White Night Lights

Sue required a night photo, so we headed to the bridge to photograph the lights. You have seen the special colour displays several times over the past year, but what we didn't know was that they routinely light with plain white lights at other times.

I ran into trouble right away when I discovered that my tripod had lost a piece and was, therefore, dysfunctional. I resorted to hand-holding the camera at a high ISO and slow shutter speed, and the results were acceptable.

You may recall that I prefer to shoot night lights when there is still some colour in the sky, but after editing for colour, I converted it ↑ to mono on a whim.  It turned out that I rather liked the black sky for b&w, which tends to lend itself to high contrast images. Here ↓ is another photo that I also initially processed with colour in mind but then converted to mono in the end.

Sue and I parted for a few minutes. She walked over to take photos on the other side of the bridge while I decided to to stash my useless tripod in the car and drive over to meet her. I took the following photo from where I had parked the car.

It was at that point that I lost my car keys. I checked my pockets and the car seats about three times before finding them on the ground, beside the car. Phew!

Meanwhile, Sue was not having much success on the other side, for she couldn't get past the snowbanks from snow clearing over there.

Between a broken tripod, lost keys, and a lack of accessibility, it was not the finest of outings. I picture returning, unencumbered by hats, boots, mitts, coats, and a functional tripod on a deliciously warm summer eve when we can take our sweet time taking whatever photos that our little, beating hearts desire.