Sausalito at Twilight

This is a photograph of Sausalito and Tiburon from across the Bay as night came on. It is a view of scenic and almost Mediterranean Sausalito that a tourist probably wouldn’t see.

I took the photo from the top of Wildcat Peak, using a telephoto lens, and a thirty second exposure with the lens wide open.

As usual with this kind of long exposure in low light conditions, the digital sensor picked up colors that I didn’t even know were there, like the sunset reflecting off the mist on the water in the bottom left of the photo.

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4 Responses to “Sausalito at Twilight”

  1. whoisjy Says:

    Great photo.

    I’ve been up to the Bay Area once and I’d love to move/work there when I’m out of school.

    What ISO did you take this at?

  2. Harold Davis Says:

    This was ISO 100. Here’s the EXIF data.

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