Taken back in December this is a long exposure shot taken about 35 minutes before sunrise. I used a bit of trial an error to find the best exposure time for this shot and ended up at 1m 47 seconds as F/11 ISO 50. I should have tried for a bit longer by closing the aperture further and perhaps using one of my ND filters but I was still pleased to get one star trail and some movement in the clouds and water. I used a tripod, cable release and mirror lockup to prevent any movement from the camera and manual focused on the pier since AF was struggling in the very low light.
The light on the beach is light pollution from the street lamps along the promonade. I boosted the exposure by +0.67 in Lightroom to get the balance correct. That's the beauty of using RAW!
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For some reason I had the idea that everything looked better 20 second and up lol
