As regular readers of this blog know, I've undertaken to improve my night-photography skills this summer. I mainly work on this by going out, at night, and snapping off dozens of pictures, all the while adjusting the manual camera settings, and hoping that a few will turn out nice. I try to find places where there is sufficient light, and also some potential for interesting subjects or compositions. Here are a few that I like from the past week:
The first two are from the Canal Fest held each year here in Tonawanda, celebrating the community's history as a key point on the old Erie Canal.
There are always lots of lights and crowds at the Fest, so it was a natural place for me to try my luck with the camera.
A little later that same evening, I drove down to Delaware Park (near where I first started these experiments almost two months ago). That's the park casino in the background of the above shot. It had started to rain a bit, which added some nice reflections to these pictures, as you can see.
Above you can see the Historical Society building off in the right background. Because of the wet pavement, it's not immediately discernible, but Hoyt Lake occupies much of the right side center of this picture.
These next three are from a trip on downtown with Sally, Tom and Ben (I got a couple of them hooked on shooting at night too), down by the terminus point of the Erie Canal, which has only recently been developed into a tourist attraction. Above is a view looking back up from under the Buffalo Skyway (by the way, it was raining on this night as well).
This is a view of the Canal Museum, looking across the slip. The building is meant to look like a warehouse from the antebellum period of the Canal's first heyday.
Last, here's a tall ship leaving the slip (with a bunch of rowdy revelers onboard) for an evening cruise. I'm hoping to get out at least one more time while I'm back east (maybe back to Niagara Falls), and I'll post some more pictures if I do.
The first two are from the Canal Fest held each year here in Tonawanda, celebrating the community's history as a key point on the old Erie Canal.
There are always lots of lights and crowds at the Fest, so it was a natural place for me to try my luck with the camera.
A little later that same evening, I drove down to Delaware Park (near where I first started these experiments almost two months ago). That's the park casino in the background of the above shot. It had started to rain a bit, which added some nice reflections to these pictures, as you can see.
Above you can see the Historical Society building off in the right background. Because of the wet pavement, it's not immediately discernible, but Hoyt Lake occupies much of the right side center of this picture.
These next three are from a trip on downtown with Sally, Tom and Ben (I got a couple of them hooked on shooting at night too), down by the terminus point of the Erie Canal, which has only recently been developed into a tourist attraction. Above is a view looking back up from under the Buffalo Skyway (by the way, it was raining on this night as well).
This is a view of the Canal Museum, looking across the slip. The building is meant to look like a warehouse from the antebellum period of the Canal's first heyday.
Last, here's a tall ship leaving the slip (with a bunch of rowdy revelers onboard) for an evening cruise. I'm hoping to get out at least one more time while I'm back east (maybe back to Niagara Falls), and I'll post some more pictures if I do.
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I'm no photographer, but I think the pictures came out great.
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