A few weeks ago I went to the I went to Grace Cathedral. Technically I also went to the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints that same week but didn’t really take any photos, just a few Instagram shots of the church. Anyways, at Grace Cathedral I was able to take numerous photos of the amazing architecture and space.
Below is my attempt at capturing a panorama of the interior of Grace Cathedral.
The Labyrinth
The panorama was taken at the apex of the labyrinth and was stitched together with Photoshop. Since the panorama did not start at the center of the nave, the cathedral appears to turn toward the end of the labyrinth. In truth the cathedral runs straight from the altar to the narthex. This panorama was also taken free hand with just my POS 12.1MP Canon Elph 100 HS, not by a DSLR on a tripod. I’ll come back here sometime in the near future to try this again with the proper gear.
With the GoPro, I’m going to attempt to do a time lapse of the sun setting in the west with the San Francisco Bay Bridge span in the foreground. I haven’t had the chance to pick up the LCD Back for the GoPro so I’ll be shooting blind, technically. I’ve played around with the GoPro enough that I have an idea of what I’ll be capturing.
Once the sun set, we’ll be heading to the east end of the island to take shots of the Oakland span that has both the new Bay Bridge and current Bay Bridge section. There has been a lot of progress done to the new span of the bridge since the last time that I was there on Yerba Buena Island. The bridge now have cables hanging down from the main cable.
Th new Bay Bridge; its Tower and Cables
The photo above was taken from an ACTransit bus as I was heading to the East Bay. So as you can tell from the Google Map photo from the very top of this post, that when compared to the Instagram photo above, there has been a ton of progress on the new span.
I plan on shooting the Oakland span with the POS Canon. I’m worried about the quality of photos that I’ll get. I hope that it wont be a waste of time trying to shoot with the POS. Actually, I know it wont be a true waste of time since I’ll be seeing friends that I haven’t seen in few months. I do know that the POS is not a DSLR and that the quality will not be as good.
We are just have to stay tuned to see how everything turned out. So stay tuned. Maybe if time permits I’ll post something from tonight’s photo adventure later early tomorrow morning.
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