This was a 20 second exposure on a clear, still, moonless night in Dillberry Lake Provincial Park. This took some accurate esimating of the distance from me to the tree and a focus distance indicator on my lens. I’m not sure if some modern SLRs could autofocus in this kind of darkness, but mine certainly can’t.<\/p>\n
I’m starting to enjoy night photography more all the time. It forces me to slow down — once it’s dark there’s really no rushing necessary. Sunsets and sunrises can be a little more stressful as they’re very time-limited. Finding the balance between enjoying the outdoors and becoming a professional photographer can sometimes be hard. There’s always pressure to get a better shot, a different composition. But coming up with something new is also extremely rewarding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This was a 20 second exposure on a clear, still, moonless night in Dillberry Lake Provincial Park. This took some accurate esimating of the distance from me to the tree and a focus distance indicator on my lens. I’m not sure if some modern SLRs could autofocus in this kind of darkness, but mine certainly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,741],"tags":[2114,387,161,2115,2113,7,519,2109,23,885,2111,2106,388,2108,1069,845,127,1559,328,2112,2110,862,949,269,1701,2107,145],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forest-2","category-night-photography","tag-accurate-esimating","tag-aperture","tag-aspen","tag-autofocus","tag-better-shot","tag-camera","tag-clear","tag-clear-night","tag-composition","tag-darkness","tag-different-composition","tag-dillberry-lake-provincial-park","tag-exposure","tag-finding-the-balance","tag-focus","tag-focus-distance-indicator","tag-lake","tag-lens","tag-light","tag-modern-slrs","tag-moonless-night","tag-night","tag-night-photography-2","tag-outdoors","tag-professional-photographer","tag-sunsets-and-sunrises","tag-tree"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t