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Photographing the blue hour

Night view of Lake Lucerne and Mount Pilatus with light trails from boats

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Illuminated water tower in Lucerne during the Lilu Light Festival with Mount Pilatus in the background 27 mm · f/4 · 1/2 s · ISO 500 Illuminated Wasserturm in Lucerne during the Lilu Light Festival with Mount Pilatus in the background 27 mm · f/4 · 1/2 s · ISO 500 Illuminated Wasserturm in Lucerne during the light festival in front of Mount Pilatus 37 mm · f/4 · 1.3 s · ISO 500 Illuminated Water Tower in Lucerne in front of Mount Pilatus at night 37 mm · f/4 · 1 s · ISO 500 Lucerne riverfront at night with Christmas lighting and Chapel Bridge in the background. 12 mm · f/8 · 2.5 s · ISO 640 Wooden bench in the old town of Lucerne with Christmas lights in the evening 12 mm · f/8 · 1 s · ISO 640 People in front of an illuminated merry-go-round at the Lucerne Christmas market 12 mm · f/8 · 1 s · ISO 640 Festively lit carousel and Christmas tree seen from a sleigh at the Lucerne lakefront at night 14 mm · f/11 · 2 s · ISO 1000 Musicians in red jackets playing on the ice rink in Lucerne in front of the Hofkirche 37 mm · f/4 · 1/50 s · ISO 6400 A person speaks at a lectern on an ice rink in Lucerne, with a boat and a Swiss flag visible in the background at dusk. 45 mm · f/4 · 1/125 s · ISO 5000 A man speaks at a lectern on a stage in front of a decorated ship at the Lucerne harbor. 45 mm · f/4 · 1/125 s · ISO 5000 People ice skating on an illuminated rink with a Christmas backdrop at Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. 12 mm · f/4 · 1/200 s · ISO 5000 Candles in black lanterns at the edge of the Eiszauber ice rink in Lucerne 45 mm · f/4 · 1/125 s · ISO 3200 Chapel Bridge with Water Tower in Lucerne under a blue evening sky 13 mm · f/13 · 5 s · ISO 400 Chapel Bridge with Water Tower in Lucerne at twilight with reflections in the Reuss river 13 mm · f/13 · 5 s · ISO 400 View over the rooftops of Lucerne at sunset 26 mm · f/4 · 4 s · ISO 100 The Seebrücke bridge with flags and the illuminated old town of Lucerne reflecting in the water of Lake Lucerne at dusk. 12 mm · f/4 · 2 s · ISO 100 The illuminated fountain at the Lucerne lake basin at twilight 17 mm · f/4.5 · 1.6 s · ISO 100 View from the covered Chapel Bridge looking out over the Reuss river and the Jesuit Church in Lucerne at dusk. 15 mm · f/22 · 5 s · ISO 100 View from inside the Chapel Bridge across the Reuss river towards the Jesuit Church in Lucerne at dusk 30 mm · f/32 · 5 s · ISO 100 Chapel Bridge with water tower in Lucerne at dusk with reflecting river Reuss 17 mm · f/22 · 2 s · ISO 100 Ferris wheel with reflection in the water at the Lucerne lake basin during twilight 15 mm · f/22 · 4 s · ISO 800 The Swisswheel Ferris wheel at twilight on the lakeshore in Lucerne, reflected in the water surface. 15 mm · f/22 · 10 s · ISO 200 View of Lucerne city across Lake Lucerne at dusk 15 mm · f/8 · 13 s · ISO 100

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