san francisco, usa
San Francisco is a cultural, commercial, and financial centre in Northern California. San Francisco is the 16th most populated city in the United States, and the fourth most populated in California, with 881,549 residents as of 2019
The City was founded on June 29, 1776, when colonists from Spain established the Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate and Mission San Francisco de Asís a few miles away, both named after St Francis of Assisi. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought rapid growth, making it the largest city on the West Coast at the time.
The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was built in 1910–1912 as a United States Army military prison; then became a federal prison in August 1934 after the buildings were modernised and security increased. Given this high security and the island's location in the cold waters and strong currents of San Francisco Bay, prison operators believed Alcatraz to be escape-proof and America's strongest prison.
Camera:
Canon EOD 5D MKII; 700-300mm f/4 ‘L’ series lens;
Settings: 130mm, f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/500 sec
San Francisco, USA, 37.7749° N, 122.4194° W
Read MoreThe City was founded on June 29, 1776, when colonists from Spain established the Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate and Mission San Francisco de Asís a few miles away, both named after St Francis of Assisi. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought rapid growth, making it the largest city on the West Coast at the time.
The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was built in 1910–1912 as a United States Army military prison; then became a federal prison in August 1934 after the buildings were modernised and security increased. Given this high security and the island's location in the cold waters and strong currents of San Francisco Bay, prison operators believed Alcatraz to be escape-proof and America's strongest prison.
Camera:
Canon EOD 5D MKII; 700-300mm f/4 ‘L’ series lens;
Settings: 130mm, f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/500 sec
San Francisco, USA, 37.7749° N, 122.4194° W
