Chris and I stopped here on our journey from Santa Barbara to Arcata a couple of weeks ago. It’s a stunning vantage point from which you get a view of the entire San Francisco Bay, including some iconic landmarks. Traffic was horrendous (of course) getting through San Francisco to reach this spot, but the views are stunning. I even got my “big” camera out to snap a few shots.

Of course, we now have an iPhone so we also experimented with a couple of “selfies”. Tourists – what do you expect. It was actually rather funny – we just got the iPhone a couple of weeks ago, and we don’t typically take selfies. So neither of us is very good at it. As we were trying to figure it out, with the wind whipped around us, and we tried to figure out how to get both of us (who are wildly different heights) into the shot with the bridge behind us, another woman taking photos nearby offered to help take our photo. Which was nice of her to offer … but since we were specifically trying to take a selfie, that wasn’t going to help.

Anyway, FWIW, I’ve included our selfie attempts in with the scenic photos below, just for fun.

Enjoy.

P.S. As a reminder, you can click on the photos to see larger versions.

San Francisco Panorama from GG Bridge North Vista Point

Golden Gate Bridge from North Vista Point

Alcatraz and Part of the Bay Bridge from North Vista Point

City of San Francisco from North Vista Point

Panorama showing relative location of North Vista Point

Friendly tourist and friend at the GG North Vista Point (taken by the FT’s friend)

Friendly Tourist and friend at the GG North Vista Point (taken by the Friendly Tourist)

Breaking Through!

I loved the way the shape of the trees takes on the curve of the cobblestones, seeming to break free from the cobblestones in order to move over into free space on the right.  It’s not a perfect illusion, but not too shabby for a reflection in a puddle.

The photo is not only turned upside-down, but also heavily cropped. The original is below.  I like it both  for the puddle as well as for the shadow of my hand in the lower-left. You can see my finger perfectly positioned to press the button on my cell phone camera. I guess that’s the modern silhouette of a photographer. Too funny.

The Puddle Photographer and her puddle