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<\/a>Pretty much the words mean \u00e2\u20ac\u0153days gone by\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153old times\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which we want to remember fondly and not forget yet at the same time look expectantly\u00c2\u00a0 to what the new year will usher in.<\/p>\nThe San Francisco waterfront intones those sentiments in its holiday lights leading up to New Years.\u00c2\u00a0 A wonderful time to photograph holiday lights and skylines is for 15 minutes after sundown.\u00c2\u00a0 The sky still has color in it and the edges and silhouettes of the buildings are not yet merging into the darkness of the night.\u00c2\u00a0 (Photographed from Pier 1, also a good winter AM location where the first rays of sun turn all the Ferry Building windows orange.)<\/p>\n
The lights reflecting in the foreground bay waters become a silky glow when using a slow shutter speed.\u00c2\u00a0 At ISO 100 and f\/22 you need about 20 seconds to capture the image.\u00c2\u00a0 If you want your street lights and other lamps to star set the aperture as small as possible\u00c2\u00a0 (f\/22, f\/29, f\/32) while using a fairly wide angle lens.\u00c2\u00a0 If I have photographed something grand I enjoy including something intimate or just a portion of the extensive subject.\u00c2\u00a0 This section of the bay bridge was photographed in the last light turning the gray painted cables and towers silvery-gold.\u00c2\u00a0 Diagonal lines are much more dramatic so why not tilt you camera to add them to your composition.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a hand, my trusty fiere\u00c2\u00a0! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At the end of the year and the precipice of the next you hear the various musical renditions of Scottish Poet Robert Burns\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 1788\u00c2\u00a0 lyrics \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Auld Lang Syne\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 written for a traditional folk tune.\u00c2\u00a0 Billy Joel performed “Auld Lang Syne” … Continue reading <\/a>You will get some vignetting and key-stoning but these can be corrected in your processing software (Photoshop, elements, lightroom, etc.) under lens correction or perspective correction.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Or you could leave it as is for a rather eerie feel.<\/p>\n
\nand gie’s a hand o\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 thine\u00c2\u00a0!
\nAnd we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll tak a right gude-willy waught,
\nfor auld lang syne\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n