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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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All subjects Mountains Landscape Architecture City Lake Lucerne Lucerne Pilatus Central Switzerland
Hotel Schweizerhof on the shores of Lake Lucerne at night 100 mm · f/25 · 20 s · ISO 400 Hotel Schweizerhof on the Lucerne lakeshore at twilight 100 mm · f/25 · 20 s · ISO 400 Hotel Schweizerhof on the shores of Lake Lucerne at night 149 mm · f/9 · 4 s · ISO 100 Wasserturm in Lucerne with light projection during the Lilu Festival in front of Mount Pilatus at night. 30 mm · f/4 · 1/1 s · ISO 500 Water tower in Lucerne with light projection at night in front of Mount Pilatus 27 mm · f/4 · 1/2 s · ISO 500 The illuminated Jesuit Church in Lucerne under a cloudy evening sky with a historic street lamp in the foreground. 13 mm · f/7.1 · 2 s · ISO 400 View across the Theater Bridge towards the Lucerne Theater under a cloudy evening sky 12 mm · f/8 · 2 s · ISO 400 Water Tower in Lucerne with light trails of traffic in front of the evening sky 32 mm · f/4 · 1 s · ISO 100 Illuminated fountain in front of the facade of the KKL Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne at twilight 12 mm · f/4.5 · 1.6 s · ISO 100 Wasserturm and Chapel Bridge in Lucerne at twilight 30 mm · f/32 · 4 s · ISO 100 View through the interior of the Chapel Bridge in Lucerne at dusk 15 mm · f/16 · 13 s · ISO 100 The illuminated Chapel Bridge with water tower in Lucerne at twilight 18 mm · f/22 · 2.5 s · ISO 800 The illuminated Federal Palace in Bern under a blue evening sky 18 mm · f/7.1 · 13 s · ISO 400 Blooming fuchsias in the foreground in front of the illuminated Lucerne Town Hall at dusk 2 mm · f/2.2 · 1/8 s · ISO 800

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