I don’t think I’ve even attempted to take any photographs in low light since Paul and I went on the Twilight Photography course at South Hill Park last year. Last week I decided to take a walk down to the lake one evening, and see whether I could capture the sunset.
As it turned out I didn’t pick a very good day for it, as the sunset itself wasn’t terribly dramatic. But I do like the very clear sky, and the contrast with the silhouetted trees.
I also learned that I really don’t like Paul’s tripod, which I borrowed because mine’s a cheapy little one that won’t hold the weight of an SLR camera. Paul’s is certainly much more sturdy, but it has screws rather than tabs to release the legs, and it takes so long to set the thing up that I thought I was going to miss the sunset altogether! I would have grabbed the monopod, but I didn’t think I could hold it steady for long enough to get clear pictures in the dark.
Perhaps I’ll try again another day.