My shots in the dark are shots in the dark!

[Celebration]

Well, I did manage to come up with three photos in my archives that were taken after dark, and do not involve things like tipsy friends in baby pools, dancing with strangers, etc.

I am very challenged in this area, for sure. I don't even own a tripod, LOL (been following the monopod thread, though).

Since I can't rely on cool techniques, but have to go for subject matter, I will probably use one of these for the contest. Can you help me? Comments are welcome. (I have another one without a person for view from the top of the escalator. Unfortunately the escalator doesn't show up.)

Thanks.

View from the top of the escalator


Atrium Filled with Dark


Slices of Life on the Kamogawa River

[Mira]

1. I was all about to vote for 3

and then I looked one over some more, and I like it better. Then I was going to ask for the photo without the person, and then I realized it would lose the fabulous dimensionality esp. if the escalator was lost.
I remembered yesterday, as I was jumping out of my car in the dark, asked a couple of trashmen to hang themselves on the side of the trash truck so I could take their photo, that I HAD a few in my archives from a visit to a German Christmas Market last year. The trashmen shots were great, showed the reflective clothing, the lights, the dirt, the water of the rain, but they were blurred.
I was not happy.
So - back to you - I like number one by far the best. It has grit and character. Number two is not "night" enough in my opinion, and number three is not extra-ordinary, though interesting and pretty.
Too much information, I apologize if I must.

[Celebration]

2. without a tripod

It's hard to take non-blurry pictures at night without a tripod. The river picture is one out of five. The other ones are all blurry.

Can you get up early and get the garbage men again?

Thanks for the helpful analysis. :hi:

Well, I think I like number one or number three best, also. The first two are the train station in Kyoto--it's an interesting building.

My fave of the Kyoto train station is actually this "highly processed" (think: Celebration screwing around with the solarizing effect in the software) shot taken in the daytime.

[Mira]

4. For what it's worth, that shot is high ART. I love it. It may be one of my

top favorites of what you have posted, and I wish we would see more photographs like this.

:fistbump:

[NV Whino]

3. I love number 1

So much going on and very surreal.

[Celebration]

5. Thanks

I think I like it better than 3, but there may be so much going on that people looking at ten pictures might not really get it. Oh, well, close vote. I guess whatever my whim is at the time............

[trusty elf]

6. I voted for number 1

There's something mysterious and dramatic about it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. It was a close tie between 1 and 2 for me, but I went with 1 because it's darker, so the small

bits of light that are there really jump out at you more. :)

[JeffR]

8. Had to go with the first one.

I just like it the most of the three.