International Orange

I didn't have a chance to post this photo before I went out of town last week, but this is also a photo from Fort Point in San Francisco.  The orange buntings are part of an art exhibit called International Orange, commemorating the 75 Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, in honor of its rusty orange color.  I'll include a video link  (click here) to the artist, Allison Smith,  who crafted the buntings.  She explains the significance behind them.  I've written before about the history of Fort Point, but I think this video is nicely done and explains the history well.

Fort Point

Fort Point sits just under the Golden Gate Bridge.  This was supposed to be another "redo" from a photo I took here last September.  Another family trip.  If there's a theme, it's that I have a hard time taking photos on family outings because I always feel rushed.  But in this case, I ended up not liking my new photos as much as the one from our family trip.  I think the reason for this was the lighting.  The sunlight came out too blue, and everything ended up with a strange color cast.  If you're interested to see the old photo, it was posted September 18, 2011

September 18

Fort Point lies just under the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge.  In past trips to the bridge I've always viewed the fort as a photo nuisance because it got in the way of my bridge photos.  But today we actually went in the fort and walked around, and wow, was it worth it!  I definitely could have spent more time exploring all the rooms and passageways.  It's a pre-civil war fort, completed in 1861, and the last major stone masonary coastal fort built in America.    f/8 at 0.62, ISO400, 17mm