Yellow Wall, Zeum. San Francisco, California. May 2, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Yellow wall in the plaza/garden of the Zeum, San Francisco, California.
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Zeum Plaza Steps. San Francisco, California. May 2, 2008. © Copyright 2008 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Brightly painted buildings, a small patch of lawn and steps in the Zeum plaza, San Francisco, California.
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Building 65 lit by garish sodium vapor lamps, with a dark alley in the background and stars above.
This photo prompts me to post something about night photography and color that I’ve been thinking about for awhile. A scene like this one is lit by a variety of light sources – some natural light from moon and sky, tungsten lights, sodium vapor lights, and a gentle wash of mixed light sources from a nearby city. A question might be: “How do you accurately render the lighting of the scene?” My answer is, “You don’t.” Even if you could achieve an “accurate” rendering it would look nothing like what your night vision affected eyes “saw” since your eyes do not see the same way the camera does.
For me, one of the fun things about night photography – especially when artificial light sources are part of the scene – is that I can render to colors in whatever way makes the most sense for me.
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Mare Island Street, Night. Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California. March 22, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Color photograph of a waterfront street at Mare Island Naval Shipyard with cranes and artificial light. The precise spot is near the end of a large dry dock and not too far from the Mare Island Museum. Photographed on a night photography expedition with The Nocturnes SF Bay Area night photography group.
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