Weekly Assignment: Capture the same scene during the day and then at night

[PWS-Staff]

The assignment for this chapter is to capture an interesting scene during the day and then the same scene at night. You should really look to see what the differences in the lighting and mood are. When you are done, post your resulting images to the website to share with other readers.

The two images here were taken in Balboa Park in San Diego 90 minutes apart. The image on the left, taken at 1/80 second, f/6.3, and ISO 200, shows the reflecting pool and the Prado building in the background. The second image is the same scene but taken at 1 second, f/5, and ISO 200. As you can plainly see, the colors in the image are completely different because the main source of illumination is different.

During the 90 minutes between the two images, the sun set and the electric lights inside the buildings became the main light source. You can tell that there are at least two different types of light in the scene because some of the light is green and some is orange. There are also the last traces of color in the sky, adding a nice blue hue to the sky. If you look closely at the image on the left, many of the lights are already turned on but they are no match for the sun’s power so they don’t necessarily add to the illumination in the photograph. Look for lights like this when photographing during the day because it usually means that the building will be illuminated at night.

From the soon to be released "Night and Low-Light Photography," by Alan Hess

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Will "Night and Low-Light Photography" get its own forum or will the assignments be here?  Thanks!