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Shot with canon 6D 12-28 tokina f-4 long exposure iso 100

Shot with canon 6D 12-28 tokina f-4 long exposure iso 100
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upload_dateOct, 2018

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Behind The Lens

Location

Took this picture while in San Francisco, Ca attending a photo business class. I know the city well and just went for a walk along the piers. Had my camera and tripod with me and the reflection of city light from the market district of the city caught my eye.

Time

I want to say this was about an 30mins after sunset.

Lighting

The amount of reflected light, along with the darkening skies made for a bit of a challenge but I took my time framing this up in the view finder and taking a few images a few stops lightly over and underexposed to see what I liked

Equipment

This image I captured with a Canon 6D and a tokina 12-24 f/4 wide angle. On a tripod. Kick the f stop to 6.3-9 and wanna say shutter speeds of 15-30 sec to keep the iso at 100-160

Inspiration

The pattern and colors of reflected light patterns of the cityscape really intrigued me both from a geometric standpoint as well as color/hue variations mirrored from each building in the water.

Editing

I did some highlight, shadow adjustments in Lightroom but nothing extravagant. Also used the dehaze adjustment in LR that added a bit more pop to the contrast and saturation.

In my camera bag

Canon Bodies, 6D and 6D mkII canon 16-35 f/2.8 is usm wise, Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 IS USM Tamaron 70-200mm G2 f/2.8 . EX600 soeedlight flash with Gary Fong Diffuser, HD AND ND lens filters. Spare batts and tripod for the night stuff. Tape, flashlight and assorted tools also join the bag for trips

Feedback

Although I do pre plan a bit for stuff like this, in regards to having my gear for both day and night photography. I spend a bit of time looking around in an area for a view that inspires me. After that, I take geometric balance into consideration along with rule of thirds. Then I’ll play around with exposure settings that are both above and below the cameras exposure feedback I get from the reading of the camera. I also ten to shoot in Kelvin at night for white balance. Finally, I learned to not be afraid of using higher iso ranges. Taking full advantage of ambient light to keep it low as I can. For shots like this I also like to have the DOF (depth of field) a bit higher to keep more of the back and foreground in focus..

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