Treasure Island – Decaseconds

Between Berkeley and San Francisco

2017-Apr-07 adohertyhLeave a comment

I spent this week BARTing back and forth from downtown San Francisco to “downtown” Berkeley for the American Chemical Society’s National Meeting. Bouncing between the familiar and the strange, all tinged with a general sense of familiarity, gave me a sense of dislocation, like an atom in slightly the wrong place in a crystal structure. Beyond meeting scientists and seeing old friends, I can think of one exciting new discovery this week: the new seat fabric on the BART is an enormous improvement over the horrifying cloth of yesteryear.

Rather Be Sailing

2017-Mar-24 adohertyhLeave a comment

Morning sun provides very stark, even lighting across the San Francisco Bay. I know rationally that gravity forces the big body of water to be (basically) flat, but the curves of the shore and the shadows of the clouds have always made the Bay itself seem to have hills and valleys. I can also confirm that the water feels pretty far from level when actually sailing it.

The San Francisco Waterfront and Skyline

2012-Feb-082012-Feb-06 emceehammrLeave a comment

Here again we have a shot of the San Francisco skyline, this time from Treasure Island including the interesting Transamerica Pyramid.

The Bay Bridge

2012-Feb-062012-Feb-06 emceehammrLeave a comment

Here we’ve got a shot of the construction on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge as shot from Treasure Island with the port of Oakland in the background.

The Span

2012-Feb-022012-Feb-02 adohertyh3 Comments

The Bay Bridge connecting Oakland and San Francisco is actually a pair of bridges, resting for a moment on the island of Yerba Buena. Attached to Yerba Buena is the ironically-named Treasure Island, a man-made island composed entirely of fill. From there, photographing either the East Bay or San Francisco itself works out quite nicely. Today’s shot of the western span of the bridge has a bit of the unlit Yerba Buena outcropping on the left and the hyperintense lights of AT&T Park (home of the SF Giants) under the bridge. On this particularly clear night, I was thrilled to be able to capture it all without a thick slathering of fog.