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• Galileo Galilei.

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Today’s photo is another shot from our earlier trip to the San Francisco Bay area. This shot was taken at the Marin headlands from a viewpoint high above the golden gate bridge. Earlier that day we had been on a sunset hike and decided just to drive up and see if we could get a parking spot at one of the few outlook points along this very busy road. I had taken the sunset shots and the blue hour trails earlier, so I was not thinking of a shoot here when we drove up. But the blue hour was not completely gone, and the place was empty, so I managed to get a couple of nice shots with some amazing light trains on the roads that lead to the bridge.

Technically taking light trails is easy but it’s a bit demanding on the gear side. This is the kind of shot that would require the quality of the trip and lens. A tripod is necessary to get a long enough exposure to get good complete lines of light trails and since image mainly consists of bright pointed sources of light at the corners it will truly test the abilities of the lens. Another thing to consider is the aperture setting, while it's tempting to set the slowest aperture to get a long shutter speed, my advice would be to go no less than f16 to avoid effects diffraction as they would be exaggerated by the subject of the image.

• Marcus Aurelius.

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Here is a touristy shot from our trip to San Francisco last month. There are about three really popular view points for the fantastic golden gate bridge. I have taken shots from the other two locations before and wanted to cross this shot off the list. This is the farthest of the viewpoints and the one with most elevation. So this particular view provides a shot of the bridge and the downtown from a higher elevation. Which is a pretty unique perspective for Bridges.

We got here only after finishing the hike to coast trail and hence the lack of any color in the sky. By this time the sun has properly disappeared and there was not much light except for the warm city lights. Hopefully we will get a chance to get here during a proper blue hour.

There's a somewhat unwritten rule pertaining to fog at the Golden Gate Bridge that low fog never occurs two days in a row. Well, never say "never"!...