Night and low light photography how to's?

[walterick]

Agree with Steve here. The only other thing I can add is BRACKET!

GL

[BMWJNKY]

I'm not looking for detail on the shadow side, I prefer it to look pitch black. But thanks for the tips and when I get my D70s in a few weeks I'll give it a try. Are there any good books that deal with low light photography?

[another view]

You probably won't have to worry about having any detail in the shadows in my example if you're shooting digital (am I right?). One of the complaints about digital is that the exposure latitude is narrower than negative film, but here it's working to your advantage.

If there is some detail, you can adjust it out in Photoshop. Look at the histogram; the left side in particular. You should see the the curve of the histogram get cut off on the right. If it tapers off before it gets all the way to the right side then just use Levels to make it that way.

I haven't found any books that I thought were worthwhile. Really, you'll learn more just by going out and doing it.