I went out with my Canon 20D, lenses and tripod and did some night, long-exposure, shots in Willimantic, CT. I hoped for good shooting around Frog Bridge.It was quite cold and many of my shots were out of focus. Some from shake (even on tripod) others from the auto-focus lens(es) not being able to focus well in darkness. It was much darker to the eye than appears in this photo.
I had exposures from fractions to 8 seconds or more. I was surprised to see the introduction of noise even though I shot with ISO 100 speed and my camera was set for "Long-exposure noise reduction" (a custom function).
The above shot is a favorite. Oh, it happened to be a full moon too! The color reproduction is as shot.
