Thad, I suppose this beautiful B&W photograph will be your entry into the current contest.
If so, this is a perfect choice and wish you the Best of Luck with it!.

Lovely sharp and detailed..R.

This is so beautiful Thad. Being in B&W just adds to the splendor and works well with this type of architecture. A perfect entry for sure:):)

Outstanding contest entry Thad. I used to live in the bay area, and have seen this beautiful structure, brings back good memories. tigs=^..^=

Excellent entry for the contest Thad!

Terrific capture of this phenomenal structure.

I find this a stunning capture, greatly impressed how magnificent this structure is in black and white, the details, the composition and even the sky ... as if it were made for us to view this naturally ... bravo.

I remember this well from the film, "Time After Time", in which H.G. Wells chases Jack the Ripper through time to San Fransisco. Supposedly the girl he meets (Mary Steenburgen) lives across the street so it gets featured in the film. The Palace of Fine Arts was one of ten palaces at the heart of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exhibition, and the only one still standing. "Originally intended to only stand for the duration of the Exhibition, the colonnade and rotunda were not built of durable materials, and thus framed in wood and then covered with staff, a mixture of plaster and burlap-type fiber. As a result of the construction and vandalism, by the 1950s the simulated ruin was a crumbling ruin. In 1964, the original Palace was completely demolished, with only the steel structure of the exhibit hall left standing. The buildings were then reconstructed until 1974[1] in permanent, light-weight, poured-in-place concrete, and steel I-beams were hoisted into place for the dome of the rotunda. All the decorations and sculptures were constructed anew. The only changes were the absence of the murals in the dome, two end pylons of the colonnade, and the original ornamentation of the exhibit hall" [text within the quotation marks are from an online article.] I first saw your excellent, tack-sharp shot, Thad, as an entry in the black & white contest and, as a judge, gave it very high marks, so good luck in the final count.

-nik

Hey Thad!! Congratulations on your 2nd place win in the Black and White contest!!! The results were compiled by Mimi here: https://www.caedes.net/Zephir.cgi?lib=Board::Topic&id=4396112 Well deserved:)