Steve0916

Little Red Lighthouse

Canon EOS REBEL T4i

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Aperture f/14 ISO 100 Shutter 5/1 Focal Length 24/1

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Jan, 2016

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo at the base of the George Washington bridge on the New York side, in Washington heights Manhattan. You can see lower Manhattan in the background.

Time

This shot was taken at dusk on Jan. 2nd, 2016. I wanted to get some night and dusk shots of the bridge and saw the lighthouse with a beautiful sunset in the background.

Lighting

I took this shot right around the golden hour, so it started to become dark enough that I could shoot long exposure (with the help of some ND filters). This created the glassy effect on the water as well as the starburst from the light in the background.

Equipment

I used a Canon T4i with a 24-105 lens. The camera was on a tripod and had one or two ND filters on it, ND 2&4 most likely.

Inspiration

I originally wanted to shoot the George Washington bridge at night and saw this lighthouse there at the base of the bridge, and thought it would make a great subject as well.

Editing

I shoot Raw, so there is always a bit of post processing going on. I try not to go too overboard, so that the image does not look natural. I shot this particular photo using long exposure and HDR. So essentially, I shot 3 long exposure shots ranging from 20 sec - 30 sec, and then combined them in Lightroom.

In my camera bag

I usually have my Canon T4i, 24-105 lens, 14mm Rokinon lens, an array of filters (ND, polarizer, UV) and a ziplock bag with a hole cut out in the front in case I want to take some shots in the rain.

Feedback

Get to the location around a pleasing time, light wise, of the day or shortly before, so that you have time to scope out the area and set up. When the sun starts to set, the lighting is best, so you don't want to be first setting up then, because you will start to lose valuable light time. The lighting and effects of the lighting will change during this time, maybe an hour or so, so you will have an opportunity to take a variety of shots until the sun fully sets and you are into the blue hour.

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Little Red Lighthouse

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