Streets in low light
I could never take acceptable photos of low-lit scenes. This changed when I laid my hand on a camera with a sufficient dynamic range. Since then, I'm reveling in the new possibilities, taking the camera out at dusk whenever I can.
Most photos are taken in daylight or in well-lit rooms. When the light is not abundant, when it's only available in patches, there is more "action" on the photos.
Not all cameras are made equal, though. Photos taken in low light lose resolution. Or, if you have to go with low ISO settings, you need to set a long exposure time and put the camera down or on a tripod. But, unless you want to capture some blur, that's a challenge if things move in the picture: people, animals, trees in the wind.
An upgrade in the camera is always exciting, especially if you haven't held anything but a "touristy" camera or a phone. So, in the last six months, I have been taking my new camera out in the dusk as much as I could. Here is the result.
As always, the photos were taken by me and are included here without any post-processing, except for some slight straightening of slanted images.
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Description of photos, from left to right and top to bottom:
Christmas decorations in Savile Row (I believe), London, England
M restaurant, Kertész utca, Budapest, Hungary
Painted wall in Cornaredo, Milan, Italy
Avignon old city, France
Church walls, Budapest, Hungary
Fence in low light in Budapest, Hungary
After sunset at the Danube, a little calm on election night, Budapest, Hungary
St Paul's behind a tree, London, England
Shirts in Savile Row, London, England
Shop window photographed from a café across the street, Budapest, Hungary