Experimenting with extremely low light photography

[Major Nikon]

I took this picture in a room that was almost completely dark using an infrared illuminator and my infrared converted Nikon D5000. The illuminator provided both ambient light and focus assist. Another nice feature was my dog was pretty much unaffected by the infrared light, although I've had other dogs that were freaked out by just the regular camera's focus assisting infrared illuminator. I'm not sure yet how I'm going to use this ability and this particular photo doesn't have much artistic merit, but it is nice to know I can now take photos in total darkness at least in limited ranges with decent focusing ability and a fair amount of dynamic exposure range.

[Mike 03]

1. Very nice

Your level of expertise is way beyond what I've done, but this interests me because I love 35mm film and love to photograph my dogs. My last dog was black and was very difficult to photograph, and he would never sit still for a portrait like this. Taking indoor pictures of dogs rarely worked well for me.

You can see how large the dog's pupils appear. Really nice.

[fierywoman]

2. So much better than "pushing" Tri-X as I did as a teenager in the '60's!