I took a lot of photos today-- none of them captivating! I finally just took a picture of our house when we arrived home from dinner. My son is standing at the door, impatiently calling to me to "Hurry up, I want to get in the house!" I made my husband stop the car a few times on the way home as I tried (unsuccessfully) to capture some of the beauty of the snow-covered lake scenes at night. Um...there isn't enough light at night--even with a flash! The two of them have decided this is going to be a L..O..N..G year if I'm going to be taking all these "annoying"photos every day!
Your white lights are pretty!
ReplyDeleteDoes your camera have a night setting (usually a mountain with a star or moon above it)? That may help. It'll increase the ISO which will use the available light better but the trade off is more grain in the shot.
Long exposure is really the only way to effectively capture a night-time scene. If you have the ability to manually set your camera, you can slow the shutter speed (lets more light in) and set a lower aperture. The longer the shutter is open, the more you'll need some type of steady surface for the camera to rest on (a tripod is best but you could also use any solid surface - like for instance in this case, the roof of your car) or else the shot will be blurry (from motion while the shutter is open).
Any twinkles of light on a dark night are wonderful in my book. I love that there is enough light to show how huge the snow piles are. My family tolerates me amazingly well--my kids don't ever remember me not taking pictures all the time. They even notice things that would make a good photo and suggest it! I've started encouraging them to take one themselves.
ReplyDeleteI still laugh when I think of the look on my nephew's face when I said "look at that fabulous falling down church!" and promptly pulled over in a not-so-nice-section of "town" to take pictures.
ReplyDeleteOne of my goals for this year is to learn to take night photos (or low light photos). I like the welcoming feel of your lights and the snow.
I did use the night setting--but I needed more than that could accomplish--I still need to learn how to adjust the aperture & shutter speed of my camera. Your comments reminded me that my brother has done a lot of this night photography. He will leave his lens open for hours. He has some really cool photos at this website:
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