Thanksgiving Day sunset looking through the Golden Gate Bridge from Berkeley’s Cesar Chavez Park. November 24, 2011. Made just after holiday dinner and before the tiramisu for dessert.

The highly variable weather in the Golden Gate makes the winter months a fantastic time to make images of San Francisco Bay and the bridges with dramatic clouds near and far. Cesar Chavez Park provides gret views of the GG Bridge, as well as the possibility of having soaring seagulls fly into a scenic frame at any time. At this time of year, the sun setting behind the bridge can be seen from the next town over from behind the Albany Racetrack which has a large, convenient area of accessible shoreline you can access from 80 from Buchanan St or on a bike from the Gilman exit.

This image is a high dynamic-range composite of three consecutive frames made using varied exposures (-2, 0, +2). Image was processed in Photomatix 4 and Lightroom.

The edge of the falls, revealed by slow motion. Firehole River Falls, Yellowstone National Park, October 2009.