This was Difficult!

A view of Kuwait city skyline as view from AlShaheed park. Tripods are not allowed in the park unless there is a permit, so i had to work fast and stealthy. I opened my tripod with the lowest setting. I was sitting on the bench facing this stunning view trying to pick the perfect moment where these is no one passing in the scene. I set up my camera setting and put a 10 sec delay, as soon as the timing was perfect and no one was passing , I immediately set up the tripod and the edge of the water and pressed the shutter button and moved back to my bench. As soon as the exposure was finished, I retrieve my camera and took down my rig immediately as if nothing happened. The timing was perfect for the image and the purple light in the sky really makes the image calming.