Red Night

I took this photo in my backyard at night. I thought taking the

photo then would let the colors of the leaves stand out with the

absence of sunlight. I think it worked well. The photo is a bit soft

in focus, because it was very difficult focusing using the D30's

viewfinder in the very low light levels I was working with. What do

you think?

I think you did a fine job of shooting this colorful tree at nite. The dark blue of the sky, red of the tree and almost gold of the fallen leaves is a good color mix.

 

I wonder if you used a tripod. I wonder what mode you are shooting with. I wonder what your shutter speed and aperature value were. It looks like you may have used the flash.

 

Its a nice composition with good colors.

Thank you Meehan for your kind words. I used a tripod, and the exposure was for 10 seconds at f/4.0 at ISO 100. I didn't use a flash, but the tree was side lit by our back porchlight. I shot it in RAW and cleaned up the exposure a bit and also changed the color cast from the incandescent bulb to more of a neutral daylight balance.

Thanks for the information. Its a good shot of a beautifull tree.