Boston Skyline and Bridges

These are photos of the Boston skyline and surrounding bridges from a variety of vantage points including Cambridge, East Boston, South Boston, Chelsea, Everett, and Malden. I turned the ordinary into a dreamlike reality with very long exposures, using LEE Filters to control the light entering the lens.

Zakim Bridge spans Charles River under Blue Sky and Clouds from North Point Park East Cambridge MA

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Zakim Bridge spans Charles River under Blue Sky and Clouds from North Point Park East Cambridge MA

I got this same shot on two different days last week. The results from my first trip were pretty cool and I got some good results, but I wasn’t really that happy with the sky and my focal length was too long. The wind was also gusting so hard I couldn’t push my exposure out as long as I wanted. So I scrapped the session, and waited for a day with better clouds to get it right. That day came pretty quick, but the conditions looked to become fleeting. Luckily I was able to get through nightmare traffic and catch a fresh batch of clouds at the crux. In a rush, this was my first exposure that I let rip without calculating the exposure length.

Canon 6d
16-35 f/2.8L II at 27
LEE Big Stopper (3.0ND)
LEE 100mm Circular Polarizer
f/20, ISO 50, 90 sec

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