Star light

This last summer, I spent some time at Rolley Lake and went to the picnic area at 10:00 at night.  One of the families we went with had not had opportunity to lay on their backs and just enjoy the view.  

Setting the camera to a ASA of night mode (more than 3200 ASA) and a shot of about 1/2 second allowed capture of the stars without lens shake.  In full view is the Big Dipper.

Another solution is to use a tripod and manual shutter release of several seconds; however, a minimal shake creates a blur.

Fun with light

When you have a camera that you can turn the automatic off, you can explore different opportunities working with light.  This image was made setting a Bulb exposure which means the shutter stays open as long as the shutter release is pressed.  The drawing was done with a fluorescent glow stick.  

The word attempted to be spelled is Greg.  Pretty impressive since you have to write backwards with no frame of reference to your previous letters.