickson  Pro User  says:

Absolutely Stunning! Such calming colors and clarity.
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johnny concrete says:

excellent
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Grundlepuck  Pro User  says:

Congratulations! This image is currently (or was recently) one of Flickr's Top 10 most interesting photos. (It is/was on page one of the calendar view.) Would you please add it to the Top 10 Interestingness pool? It would be a great addition!
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jodi_tripp  Pro User  says:

Awesome shot!
Please add this to(Remove or Fave me!)
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mihay  Pro User  says:

great job! :)
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ucumari  Pro User  says:

Saw on front page of Explore!
Gorgeous photo! Congratulations!
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Guy Flâneur  Pro User  says:

It just keeps happening to you. Again and again. You go down to the bridge and out comes fabulous light, reflection, shadow and form. Somebody is looking after you -- and you taking that to full advantage. Fabulous.
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jenandben2004 says:

Beautiful lighting - love the cropping and clouds!
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AviWolf [deleted] says:

Absolutely well-executed- artistic and technically perfect at once.
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enighet says:

so beautiful!!
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JN Design says:

Completely incredible. One of the best photos of the Golden Gate I've seen.
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abozaid says:

Loved the reflection, superior!
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michenv says:

great shot, fantastic. love it
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Jeff Clow  Pro User  says:

One of the finest shots I've ever encountered on Flickr.

A brilliant piece of photo work, Thomas.

One more word of praise:

BRAVO....!
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Rainman662 says:

Wow! Outstanding. Reminds me a little of that shot from 'Vertigo', right before Kim Novak throws herself into the bay
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♥Down2Earth♥  Pro User  says:

Stunning!!!!
219 ppl including me call this a favorite.
It explained!!
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Leley  Pro User  says:

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No words to describe what I see. F incredible...
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Cw'sPhOtOs says:

Beautiful!!

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Sandi Marie  Pro User  says:

Gorgeous!

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rwbuff78 says:

the golden gate looks like it will never end.
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ladyloneranger  Pro User  says:

Excellent photograph! Soooooooo very well done!
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arianta  Pro User  says:

very beautiful!
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Enlightened Fellow  Pro User  says:

Grand.
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- maverick -  Pro User  says:

absolutely wonderful!

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sdpitbull  Pro User  says:

Once again another gorgeous shot illumating the bridge against the inky black of night.
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mrp1001  Pro User  says:

Exquisite. Instant fave.
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kevine323  Pro User  says:

very nice
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