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Northlandia was pretty much cloudy for 2/3rds of the time I was up there.  But I did have a chance to get out the rest of the time and take some night shots.  As usual I'll be posting them off and on.  These shots were taken out at the fairgrounds.  I don't usually post my failures but just wanted you to see what they look like too.  





I'm not sure what happened here but it looks like I accidentally touch the tripod during this 15 second exposure and also caught a bug flying across.  I bought a fancy-ass flashlight to do some light painting but the damn thing is too bright.  It has three settings so I'll have to work on that my next trip up.




Light painting is flashing light on the foreground area or other prominent feature while night shooting.  Sounds easier than it actually is.  I guess most things are.  For me.

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