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We live in one of the areas the council switches off street lights to help those who help themselves.
I have been experimenting taking photos with just the streetlamps when they come back on in the morning, and been very surprised by the results.
This morning I went down the road to my test spot before the lights came back on, and I find it hard to believe the results, I went outside several time to try and see what the camera saw, but couldn't.
In the full photo, I could not see any colour, the cars on the left, I could make out the individual cars, and see they had number plates fitted, and I could not see the leaves on the road.
On the group of cars on the right, I could see vague shapes, but could not make out individual cars or the shape of the whole car. Again, no colours.
The sky looked almost totally black, except a slight lightening at the bottom.
There is nothing wrong with my eyes
f1.7 1/2s ISO 3200
I will add one with the street lights come on
f1.7 1/6s ISO 3200
If you look at the yield sign roughly in the centre of the full picture, it gives a rough reference to the overall lighting.
Unfortunately a light mist had come over by the time the lights came on, which hides a bit of detail below the street lights.
Now, I imagine this is not a surprise to many, but to someone who hesitates to get a camera out in the winter months, let alone after nightfall, I am quite amazed at what can be done, and it certainly gives me more motivation for the next few months
I have been experimenting taking photos with just the streetlamps when they come back on in the morning, and been very surprised by the results.
This morning I went down the road to my test spot before the lights came back on, and I find it hard to believe the results, I went outside several time to try and see what the camera saw, but couldn't.
In the full photo, I could not see any colour, the cars on the left, I could make out the individual cars, and see they had number plates fitted, and I could not see the leaves on the road.
On the group of cars on the right, I could see vague shapes, but could not make out individual cars or the shape of the whole car. Again, no colours.
The sky looked almost totally black, except a slight lightening at the bottom.
There is nothing wrong with my eyes
f1.7 1/2s ISO 3200
I will add one with the street lights come on
f1.7 1/6s ISO 3200
If you look at the yield sign roughly in the centre of the full picture, it gives a rough reference to the overall lighting.
Unfortunately a light mist had come over by the time the lights came on, which hides a bit of detail below the street lights.
Now, I imagine this is not a surprise to many, but to someone who hesitates to get a camera out in the winter months, let alone after nightfall, I am quite amazed at what can be done, and it certainly gives me more motivation for the next few months
