High tide, low light, long exposure

I know — there are a LOT of pictures of canals on this blog, but, well, they’re very pretty — and they’re all over the place. (There are canals in three directions from my apartment, each within a block.) But the main thing that prompted these pictures was the tide. I’d never seen it so high. The boats are practically at the same level as the cars.

Look at the bridge in the third image. There’s no way anything but a row boat would have been able to pass that night.

These are six second exposures, which is why the water appears glossy and the lights are so dramatic. I took these in January, in case you’re wondering why there are no leaves on the trees.