The Half Dome as seen from Glacier point road in Yosemite. - Chris Chabot Photography

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San Giorgio Maggiore has got to be one of my favorite things to look upon in the world.

While as a destination to go to it's pretty swell as it is a lovely little island with some really spectacular architecture on it, the main role it always ends up playing for me is the beautiful structure that's seen in the distance - either as the background to a colorful scene filled with gondolas, or as a paradisal and mysterious island floating in the grand canal.

Perhaps it's not the role it thought it would play when it was build, but like any great backdrop, the scene just wouldn't be the same without it - and that's worth celebrating as well!

The musicians strike the first chord as the outfits rustle through the corridors to make it to the beginning of the Opera in time, applause roars as the lead singer takes the stage…

It's so easy to dream away when visiting places like the Palais Garnier.

12 12 12 was a special day for many, these kind of repeating double digits won't happen for the next 80 years or so - in many countries couples were lining up to tie the knot, others thought the world would end..

For me it was a good day because I got to shoot the Golden Gate Bridge with a friend, and that's always a good day, no matter how cool the date is.

The view from the Rialto Bridge is such an iconic one that I couldn't just photograph it and call it done - no it needed to have a little drama and color before it would be good enough to call it my shot from the bridge.

Most evenings I would walk past and the winter sky would be grey and drab, the colors would be lifeless and dull and the view was about an spectacular experience as watching paint dry - yes I'm mixing metaphors but it was just that boring.

So you can imagine I was nearly uncomfortably excited when one lucky evening there was just enough space between the clouds for the sunset to poke it's head through just ever so slightly and paint some color on the scene.

I quickly made my way through the crowd, cursed that I didn't bring my tripod that day and planted my camera on the top of the bridge as support and took this picture, just in time as it turns out since about a minute later the clouds has closed ranks again and blocked out all the sunlight and turned the scene into a wet blanket of an experience again.

The Half Dome as seen from Glacier point road in Yosemite.

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The Half Dome as seen from Glacier point road in Yosemite.

The Half Dome as seen from Glacier point road in Yosemite.

The Half Dome as seen from Glacier point road in Yosemite.

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