Night Photography

Here's something different to test your skills at capturing light - shoot in the dark. Not pitch black darkness of a sealed room. No light, no photography. What I'm talking about is night lights: Moon, stars, reflected lights from a distant.

http://gizmodo.com/5742383/175-photos-of-day-taken-at-night

Some really interesting effects, and only the stars to tell you that the images were at night, not midday. Just try and guess the proper exposure for these sorts of shots! The New Moon is this week on Feb 2, and the full moon is coming Feb 18. (Check out our 2011 Calendar, the link will always be there on the right)

Some folks take "moonbow" images at waterfalls, and perhaps the best know is at Cumberland Falls near Corbin, KY. And a wee bit of a drive from Saint Louis. But it is another example of photographers using extreme low lighting.

Fireworks might have exposure times of 1-4 seconds. City lights and taillights might go for several seconds. This one was 5 seconds:





But can you get your mind to wrap around an exposure lasting minutes?