Sunset in Wuzhen

Sunset over a canal in Wuzhen with traditional boats floating on the river and houses on the side

I had the luck of crossing one of the many canals in Wuzhen at the time when the sun was peeking through the tree and decided to make a photo of this scene. I liked the final outcome, but even more, I liked how the photo came to be. 

The bridge was being crossed by quite some many people and stopping, checking the light, finding the right angle, taking a first test photo, taking another one, changing aperture, take a second photo, a third photo.... was not really possible. I only had a few seconds to choose the aperture, which has to be small enough to get a sun star, but not too small for avoiding high-ISO problems. Luckily the position I was staying was pretty good already. I really like that I had one chance only to make this photo and, all in all, it worked pretty well.