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  April 22, 2004


poolI've been taking digital photos now for about a year, and what I've learned more than anything else is awe for those that really know the art -- the combination of aesthetic sense and technological know-how that together produce a great picture. I've had to settle for photos that are serendipitous and fortuitous -- the result of being in the right place at the right time, such as my crow and blue jay pictures.

I'm a night person. I love to walk at night -- my senses seem to sharpen and I see more and feel more than I do during the day. But I've found night photography extremely frustrating. The only three night photos I've taken that have been at all successful are this one and the two shown here. I have no idea why they worked relatively well, while most of my night shots are indistinct, overly red-shifted and lacking in clarity and accuracy. I can't get the detail of tree leaves and fronds in the lamplight at all.

Here are the details of what I use and how I take my night shots:
  • treeCamera: Fujifilm Finepix 3800 (3.2 Mpx, 6x zoom)
  • Picture Setting: Quality 2M, Night Setting auto-exposure
  • Tripod and umbrella
  • Software: Finepix Image Viewer and several different image processing tools (Adobe, MIC, etc.)
Any hints would be welcome. I've read the manual and it's not very helpful. And if you've taken a night photo you're especially proud of, please link to it in the comments below and tell me how you did it!


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