I only managed to get one photo of this pair, but it was a pretty perfect one. Aren't they cute?
I've said this before, BUT, one of the biggest things I've realized about what a photo captures vs. what's really there is - the darks. As darks recede into space they get lighter (because of atmostphere), but photographs don't always capture that. So I try to think of these kinds of scenes as having layers. The gal and her dog are the first layer, so they are going to have the darkest darks. The next layer contains the tree and corner building, and the darks there are a little lighter than the darks in the first layer. I mix these darks right next to each other on my palette (literally touching) because it's just a subtle difference. Then the next layer, which contains the background buildings, is a bit lighter still. In the photo, all those darks are the same, so I have to really think about it rather just repeating what I see. But keeping my piles of darks all lined up in order helps, and never putting my darkest dark in any layer but the first one.
I rented a little airbnb for my trip to San Francisco, on Potrero Hill, which is just south of downtown. I was at the tippy top of the hill, and from there I had some awesome views. You can only see a slice of the city here, but the morning light was hitting it full force, and only dappling the foreground.
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