Re: What to do in San Francisco ... (fwd)

[norml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Norm Lehfeldt)]

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>Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 21:38:53 -0600
>From: tomwhite@xxxxxxx
>To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: What to do in San Francisco ...
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>The Golden Gate Bridge should be a good but probably over done subject. I
>have always wanted to shoot a perspective of it from the center lane. Maybe
>from a convertable or from the back of a pickup truck.
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>Fort Point under the bridge is another good place. I know. I shot some from
>there in October.

Drive across the bridge, bypass the vista point exit, take Spencer, be
prepared for a left turn, follow Golden Gate National Recreation Area signs
to Forts Barry and Cronkhite. Do NOT go through the first tunnel (with
traffic signal for one-way traffic) you see. Instead loop around to the
right. You will go under the Spencer off ramp then down around and UNDER the
north end of the bridge. Fantastic and unusal points of view. Continue on up
the other side and when you get up on the west side of the bridge, turn
left. You will go up on the Marin headlands WEST of the bride. Stop at the
turnouts for fantastic views to the east of the bridge with the city behind
it. Many commericals shot from here. If directions are not clear, find a
GGNRA map. Worth a little trouble.

>A stroll thru Golden Gate Park should provide ample stereo oportunities.
>There is plenty outdoor sculpture etc.

Very unusal opportunities in G.G. Park right now. I haven't had time to go
there (and apparently you have to talk fast to get into some parts of it.)
Big storm last week took out hundreds of trees. Major casualty was the
central dome of the snow white, glass-paned, Victorian gingerbread
conservatory of flowers built for the mid-winter world's fair of 1894. The
papers are saying there is not money to rebuild it. Major casualty is likely
to be an 80-year-old giant rhododendron which blooms briefly and
spectacularly once a year. A tropical plant it, is not likely to survive the
exposure to the Northern California elements brought about by the
destruction of the dome.

Could be once in a lifetime documentary opportunities here. Hope SOMEONE is
getting it in stereo.

Norm 


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