Night Photography
Read MoreAfter Sunset at Bixby Bridge Route 1, Big Sur, California
Series of four images showing the moods at Bixby Bridge
Bixby Bridge Sunset Silhouette, Route 1, Big Sur, California
Series of four images showing the moods at Bixby Bridge
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Sunset in the Street of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
San Miguel - Sunset off Hiladgo Street
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Night Scene, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
San Miguel de Allende Street Scene
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge from Battery Spencer
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge from Battery Spencer
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From San Francisco, CA
Midnight Milky Way
© Mike Watson. Starry, starry night from 11,200 feet up in the White Mountains
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Midnight Milky Way
© Mike Watson. Starry, starry night from 11,200 feet up in the White Mountains
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Midnight Milky Way
© Mike Watson. Starry, starry night from 11,200 feet up in the White Mountains
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My Complete Star Trails number 2, White Mountain, CA
© Mike Watson. This star trails image consists of 90 photographs taken over a seven hour period in the Dark of the Moon, on location at 11,200 feet in the Eastern Sierras.
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Stone Face I, White Mountain, CA
This star trails image consists of 100 photographs taken over a seven hour period in the Dark of the Moon, on location at 11,200 feet in the White Mountains of California.
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My Complete Star Trails number 1, White Mountain, CA
© Mike Watson. This star trails image consists of 100 photographs taken over a seven hour period in the Dark of the Moon, on location at 11,200 feet in the White Mountains of California.
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Foggy Moon over San Francisco
Moon passing over 555 California Street in San Francisco on a foggy evening
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Full Moon over Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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Full Moon over 555, San Francisco
Friday night's hazy full Moon passing over 555 California Street in San Francisco
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Reflections from Ferry Terminal, San Francisco
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Reflections of Bay Bridge, San Francisco
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Louvre Pyramid, Paris
Patterns within patterns at Twilight
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Facets of The Louvre Pyramid, Paris
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#27, Paris, France
A ghostly 27 leaves The Louvre Hotel for Saint Lazare
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#27, Paris, France
A ghostly 27 leaves The Louvre Hotel for Saint Lazare
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From Paris
Midnight Outline, Eiffel Tower, Paris
Looking at the Southeast side under a blaze of lights near midnight. The intricate arrangement of the structure makes the Eiffel Tower look almost delicate.
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Midnight Outline, Eiffel Tower, Paris
Looking at the Southeast side under a blaze of lights near midnight. The intricate arrangement of the structure makes the Eiffel Tower look almost delicate.
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Reflecting on a Parisian Puddle, Paris, France
After a rainstorm.
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Light is everywhere you look in Paris
Ubiquitious Eiffel Tower
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Desert Rush Hour, Anza-Borrego desert, California
Overlooking the Texas Dip, a one mile stretch of road leading to Borrego Springs in the Anza-Borrego desert at around sunset. The car trails are courtesy of two members of our group who volunteered to create a rush hour event on this otherwise virtually deserted highway!
Spring Sunset on Salton Sea, California
© Mike Watson.
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Embarcadero Skyline, San Francisco
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Moonrise over East Bay, San Francisco
Full Moon rising over East Bay and Port of Oakland from the Ferry Building in San Francisco
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Night Life on Lombard Street, San Francisco
It’s interesting to record how different people address these curves
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Night Life on Lombard Street, San Francisco
It’s interesting to record how different people address these curves
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Star Trail from Patriarch Grove, White Mountain, CA
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Milky Way seen from Patriarch Grove
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Bristlecone Pines Star Trail, White Mountain, CA
A Star Trail on a stormy night over Nevada
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Star Trails
Star Trails facing North at Patriarch Grove on a stormy night, White Mountain, CA
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Mixed light sources hitting Rocks offshore at Sunset, seen from Sutro Baths, San Francisco
The different light sources create a cool effect on the rocks and the water, and there appears to be a heart carved out of this Rock at Sutro Baths in San Francisco
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Waxing Crescent Moon at Sunset from Sutro Baths, San Francisco
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Super Moon, May 5th 2012, GGB, San Francisco
A full moon over San Francisco at its closest possible approach in its elliptical orbit, shot with my friends Phil and Tyler
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Milky Way from McWay Falls, Big Sur, California
Taken at 1:55 a.m. after the moon had set
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Moon setting at Sunrise Pigeon Point Lighthouse, California
This Photograph, featured in an article published by Photo.net, is of a full moon setting behind Pigeon Point Lighthouse, March 8th 2012 at 6:13 a.m. There was just enough light coming over the eastern horizon to show the lighthouse and the rocks .
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Moon setting behind Pigeon Point Lighthouse, California, at Sunrise
I didn't know until Phil McGrew told me while we were shooting, but apparently the Sun rises simultaneously with the Moon setting every full Moon
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Moon setting at Sunrise, Pigeon Point Lighthouse, California
This Photograph, featured in an article published by Photo.net, is of a full moon setting over Pigeon Point Lighthouse, March 8th 2012 at 6:09 a.m. There was just enough light coming over the eastern horizon to show the lighthouse and the rocks .
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Evening Rush Hour on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco
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Evening Rush Hour on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco
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From San Francisco, CA
South Beach Marina, San Francisco
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From San Francisco, CA