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The silhouettes and reflections in the water were amazing and I am still kicking myself for not going back the next night to try to make some photographs of the scene.
I think we are approaching full moon again and I have to go that way on Tuesday night, so I have the opportunity if the weather is favourable.
My question is how do I make exposures which will give nice clean dark greys and capture the subtle blacks against a very dark sky without either creating excessive noise or other artefacts in the image, recognising that the Nikon D200 sensor isn't the greatest in poor light. I intend to use my Nikkor 50-f1.4 and probably the Nikkor 20 - f2.8.
I remember Eric mentioning some technique which he has used in Photoshop of layering several identical exposures then combining them rather than trying to do it with one exposure. I can't remember any more about the technique.
I will of course be using a heavy tripod and delayed shutter to reduce vibration due to mirror slap.
This is an awful attempt with my iPhone to capture the scene. It does give some idea but fails dismally to capture the magic of the night.
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