Grand View Park at Dusk

I seem to have had bad luck lately in being where I want to be when the weather is nice. I came home from work today to an amazingly clear night in San Francisco, with great purple/blue skies. I had my camera with me today so I drove up to Grand View Park, just up the hill from my apartment to snap some shots.

The 'best' light seemed to have already past, but San Francisco was still looking good as the sky got darker and the city lights came on.

This is one of my favorite spots for panoramic shots so I decided to finally do one after dark for a change. The original was produced from 11 separate images and stitched in Photoshop (which didn't hide the seems very well). It came out to roughly 10,000x2800 so this is scaled down considerably.

I suggest you take a look at the full size just to take in an incredibly clear night in SF (even if the photo isn't the sharpest).

The sun was still comparatively bright behind the horizon which made finding the right exposure tough, and in the end I had to lighten it in post - oh well. Ya learn something new every time right?

Nikon D40 | Sigma 10-20@14mm | f/8 | 2.5s | ISO200 | Tripod