Mike Chowla's Photo Blog

Golden Gate Bridge just after sunset

mike — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:28:40 +0000

Taken on an unusually clear evening just at the start of summer. Confirming what I learned last January, the Golden Gate bridge looks best after sunset, when there is still a touch of color in the sky and the towers are lit from below.

Fort Point Hallway

mike — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:22:45 +0000

Taken last July at Fort Point which is a civil war eara fort just underneath the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge.

San Francisco Skyline

mike — Fri, 28 May 2010 21:47:21 +0000

Taken from Treasure Island. One of first attempts at panorama stitching.

White Tulips

mike — Fri, 28 May 2010 21:26:49 +0000

Taken at Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Gardens in Golden Gate Park back in March.

Sunset Over Delicate Arch

mike — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:23:36 +0000

Hiking out to Delicate Arch at sunset was the perfect end at a great day at Arches National Park. After spending two days waiting for the weather to clear, today was sunny but cold. Delicate Arch is just stunning. The approach adds to the dramac because the final section of the trail is a snowy path up the side of the cliff, and once you get to the top, the one is rewarded with this splendid vantage point to the arch.

Update: Full set of Arches National Park photos now available

Bryce Canyon

mike — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:31:00 +0000

Bryce Canyon is stunning.

Update: Full set of Bryce Canyon National Park photos now available.

Sunrise over the Towers of the Virgin, Zion National Park

mike — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:17:14 +0000

The peaks in Zion National Park all have outlandish names. The one of the interpretive signs says the names were early visitors method of making sense of the grandeur of the place.

Update: Full set of Zion National Park photos now available

Highgate Cemetary

mike — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:28:18 +0000

Highgate Cemetery is wonderfully atmospheric Victorian era cemetery in Lodnon. With its overgrown vines and meandering paths, it feels right out of a English novel.

Nasrid Palces at the Alhambra

mike — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:15:15 +0000

Richly decorated columns from on the Patio de los Arrayanes (Patio of Murtyle) in the Nasrid Places at the Alhambra

The Baths at the Alcázar of Seville

mike — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:46:15 +0000

The Alcázar of Seville is magnificent palace. This is the baths of Dona Maria de Padilla which are rain water tanks below one of the patios.