Light the Tower - a photo on Flickriver

Light the Tower

            Rather than capture the famous white light over the Transamerica Pyramid I decided to capture the Golden Gate Bridge with its 'bright light'. I got my lucky break in the fog today to see the moonrise over Golden Gate Bridge. I had been using multiple programs and making calculations as to the best time to take this shot. In the end my calculations were spot on to capture the moon 'balancing' on the top of one of the Golden Gate Bridge towers. Ideally I would've liked this moonrise to be slightly later for some city lights but I can't always get everything I want. Shooting the moon with the skyline was quite tricky. I needed enough ambient light out to maintain detail in the moon while also properly exposing for the city. During night time the moon is significantly brighter than the skyline hence I needed a moonrise just around sunset or slightly after sunset for the ideal timing.

Canon 7D
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II
EF 1.4x III
Hitech 0.6 soft GND filter
(IMG_8767)
   

Taken in: United States / California / Sausalito (show map)

Taken on: August 13, 2011

Tags:

golden gate

city

bay area

california

moonrise

skyline

bridge « less

Sets appears in: • Cityscapes

Groups appears in: • San Francisco at Night

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