I was in room 4507 in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Not inexpensive as you might guess. Third highest building in San Francisco. Glad the day was sunny. The windows open just enough to slip a 120 out the side. Another room wouldn’t have allowed for that particular angle out the open window. The views through the windows were of both bridges, but I wanted this shot since I have a relative who lives on the side of Telegraph Hill. So while it looks lie a helicopter shot, I was able to be very steady, braced by the window.
The relative loved the shot. The resolution would allow a six foot print as it was a merge of three shots with the 120. Yeah, it could be a triptych, but I’m not doing it yet Kipper.
Here is another shot from the same building by Afar.com.
http://www.afar.com/highlights/the-height-of-luxury
The Afar offices are next door but only 6 floors up.
I do a lot of highlights on Afar myself, but rarely with an S.
The travel site is excellent for scouting out shots when traveling. I suggest it to you all.
http://www.afar.com then type in your location you are interested to review. Good smartphone app too. I’ll post an Afar M8 shot I took awhile ago in the M forum thread.