Shutter Mike Photography

Can you stand more night time photography from me?  There are two reasons I have been focusing on shooting at night lately.  1) I love it – I love capturing the lights and the moon and just how different the world is at night.  I think the general rule for writers applies to photographers as well – write about what you love – photograph what you love.  2) I think it is great practice.  I have to try different shutter speeds and apertures (sometimes 6+ per shot) and then go back and study each to determine which produced the best picture.  All the time learning more about what works best and how to improve with each shot.  As an amateur photographer, attempting to make each shot just a little bit better than the last is what it is all about.

So it was back to the Riparian Preserve in Gilbert.  Obviously photographing the wildlife at night was n0t going to work.  But the preserve has several structures and the moon was almost full (although my moon picture was not exposed correctly – see below).

I was not as happy with the following moon shots.  The balance of light and dark did not turn out as I would have liked.  I took three (four actually, but one was so dark it was not recognizable) and did not get the right shutter speed/aperture combination.  I also should have taken it off automatic ISO and experimented with a few different levels to see if I could reduce the noise.  But here is what I got with the various settings I used.  These were using shutter speed priority so the camera set the aperture.  (Note to self – full manual mode next time)