After spending the weekend in Indiana and being reminded of the wonderful cloud cover I was unable to use the moon in my pictures of Indiana. When I got back to Montana I headed out to take some shots with moonlight but alas the moon had not risen by 11pm when I went out. Thankfully I used the city glow around this subject of the tree and I think it turned out really nicely. I loved how the only part of the tree picking up the light was the smaller branches because they were the only things tall enough. To focus I had someone shine a maglight on the tree and I used live view. My ISO was set at 100 on my Canon Rebel and I held down the shutter on bulb mode for a minute to get this shot. There is some movement among the stars but it was a toss up between clear stars or a visible tree.
The next series of shots were taken at the park where I used the maglight to paint the subject. The swing shot didn't really turn out the way I would have hoped but it still looked pretty cool. I will have to go out and try again maybe when the moon is actually up.
For this swing shot I used the Canon Rebel at ISO 100 and a 30s. shutter. In Photoshop I turned the shot black and white then adjusted the opacity of that layer. Before it was far too saturated for my liking of a night shot.
This shot was taken with the same camera and settings as the swing set. Here I used the maglight to light up my subject again. To edit I cropped in and sharpened but that was all. I was disappointed that I didn't light up my subjects face fast enough at the bottom of the slide to be able to have it clear. Yet another thing that I need to keep in mind when I shoot night shots again. It takes a lot of practice!
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