After Dark in the (TBG) Garden

Well, the weather turned out beautifully – not to cold, and only the briefest bit of drizzle – for the “After Dark in the Garden” class at the Toronto Botanical Gardens last night.

We had fun playing in the dark with long exposures, flashlights, sparklers and tripods.  The lesson is:  get to know your camera buttons before you go outside at night.

Here’s a few of my results.  If anyone from the class wants to share one or two I’d be happy to post them here too.

Some flowers and grasses, illuminated only by flashlight:

Then we moved on to the larger garden, and tried some landscapes with flashlights.  Here’s the scene “as is”:

(and here’s the same scene with some editing magic:)

Then we sent out the volunteers to paint the bridge with lights:

Notes:  these are shutter speeds of 10 to 30 seconds, on a tripod.