Photographing in the Moonlight

 The sun goes down, you pack the camera away. The moon comes out, get your camera and tripod out.

Buildings reflecting in the dam.

I was at a function at Morgansvlei Country Estate (www.morgansvlei.com) on Friday evening. Late in the evening I went outside to get some fresh air. The moon was almost full, and there were some clouds in the sky. The lights of the Morganvlei buildings were reflecting in the dam. The moon were lighting up the clouds. So I got my camera and tripod out. These photographs are a result of the shoot.

Clouds in the moon light

Buildings reflecting and clouds light by the moon

 

The photographs were shot at shutter speed of 15 to 20 seconds.

More photos can been seen on my website, click to view http://normanc.photoshelter.com/gallery/Moon-Light/G0000kQ8oGMKegqM/.

After Sunset

Don’t put your camera away when the sun has set below the horizon.

If there are clouds on the horizon, they can catch sun after the sun has set. These conditions create amazing scenes. Mountains silhouette, red and orange clouds, dark blue to black sky. If you add reflections, all the better. The latter photographs were taken up to an hour after sunset.