garden in moonlight
Last night the moon was nearly full and the garden glowed brightly in its light. The images below are all long exposures, from several to thirty seconds, so a tripod was essential.
Moon, contrail, clouds
Moon, contrail, clouds…
Yucca in moonlight
Yucca in moonlight: The flowers are white, but light from the nearby streetlight made them appear orange.
Moonlit Water Lilies
Water lilies reflecting the moon, over black water, with bent papyrus stems in the foreground… This is my favorite picture from last night.
Moonlit papyrus
Papyrus and falling water…
The cat, exploring…
The cat, exploring on the roof…
Neighborhood view
A view towards the water from the deck…
Garden at night
…and finally, a shot of the garden. In long exposures like this one, the garden almost looks as if it’s being lit by the sun. But the odd, theatrical colors from the lights in the houses give it a color cast that makes you look twice. Day or night?
Long digital exposures always have a degree of noise, the grainy prismatic fuzz that pollutes the darker parts of the images. (It’s particularly obnoxious in the cat image above.) Programs like Noise Ninja can do wonders with reducing the noise and making the images look more natural. But I think they’re fine for sharing on the web.
December 12 2008 | Categories: gardening • my garden • photography | Tags: cats • moon • night photography • Scooter • time exposures | 8 Comments »
