I walked to this spot with the intention of getting this shot, but as I approached I could see the couple on the bridge. They were in their own world, and I didn’t want to disturb them. I sat on a nearby bench for about 5 minutes and in that time they didn’t move an inch.

I could see that these two had no intention of going anywhere any time soon, so I casually started extending the legs on the tripod. Then I mounted the camera. Since it was late, and the bars were letting out, I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t want to spend a lot of time drawing attention — and more people were starting to come — so I took a bit of a guess at the exposure, hit the shutter release, and paced for 15 seconds.

When this image turned up on the viewer, I knew I didn’t need any more. I’ll save the experimenting for another time. So this is my “sniper photo” — one shot, one kill. Nice.