One of the reasons I got my Pentax K10D was to take night photos. The larger image sensor creates much less noise on long exposures than the little sensors in pocket cameras.

This first one was taken on a rainy, pitch black night. I illuminated my subjects with the blue flashlight I use to work up there. The color is an accurate representation of what it's like to work in monochrome.

This other one was taken a few days later, using moonlight. The color surprised me, as we're used to seeing only in shades of gray at night. But the camera's sensor doesn't have seperate rod and cone cells, of course. I pondered converting it to black and white to make it seem more "natural", but I think it's better as is. I took several others that night that came out nicely too. They're all sort of desaturated and sourceless. They looked to me like old negatives from WW2, faded with age.

I'm sad at how much I had to compress them to upload them with the boat's limited internet connectivity. The originals are crisp and clear. When I get my photos uploaded to flickr, check them out again.

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