Golden Gate Bridge (and Richmond, San Francisco) Seen from Fort Baker at Night

I took this shot of Golden Gate Bridge and Richmond, San Francisco, under the bridge back in March.  Though windy, the air wasn’t all that clear for a March evening.  Lighting, however, was too good to pass up the opportunity to take a couple of shots.  Those shots proved to be worth-while as I spent another hour or so to get this below shot.

I spent quite a bit of time trying to reduce the noise level in the picture – but in the end, left the image mostly untouched.  The deep blue sky is a product of white balance adjustment – the sodium vapor lights on the bridge was bright, harsh and ugly and the color temperature was brought down to soften the sodium vapor lighting.

Taken with Nikon D300, Nikkor 35-70mm F/2.8D, F/10, 15 seconds, aperture priority, spot metering, ISO 200, 14-bit color, post processed with Nikon Capture NX.