Lake Merritt Glow

    I've been wanting to get a shot of downtown Oakland in the blue hour ever since I got home. Unfortunately, it has been raining most of the time. Luckily, there have been a couple of nice sunsets, and I was able to get a few shots I was happy with. I aso got a long exposure of a blue heron and an obligatory Christmas tree bokeh shot. Enjoy!

I usually don't do much bird photography, but as I was shooting at Lake Merritt there was a blue heron just standing still in the water. It was dark out so I needed a long exposure (luckily I was already using a tripod). I don't think 5 seconds is par for the course when doing bird photography, but the heron stood still enough that it came out pretty clear.

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