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 Boston Massachusetts USA, Fiery Sunrise over Charles River with Cloud Movement from North Point Park Cambridge MA

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Zakim Bridge Boston Massachusetts USA, Fiery Sunrise over Charles River with Cloud Movement from North Point Park Cambridge MA

Never got a shot from here at sunrise, pretty difficult lighting. Here is a single exposure that I really stretched out. I had only one other exposure previous and it had a clearer reflection, but it was underexposed and not quite straight. So the quality of reflection took back seat on this one, as I chose this one with optimum exposure. Shooting underexposed leads to a lot of digital noise and hot pixels especially in shadows, so I don't recommend it. Always review your histogram when judging an exposure length, and you want to shoot as far to the right of the histogram as possible without clipping highlights. This method always yields the best photos possible.

Canon 6d
16-35 f/2.8L II at 24
LEE Big Stopper (3.0ND)
LEE 0.9 Hard GND
f/9, ISO 100, 360 sec

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