A Ferry Ride to Treasure Island

I pass through Treasure Island all the time. Mostly it’s just driving through a 5 lane cement tunnel but every now and then, I take an offramp to capture some photos since there are some great views of the San Francisco skyline from there. Just last week, I decided to leave the car at home and instead take the 10 minute ferry ride over from the Ferry Building.

The ferry is a no brainer and at $5, I’ll for sure be doing it again.

Upon arrival to Treasure Island, I met up with a few folks from the MeetUp Group “Friends of Photography” lead by award winning photographer, Frederic Larson

San Francisco Skyline shot with the Fuji X-S20 and the XF 16-80 lens.

Already we could see the crescent moon above the city but we could also see haze right along the horizon. By the way, I was shooting with the Fuji X-T3 with the great range of the XF 70-300 as well as an X-S20 with an XF 16-80 lens.

San Francisco Skyline shot with the Fuji X-S20 and the XF 16-80 lens.

I pretty much alway shoot with the “Auto ISO” option somewhere between 100 and 6400. I realize for some reason that i forgot to change the max ISO on the X-S20 to 6400 so of course the camera took advantage of the max - 12800. Hello grain!

San Francisco Skyline shot with the Fuji X-T3 and the XF 70-300 lens.

I think the shot above might have been my favorite. The moon is pretty prominent and it’s pretty well centered in the photo. Have a look below at some others as the moon began to set ultimately into the haze.

San Francisco Skyline shot with the Fuji X-T3 and the XF 70-300 lens.

San Francisco Skyline shot with the Fuji X-T3 and the XF 70-300 lens.

Ok, maybe the one above was my favorite. What do you all think?