This was my first shot from the bridge at 6.18am, with the whole bridge to myself. I guessed the exposure and it turned out better than I had expected at the time. 58 seconds, iso 400, F16 and an equivalent of 27mm focal length.
From Ponte dell’Accademia
All downhill from here 
Now this is a real beauty. This one should be framed.
The perfect editorial photograph; just the ideal amount of space for title/captions/text, and lots to look at. Bravo!
Thak you Alessandro!
From what little I remember of my film crew days, F16 is somewhat surprising to me.
Regardless of my imperfect memory, this is a wonderful shot, Andrew !!!
F16 gives huge DoF, M.R but also creates nice starry effects around the lights. I could probably have shot at F11 but I also get a longer exposure stopping down further.
And I was thinking in terms of daylight shooting anyway, idiot that I am. In the summertime the cameraman was often shooting at 22 …
Molto molto bella, woww 🙂
Thank you Pat :-))
Well yes. 58 sek is a lot and such a nice picture! 🙂
Great photo. Never looked at a blue photo like that before. The warmth of the lights still gives it intimacy.
Thanks Gerard. A few of the trip photos may be worth printing.
Blue hour?
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Indeed. Its normally known as twilight and occurs of course morning and evening. You can look at an ephemeris to see the times for your location.
This is excellent, Andrew. Well worth beating everyone else out of their houses. Nice long exposure.
Thanks Steve. Shirley made the trip too!
Thanks Steve. We had trouble getting out of the hotel. It was still locked up we were so early.
I love dusk/nighttime photos like that, excellent.
AV
Thanks AV. Photographers call it Blue Hour. No idea why.
I have one ‘blue hour’ photo on my blog What’s left of my Life.
AV