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15 minutes on the bridge in sequence

I stopped at the vista point at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge today on my way home. Here’s the sequence of events.

Walked onto the bridge and got a pedestrian shot.

Golden Gate Bridge walkway

Took advantage of the bridge vantage and got a cityscape (cropped to) panorama. (Click on the pano shot for a larger view.)

San Francisco by the bay panorama

Headed back to the tourist stop and shot some tourists being tourists.

Golden Gate Bridge tourists

And finally, took a portrait view of the bridge and its shadow.

Golden Gate Bridge shadow play

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm–and a lot of f/11.

On the bridge shot: 15mm, 1/125 second at f/11, ISO 100.
Pano shot: 85mm, 1/100 second at f/11, ISO 100.
Tourist shot: 42mm, 1/125 second at f/11, ISO 100.
Portrait bridge shot: 42mm, 1/125 second at f/11, ISO 100.

Canon T2i on the bridge.