I confess that the head gardener has long asked for a moonlight photo of these louts, here at home. On the wrong side of a trellis, the artichokes are shaded from the full moon until after midnight; they’re also exposed to the sickly orange of streetlights.

To fix the first problem I togged up after midnight, for the second I lowered the light balance further; on the D700 sodium is covered under a fluorescent option. Better still would have been my wife screening the plant with her person – but no, she was warmly tucked up in bed.

50mm, ISO 2000. 68 seconds at f8. Neutral picture control

Posted by Barney Brewster

Tags: close range, garden, high ISO, light balance, long exposure, moonlight, moonlight photography, New Plymouth, Nikon D700, plants, street lighting;, tungsten

Categories: Night photography