The shining emerald city of Minneapolis offers it’s best view from 35W, in fact, if you are a fan of the movie Fargo, you will see this angle as the guys drive in from Brainerd. Actually, if they were coming from Brainerd, they would be coming the other direction, but the view of downtown from the North isn’t nearly as spectacular. Unless you were there on the first of August.
Long exposures is one of the many benefits of night photography. To learn how to take photos like this and many more photography tips, please stay tuned to my daily photo blog, where I publish a photo from Minneapolis every day.
Learn more about Night Photography techniques in this post.
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Love this photo. How do you get that effect.
My, my and MY. Nice photography. Really nice stuff.
Mo -
It’s a long exposure, ISO100, f/16, 15 seconds. Then I worked the image in post to get the colors right.
- Mitchster
Happy Thanksgiving (belated). WI enjoy night photographywith all the bright lights contrasting the darkness. Always good to learn how these shots are done. Oh, and I was inspired by your toy train pic, I gave it a shot on a few of mine. Thanks!
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