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moon over christmas lights
moon over christmas lights
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Dec, 2016Views
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Location
This photo was taken mid-December in Vitruvian Park, Addison Texas. For Christmas each year the park decorates all of the trees on the property with lights, it's a popular local attraction.Time
This shot was taken about an hour after dark, looking to the east at the newly risen full moonLighting
The skys were a bit hazy, diffusing the light of the moon a bit. This is an HDR combo of three different exposures.Equipment
I used a Canon 4ti with a Tamron 16-300 lens for this shot, and I did use a tripod.Inspiration
Vitruvian Park is a wonderful place to photograph and people watch that time of year, I usually end up shooting there at least once each season.Editing
This is an HDR combo of three different exposures using Lightroom. I did some other light work in Lightroom, but the shot didn't require much.In my camera bag
I'll almost allways carry the 70D with the handy Tamron 16-300 lens attached. I like the Tamron for it's versatility, you don't have to worry about changing lenses to capture spur of the moment shots. I also have a 5D MkIII that I'll taylor the lens for depending on what I plan to be shooting that day - I'm not a fan of changing lenses out in the weather and chancing gunk getting on the sensors, so I try to plan out what will work best on it before I head out. They both use the same batteries, so there will be a supply of those in the bag too! Tripods, remote shutter releases, and the like depend on what I'm shooting.Feedback
Most cameras will do their best to shorten the time the shutter is open on night shots, in order to reduce the amount of camera shake. That usually means the ISO will be bumped up and make for a pretty noisey shot. To reduce the noise use a tripod and remote shutter release to eliminate camera shake (remote releases are cheap tools); then you can set the ISO manually (try starting in the 200-800 range) to reduce the noise in the shot. On a shot like this everything is at or near infinity, so aperture/depth of field isn't a priority - start around f5.6 or so and let the camera decide the shutter speed.
