Myeah… when you live up north and most of the day is dark, you get quite some opportunities to shoot during the “night”.
We went to an old part of the railway area and there’s lots of stuff to shoot. If not old wagons or other equipment, it’s old buildings.
This we ran into just before we left. Notice the train that passed in the background during the 91 sec exposure… Happy coincidence at a railway area

D200, ISO100, 91 sec @ f/27, Tamron 28-75mm

Yah, I have something with darkness. And lightness.
If only I had my camera with me last night. Don’t you just HATE that? Always when you go out and you don’t take your camera you see something that’s worth shooting and you can’t recreate it.
There was a snow storm going on and the world was dark. Not only because it was night, but also because the snow was coming down so bad that you couldn’t really see anything.
And then it started thundering and there was lightning. Never seen that before during a snow storm. The lightning lit up the sky and because of all the snow in the air the sky had this neon blue-ish purplish color. Absolutely gorgeous.
But owwell… No camera… And even if I’d had it with me, I’d probably be too late anyway… *sighs*
But I got something else, that night that I went out shooting. While my buddy was lying on his stomach not 10 meters to the right of me shooting lights there, I got these.
It’s light, like in my previous post, but a whole different kind of light.
In color it looks totally boring, but in black and white it’s really dramatic, I think.

D200, ISO100, 1 sec @ f/6.7, Tamron 28-75mm

I was in a local coffee shop with my family having a little break from their shopping spree (heeeheee, seriously, I never shop! ). The lights caught my eye already quite early on. The lights themselves were … umm… well… not my style, to put it diplomatically correct But the whole picture was a tad bit unclear.
It took me a few minutes to figure out how it was exactly.
Drop a line if you’ve figured it out.

D200, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/2.8, Tamron 28-75mm

Spoiler: think reflection

Maybe it’s part IIIb, or something. I forgot to add the picture to my post yesterday.
Or then maybe it really is a separate post.
What you see in the picture towards the left is Kauppatori, in the center of Helsinki. I took it pretty much from the porch of the Uzpenski cathedral.
Usually those trailing head and tail lights are pretty cliché, but I think this one is kind of From a Different Angle, which makes it that much more interesting.
There’s a market every day, six days a week. Mostly for tourists. All kinds of useless little things you can get there. There are (old) ladies sitting there and knitting hats and mittens. You can buy (over priced) reindeer hides, and other stuff you don’t need.
One good thing: always fresh fruit and vegetables. And that for a reasonable price.

Very much worth the visit, if only for a good cup of bad Finnish coffee in a heated market stand and to have a taste of the atmosphere on a cozy little market.

D200, ISO100, 49 sec @ f/32, Tamron 28-75mm, remote shutter release

I’ll be gone for the weekend. Holidayweekend or weekendholiday. I think I deserve that after processing about 10,000 images in the past couple of weeks
Back on Sunday eve. Or Monday… Have a good one!

Ok, it definitely is not the highest quality shot, nor the most creative one, but it was fun (getting the finger from quite a few people when I was preparing the camera for this, zig-zagging from left to right on my lane steering with my knee while doing that ). Sometimes reactions to your photography from your environment are more fun than photographing itself.

D200, ISO100, 16 sec @ f/27, Sigma 10-20mm, remote shutter release (I was THAT clever at least ;o) )

The setup for the shot, taken with a Samsung U600 camera phone. If you plan a shot like this, take your tripod and anchor that in the car. And for god's sake! Be a pro and wait until dark! ;o)

So: put your camera up on the dash board (or on the tripod anchored in or on your passenger’s seat if you’re better prepared than I was. Wait until you drive into the tunnel, press the shutter release, keep it pressed (or lock it) until just before you drive out of the tunnel.
And if you’re smarter than I am, and not so impulsive, wait until dark. It’ll be easier, and better.

Don’t try this at home if
1. you don’t have a driver’s license
2. you can’t multi-task
3. you can’t photograph
4. you are easily offended by fingers

WARNING! The cruise control is NOT an auto-pilot.
I repeat: The cruise control is NOT an auto-pilot.

The small print: You’re responsible for your own actions. You can’t blame me if anything goes wrong. I might’ve given you an idea, but you are the one who voluntarily wanted to execute it