San Francisco - Palace of Fine Arts & Legion of Honor
My wife was out of town for the Oct 4th weekend, so I figured I would wander around San Francisco. The weather was perfect, 80-90F, which 30F more than normal.
I loaded up Apple Maps with Palace of Fine Arts ( http://www.palaceoffinearts.org/Welcome.html ) and Legion of Honor ( http://legionofhonor.famsf.org ) and immediately ignored Siri when I got to San Francisco. For one thing, I really did not mean to go to the Palace of Fine Arts first and thought Siri was steering me wrong. When I finally realized my mistake (1 hour later), I just followed her blindly.
I've been to the Palace of Fine Arts many times before. It's always been during the day, so the light hasn't always been the best. I'd love to come back during night or sunset to see how it would look. Still during the day, it's a nice place to visit.
Side note, years ago, my cousin had her wedding there. Her friend at the time, owned one of the houses right in the park, and my cousin's wedding reception was held there. It was a very nice (and expensive) house to say the very least.
After wandering around, I went across the street to the harbor with a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge. I never realized it was right there along with a little beach.
I did make it to the Legion of Honor. It's the museum with Rodin's "Thinker" in the entrance, but I really like the columns. They make for a great background for portraits. You'll see lots of wedding photographers take their brides/grooms there and photograph them against those columns.
In the museum, there are plenty of things to look at. I'm very partial to the Monets but did enjoy looking at Rodin's sculptures. I don't know how anyone can imagine a figure in their minds then chisel away at rock to make it.
Just a note: I took pictures of paintings/sculptures I liked. Also, some of the pictures are of people's portrait. That got me to thinking: Can you imagine having your picture painted and 100-200 years later, it being displayed in a museum? There were some paintings that made the person look really good. Some, though, were not as complimentary. If I had my choice, I would want to look heroic, sitting on horse like one of the statues I saw.
On a camera note: Everything was taken with the Fuji X100s. I am really liking that camera. There were only a couple of times I wish it was wider.
Read MoreI loaded up Apple Maps with Palace of Fine Arts ( http://www.palaceoffinearts.org/Welcome.html ) and Legion of Honor ( http://legionofhonor.famsf.org ) and immediately ignored Siri when I got to San Francisco. For one thing, I really did not mean to go to the Palace of Fine Arts first and thought Siri was steering me wrong. When I finally realized my mistake (1 hour later), I just followed her blindly.
I've been to the Palace of Fine Arts many times before. It's always been during the day, so the light hasn't always been the best. I'd love to come back during night or sunset to see how it would look. Still during the day, it's a nice place to visit.
Side note, years ago, my cousin had her wedding there. Her friend at the time, owned one of the houses right in the park, and my cousin's wedding reception was held there. It was a very nice (and expensive) house to say the very least.
After wandering around, I went across the street to the harbor with a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge. I never realized it was right there along with a little beach.
I did make it to the Legion of Honor. It's the museum with Rodin's "Thinker" in the entrance, but I really like the columns. They make for a great background for portraits. You'll see lots of wedding photographers take their brides/grooms there and photograph them against those columns.
In the museum, there are plenty of things to look at. I'm very partial to the Monets but did enjoy looking at Rodin's sculptures. I don't know how anyone can imagine a figure in their minds then chisel away at rock to make it.
Just a note: I took pictures of paintings/sculptures I liked. Also, some of the pictures are of people's portrait. That got me to thinking: Can you imagine having your picture painted and 100-200 years later, it being displayed in a museum? There were some paintings that made the person look really good. Some, though, were not as complimentary. If I had my choice, I would want to look heroic, sitting on horse like one of the statues I saw.
On a camera note: Everything was taken with the Fuji X100s. I am really liking that camera. There were only a couple of times I wish it was wider.
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