Low-Light and Silhouette photography
No matter how good cameras get, it can be very difficult to take high-quality photos in low light. That’s true of every camera, from an inexpensive cell phone to a high-end DSLR or Mirrorless camera. Simply put, low light photography is hard.
There are two levels of low light photography, 1. Normal Low-Light includes sunrise, sunset, and indoor spaces with the lights on, 2. Very Dark includes nighttime photography, Milky Way, some Silhouette photography and indoor photos with extremely dim lighting. In very dark conditions you must use a tripod.
Below are six images showing various forms of Low-Light photography, the last photo is a Silhouette image in low light, in this image you will see a Hummingbird resting, for this image I hand held my camera.
If you scroll down, the first image on the left was taken in Joshua Tree National Park at approximately 8:15 pm, in this image I wanted to capture the last light of sunset, before darkness set upon the desert landscape.
There are three images with Saguaro Cactus, taken in Tucson, Arizona. All three images were taken in very low light capturing the last of the sunset in each photo.
The last image on the right was taken during an Astro Photography outing in Joshua Tree National Park. In this image you can see a Joshua Tree and behind the tree is the desert landscape, the light coming from behind the mountain is light pollution from a nearby town. Light pollution can at times give your image texture and in this case gave the tree life in the darkness of the silhouette.
The Red-Moon on this page was taken with a point and shoot camera, the Sony RX100 mark VI, a tripod was used to capture this image.
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