Seaweed, foam, pebble, plume artfully melded beauty where earthy treasure-trove. Taken at daybreak on a small beach at Fort Baker just under the Golden Gate Bridge on a very overcast foggy summer morning in San Francisco.
The magic hour at sunrise can transform a scratched up warehouse window into a work of art. The Presidio is slowly evolving into classy playground - as it should - though many romantic artists worry that the past will be lost to the future. In general, photographers are old warehouse freaks. If they get a change to visit a junkyard during twilight, they call it "happy hour."
Frederic Larson, a photojournalist at the San Francisco Chronicle for more than 25 years, has covered all types of assignments - from fires to football, earthquakes to celebrities. It is his intimate photos of nature - particularly of the sun, moon, and fog - at play with San Francisco's monuments and icons that have captivated readers for years. To see more of his photography please visit SFGATE.com and just click under Mystical Photography San Francisco.