The Changing Light
The Changing Light
The changing light
at San Francisco
is none of your East Coast light
none of your
pearly light of Paris
The light of San Francisco
is a sea light
an island light
And the light of fog
blanketing the hills
drifting in at night
through the Golden Gate
to lie on the city at dawn
And then the halcyon late mornings
after the fog burns off
and the sun paints white houses
with the sea light of Greece
with sharp clean shadows
making the town look like
it had just been painted
But the wind comes up at four o'clock
sweeping the hills
And then the veil of light of early evening
And then another scrim
when the new night fog
floats in
And in that vale of light
the city drifts
anchorless upon the ocean
at San Francisco
is none of your East Coast light
none of your
pearly light of Paris
The light of San Francisco
is a sea light
an island light
And the light of fog
blanketing the hills
drifting in at night
through the Golden Gate
to lie on the city at dawn
And then the halcyon late mornings
after the fog burns off
and the sun paints white houses
with the sea light of Greece
with sharp clean shadows
making the town look like
it had just been painted
But the wind comes up at four o'clock
sweeping the hills
And then the veil of light of early evening
And then another scrim
when the new night fog
floats in
And in that vale of light
the city drifts
anchorless upon the ocean
--Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Please Take the time to watch this time-lapse video in Full Screen and High Definition!. It is truly an experience! Just click on it to take it to a full-screen view.
From Simon Christen, the Photographer: A collection of time lapses I took around the San Francisco Bay Area roughly shot over the period of one year.
Please watch in HD :-)
Find more of my work on my website simonchristen.com
or on my flickr account: flickr.com/seemoo
Music by Nick Cave - Mary's Song from the Soundtrack of "Assassination of Jesse James"
That video is amazing!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you liked it! I couldn't believe how beautiful it was. I felt so relaxed after watching it!
ReplyDeleteI am testing my new comment program. I like this post very much. I love the time lapse film. It is almost a meditation for me and certainly a great piece of photographic art. I love Tom Hawk's photo as well and Ferlinghetti's poem on the city brings it all together. City Lights bookstore is my favorite bookstore in San Francisco, so I felt that he deserved this tribute. I like this new comment tool.
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