Oakland City Hall at sunrise

A few months ago, I found myself in the Bay Area for a quick overnight and hotel rooms in San Francisco were outrageously priced. So, I stayed across the bay in a room with a front-row view of Oakland’s City Hall with its distinctive clock tower. Completed in 1914, it’s a beautiful example of American Beaux-Arts architecture and stands in contrast to the more modern buildings around it.

I was jet-lagged and up before dawn, so I was able to enjoy the view from my window as the sun rose over the East Bay hills and bathed the scene in a hazy golden light. This is one of the first frames I captured with the recently released and somewhat controversial Sony RX1R III. I don’t have a judgment yet myself, other than it’s really nice to shoot with that lovely 35mm lens again. It’s a focal length that just agrees with the way I see the world.