I always get super pumped when I discover a new Boston Skyline location. This one was on my bucket list for many years. The evening light
on my visit was beautiful and a clear blue sky was predominant. Parking was surprisingly easy and the best photo location
to capture my vision of the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, the Custom House
of Boston, One International Place and parts of the TD Bank North Garden in one
image was only steps away. I set up tripod and equipped my
camera with a Canon 70-200mm and 1.4x tele converter, making it an approximately 420
telezoom lens. Landscape versus Portrait format is one of the first decisions that a photographer must make after finding a suitable location and subject. In this case I both formats worked and I ended up shooting both that night. Once I adjusted
my zoom lens to my final composition I battled another challenge; trucks and cars driving past
close and fast providing some unwanted camera shake and eventual picture blur. To
overcome this obstacle I had to wait a couple of times until no vehicles were
flying by and that made the difference for the 2 images that were sharp, crisp
and of high quality. As usual the magic of twilight only lasted a few minutes but
I ended up with a couple of great images despite the obvious challenges.
The aperture in these two Boston skyline images was set to f/16 and f/4 combined with an ISO100 setting provided a shutter speed of 1 and 6 seconds respectively. During routine digital post processing I removed dust spots,
minimally adjusted lighting, contrast, color saturation before sharpening the
final Boston photography images I Got My Red Dress On Tonight and Before Midnight.
Good light
and happy photo making!
Juergen
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