This 4 minute exposure (with LED light painting on tree and silo) was taken with long exposure NR. |
In recent months I have been doing a fair bit of night photography, from late evening-twilight city shots in Vancouver, to aurora borealis (northern lights) under really dark skies in the Fraser Canyon, to an attempt at shooting the Perseid meteor shower east of Abbotsford in the Fraser Valley a few weeks back. In all cases, I was shooting on a solid tripod and was doing exposures ranging from 5 seconds to 10 minutes in duration, at a wide range of ISO settings. In this article, I will give you some pointers for successful nighttime shooting of city shots and star trails...