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The iconic Golden Gate Bridge will be the last place to visit before I die...
The last place I want to be before I leave this beautiful earth...
This will be my last stopping point before I say my last goodbye and shut my eyes.

This iconic bridge changed the way I live my life. My whole lifestyle changed. Blessed! I hugged and held onto the Golden Gate Bridge for hours ❤️. The love and emotions runs deep and it was off the roof. Just magnificent 🫶🏻! My soul & spirit were elevated. I can't describe it in words any further. However, this photo will justify it for all.

🗣️ It is The Bay Area Living, Then, Now & Always Forever! The Bay Area Living 💫 till the day I die. 🤙🏻

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, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California.

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Thank you! For most of my macro shots I use the Sony A7R IV (which has very high resolution) and one of my macro lenses, most frequently the Sony 90mm f/2.8 lens. The high resolution allows for cropping without destroying the overall image quality. In this particular situation, though, I was considering doing quite a drastic crop so took the image into Topaz Gigapixel and did a 2x increase, then cropped to the extent I had in mind. There is a fairly new software program out now called "Radiant Photo," and this image seemed to be a good candidate for that, so ran it through there, too, before adding a touch more sharpening and then the title. I don't always tinker with my images this much, but to me with this one, it seemed worth the effort and I was happy with the end result.
And rightfully happy! Yes, I did come across that Topaz sw through this site, hadn't heard about Radiant Photo; I'll have a gander at that as well. For me it's probably not worth it as I don't do much in post...though that may 'need' to change after seeing what one can do with their images. Then again, I would need to start of with an excellent one, like yours.
 
I was thinking the same about your photo! It's gorgeous!! I like your composition and approach -- this is such a lovely image.

Bottom line is when standing outside with our cameras and lenses considering what to shoot, we both saw and were appreciating the contrasts in color between the leaves and the blue sky, and the play of light with shadows and full backlighting and sun......
Thank you so much! Appreciate your feedback🤗

I agree completely with your thought. The contrast between a clear blue sky and the fire-red/yellow leaves are incredibly beautiful.
I think the autumn is the most beautiful season of the year, even if I like the spring a little more🙂
 
🌉 A symbol of Power, Pioneer Engineering & Sensory Beauty. 🌉

The iconic Golden Gate Bridge will be the last place to visit before I die...
The last place I want to be before I leave this beautiful earth...
This will be my last stopping point before I say my last goodbye and shut my eyes.

This iconic bridge changed the way I live my life. My whole lifestyle changed. Blessed! I hugged and held onto the Golden Gate Bridge for hours ❤️. The love and emotions runs deep and it was off the roof. Just magnificent 🫶🏻! My soul & spirit were elevated. I can't describe it in words any further. However, this photo will justify it for all.

🗣️ It is The Bay Area Living, Then, Now & Always Forever! The Bay Area Living 💫 till the day I die. 🤙🏻

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, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California.

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It's almost like my fear of heights kicks in, even when I'm looking up😁
 
On this day in 2019;

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Back when I first put up a feeder about ten years ago, it was a simple flat feeder with a basic seed mix from Costco, and I got the birds that you would consider common, but some of which we didn’t have on the West Coadt.

When I decided to invest in more feeders and more kinds of food, I started to get species that I’d never thought about getting. The first time I spotted a visitor that made me go “Wait, what?!” it was a red-bellied woodpecker like this one.

Now I understand from experience that they are not rare, I get them often. But I will always have that moment in my memory.

Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel T2i.
 
🌉 A symbol of Power, Pioneer Engineering & Sensory Beauty. 🌉

The iconic Golden Gate Bridge will be the last place to visit before I die...
The last place I want to be before I leave this beautiful earth...
This will be my last stopping point before I say my last goodbye and shut my eyes.

This iconic bridge changed the way I live my life. My whole lifestyle changed. Blessed! I hugged and held onto the Golden Gate Bridge for hours ❤️. The love and emotions runs deep and it was off the roof. Just magnificent 🫶🏻! My soul & spirit were elevated. I can't describe it in words any further. However, this photo will justify it for all.

🗣️ It is The Bay Area Living, Then, Now & Always Forever! The Bay Area Living 💫 till the day I die. 🤙🏻

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, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California.

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I'll grab a photo of her for ya when I head up to Sonoma on Sat to pick up wine.
 
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