Canal lights after rain

Canal lights after rain

Long exposures along the Herengracht on a wet November evening, handheld and on a railing.

Rain is the best thing that can happen to a city at night. Every surface becomes a reflector and the streetlights double.

No tripod?

Bridge railings and bike racks make decent supports. With in-body stabilisation I got sharp frames at half a second about one time in three.

Editing

I pull highlights hard and warm the white balance slightly. Sodium lamps are mostly gone, so the warmth now has to come from the edit.

← Back to the journal