Nighttime View From Custom House Tower

            I went to the Custom House Tower last night to see the sunset, and mostly used my manual Rokinon 12mm lens on my Sony a6000. It was a pretty decent sunset, but it wasn't till afterwards that I realized most of my Rokinon 12mm photos weren't quite in sharp focus - I had been using the focus peaking but had made the mistake of assuming it was ok if the buildings were sparkling from the focus peaking, but I had failed to check that they were sparking the MOST they could possibly sparkle. After sunset I took some night photos and then noticed they weren't coming out in focus even though the focus peaking did have the buildings sparkling. So, I played with it more carefully, and was able to get some night shots that were in sharp focus. This one is from the last batch after I checked the focus peaking more carefully - I think it is in good sharp focus even if you zoom in. So, a learning experience, but I did much better at the end once I noticed I needed to check the focus peaking more carefully. (I was also using a tripod for this one, since it was too dark to do handheld with low ISO.)

Since this lens is manual, it doesn't record the aperture, but I think this was at f/2 because I wanted to let in as much light as possible as it got dark. That also makes the focus more tricky. I used my gorillapod for this one, allowing for the slower shutter speed and low ISO.

Taken in: United States / Massachusetts / Boston / Financial District (show map)

Taken on: March 21, 2017

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Camera: Sony ILCE-6000, 1 sec, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-6000
Lens:	----
Exposure Time:	1
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Photos 1.5
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