‘I was mesmerised by how the fog turned the tower into a monolith’: Derek Zhao’s best phone picture
Zhao was out jogging around Treasure Island, near San Francisco, when he spotted a lonely tower stabbing through the clouds
TL;DR
- Derek Zhao, a machine-learning engineer, lives on Treasure Island near San Francisco.
- He captured a photo of the Salesforce Tower appearing as a monolith through the fog during a jog.
- Zhao finds that his best photos are often unexpected scenes near home, offering peace.
- He feels ambivalent about the tech and urban density near him but finds awe-inspiring moments.
- He uses his phone camera for these shots as he cannot bring professional equipment while jogging.