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[regnaD kciN]

Nikon 5700, focal length 15.7mm, shutter speed 1/2.5 second, f3.2. RAW format.

Obviously, I used a tripod.

The big post-processing difference was, in Adobe's RAW converter, to boost the color saturation 30% (almost a necessity, from previous experiments in trying to shoot holiday lights -- ideally, you'd boost the saturation until you start seeing color blotches in non-light areas, then back off until they disappear; what I did on this shot was a bit more subtle), and to play with the white balance until it looked as I remembered it. White balance is always a tricky matter in such situations, since the auto balance is going to have an impossible time figuring out what is appropriate with a myriad of deeply-colored lights. I finally wound up with a color temperature of 5500 (near-daylight) and a tint of -12.