The Panhandle, a photo from California, West

Photographer's Note

The famed city of San Francisco contains one of the largest urban parks in the world: the Golden Gate Park. This photo was taken in the thin strip of park land known as the 'Panhandle' - jutting out of the main 1,000 acre park.

The Panhandle is popular among joggers and cyclists for its winding pathways and trees. Even in the central city of the golden state, spring sunshine is always welcome after a period of rain, fog and chilling winds.

I mostly kept the camera at aperture priority f/8 to ensure I had sufficient DOF through the trip. The fringing around the edges of the branches was difficult to control, but with LR, easily removable. More photos to come.

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imaginglife (238) 2010-04-02 11:01

Hi Biswaroop,

I do not know why there is no comment for this picture, but i liked the composition as well as the sense of movement created in ot.

Good shot,
Best wishes
Udayaditya

Angshu (56760) 2010-04-24 23:53

Hello Biswaroop
Good to see your new profile picture! Its a choice of narrower aperture vs faster shutter speed here, because perhaps I would have liked the cyclist in a lesser amount of blur...unless you wanted the blur. But to me it reduces the effectiveness of the picture a bit. Light and depth is good, perhaps a bit of curves as well to use in PS or LR?
Best Wishes
Angshuman

PS : Speaking of fonts - I liked your inference of the papyrus font to Egyptian das :-). Which other font would you prefer?