Saturday, September 8, 2012

Scavenger Hunt Sunday {9•9•12}

Sorry I missed the hunt last week! I was just getting home from our anniversary trip to San Francisco and I had SO many pictures to look through and share. You will have to forgive me because most of these pictures are from last week, and for some of the prompts I had to share more than one picture!

Monochromatic

When my husband and I walked through Chinatown on our first night in San Francisco, we passed by the Bank of America. The walls of the entrance to the bank were shiny and golden, so I had to stop and take a second look. They were just little tiles painted gold, but they looked pretty impressive at night.


Forgive me for posting two pictures for this prompt, but I had to share a picture of the metal panels and rivets of the Golden Gate Bridge. Seeing the bridge was one of the highlights of my visit, and you can see more pictures here.

Starts with the Letter...

This is some graffiti that I found while traveling around San Francisco. I can't really tell you what it says, but I know it starts with the letter J!

Upside Down

This is the inside of the dome of the Palace of Fine Arts in SF. I do not have a wide angle lens, so I actually laid down on the ground to get as much of the dome in the picture as I could. So I guess you could say I put my up-side down to get this photo.

Hair

In many shops in Chinatown they sold these lovely dolls, and as you can see they had elaborate costumes and hairstyles.

Soft

This is my "soft" picture of the Golden Gate Bridge, since it is shrouded in fog. I waited at Battery Spencer for quite a while for the fog to lift, and you can see the picture without fog here.


I did not actually touch this seagull perched on the railing of the pier, but I probably could have because he wasn't very shy! I am pretty sure that he was soft and downy.

I have a few more posts to do about my trip to San Francisco, so feel free to come back and check them out!

26 comments:

  1. Looks like you had a great trip to San Francisco. Love the fog surrounding the Golden Gate, graffiti always amazes me! So colorful and well-done. It requires so much talent to deface a building! Beautiful photo.

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  2. Wow...can you just stop at places ON the Goldlen Gate Bridge to take a photo? I didn't know that. I need to go back :)

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  3. I looooove your upside down but the monochromatic is actually really pretty (the BofA building)

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  4. I just love San Francisco.. It is one of my favorite cities. Your soft photo stands out to me. But they are all wonderful...

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  5. Still loving the San Fran shots! Love the soft pic of the bridge!

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  6. Wonderful choices for this week's hunt - looks like you had a great visit.

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  7. There are so many photo ops in San Fran. It is such a beautiful city.

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  8. These are wonderful! Now I want to go to San Fran too!

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  9. WOW!!! What a great trip ;D I love the shots you shared. These are all FANTASTIC! Really, really amazing stuff. I can't wait to see the rest ;D

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  10. so, did you love SF? lots of photo ops... My daughter lived in SF for 6 years... love walking around, capturing the sites. It appears you had beautiful weather! it's often chilly (if the fog is thick) & windy.
    STARTS WITH LETTER is excellent - but I do like your HAIR shot too.

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  11. San Fran - what a fun town!
    Great captures this week!

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  12. i love starts with the letter & soft

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  13. Looks like a great trip! Love the dolls hair shot, and the foggy bridge!

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  14. Totally gorgeous. Did you leave your hear? Adores oft. So pretty.

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  15. It's been years since I went through San Francisco but your right the Golden Gate is pretty impressive. Your shot of it for Monochromatic is such a different take. I also like the Soft shot of the bridge in the mist.
    Hair is my favorite from your set, Those dolls are so pretty.

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  16. Great images. Sounds like SF was a great trip. That monochrome of the rivets-great POV and glad you got the classic bridge shot. Why not?

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  17. Your set is fantastic this week. I love your starts with the letter. But they are all great.

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  18. I LOVE San Francisco! Such a great city for photography. Love all of your shots!

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  19. Never been to San Francisco but it is definitely on my bucket list...really great shots!!

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  20. Love the graffiti your soft is Gorgeous I love the fog!

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  21. Love the graffiti your soft is Gorgeous I love the fog!

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  22. I like the shots of the golden gate bridge, it kind of looks pink in your monochromatic shot.
    Nice graffiti too.

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  23. Love your photos! Amazing that we usually walk past those details and never notice. You had some nice perspectives!

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  24. Gorgeous images! Wow! I'd love to visit San Fran some day. Sounds like you had an awesome anniversary. We celebrated ours too...but just with a quick dinner out. That was big for us, since we actually had a babysitter for a change! ;P

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  25. You've capture such beautiful images of San Francisco! I love them all, but my favorite is the dolls! I love your focus and how you composed this shot!!

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  26. Beautiful stunning pics of San Fran!! We want to do an anniversary trip there one day ... maybe next year for 15! any tips would be welcomed!! =) like where did you stay? he he... we almost drove through this year on our way home from San Diego... but the day was just too long to detour!! anywho... Stunning pics! my fav is the graffiti! lol! =) off to see your bridge pics! ;)

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