The view from Twin Peaks hill is certainly one of my favorites in San Francisco. You can observe a part of town from Golden Gate Bridge to Bay Bridge, with downtown within the center and San Francisco Bay within the background.
The Twin Peaks viewpoint in San Francisco is among the metropolis’s most well-liked vacationer locations and is at all times busy. It sits atop two hills and offers breathtaking views of downtown San Francisco and San Francisco Bay. The metropolis’s well-known landmarks, equivalent to Alcatraz Island and the Transamerica Pyramid, will also be seen. Twin Peaks is nice for taking distinctive images and having fun with town’s skyline.
Because of the ever-changing climate within the San Francisco space, you by no means know what sort of view you will see while you go to Twin Peaks.
On the day I took the featured photograph, the air was completely clear, however by some means, solely the bay was coated with a mix of clouds and fog that made it tough to find iconic landmarks like Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge. But, on the similar time, the clouds and fog created an out-of-focus, blurred background impact that pointed the viewer’s consideration to town. I didn’t complain.
The view from Twin Peaks additionally makes you notice how distinctive San Francisco is. Instead of typical metropolis colours like gray, yellow, and brown dominating town, San Francisco’s predominant shade is white. This creates such a particular city sample.
Loc: 37.756433, -122.451392
Shooting
The problem of capturing from the Twin Peaks hill is that isn’t simple to create a significant composition with some form of foreground curiosity. Since I couldn’t discover something attention-grabbing round me, I made a decision to make use of the a part of the street switchback beneath me as a part of the composition.
Editing & Processing
It was a single RAW processing workflow.
Lightroom (60%)
I modified the side ratio from the unique 3 x 2 to 16 x 9 to make the composition extra panoramic. I used the Crop Overlay Tool.
Next, I used Point Lobos preset from my Landscape Preset Collection as the bottom for Lightroom Rapid Editing. Then I used TOOLKIT to spice up the Contrast and the Clarity.
The Lightroom Preset Editing Formula: Point Lobos (13, 16, 21)
Photoshop (40%)
I used the Stamp Tool in Photoshop to erase the bicycle owner and the street signal within the foreground. Also, I coated some distracting parts within the backside proper nook. The relaxation was a easy increase of particulars and noise discount.
Plugins: DeNoise (noise discount), Topaz Detail (native distinction increase).
Total time: 12min