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I woke up early one morning with my friend Zack and drove up to the Marin Headlands to take pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge. We knew that sunrise was at 6:55am so we planned to arrive around 6 (we were a couple minutes late). Our first stop was to the right side of the bridge, where I wanted to get some light trails from the bridge. We had planned on going to the left side of the bridge while it was still dark out but we forgot to realize that by the time the sun rises above the horizon, it's already pretty light out. By the time we got to Fort Baker to take the photos it was light out.

This photo was "accidentally" taken at ISO 1250, but it turns out I like this shot the best. Despite the high ISO at night the short shutter speed meant that most of the city in the background is a lot crisper and sharper than the rest of my photos, which are at ISO 200 or lower and a longer shutter speed. Lightroom 3 (beta2) did an excellent job of reducing the noise in this photo (to almost nothing) and made it superb!

I love the reflections of the bridge on the water. It's such a pretty bridge and we lucked out that there was no fog! It was really interesting to note that even at night you can see the amazingly complex currents underneath the Golden Gate Bridge (after all, it is where the SF Bay and the Pacific Ocean meet). If you look closely you can see some of the swirls of the water currents in the lower right part of this photo.

Nikon D300s w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S:
19mm, f/10, 3 sec, ISO 400, Tripod

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Taken in: United States / California / Sausalito (show map)

Taken on: April 2, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D300S, f/10.0, 3 sec, 19mm (=28mm), ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300S
Lens:	17.0-35.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	3
Focal Length:	19mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
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