Photography Challenge - Nighttime & Low Light

Sunset yields to Moonrise over Santa Monica beach in California. Taken with a6400 and 18-135mm kit lens.
Does this count as "low-light" photography? :cool:
 

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Obligatory attempt at Neowise comet earlier this year.
a6400 18-135mm kit lens @ 28mm, f4.5, 15 second exposure with ISO 2000... and countless bug bites (Florida summer!)
 

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Last one! Temple Kiyomizudera in Japan last year (almost exactly one year to the day!).
a6400, 18-135mm kit lens, do not remember the settings. Sadly, a "no tripod" rule (at this and many other Japanese parks) meant I could not do a long exposure.
 

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Some of my fav low light pics

Sony A6000, Meike 35mm 1.7 Manual Focus
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Sony A6000, Meike 35mm 1.7 Manual Focus
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Sony A6000, Meike 35mm 1.7 Manual Focus
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  • ILCE-6000
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  • 1/200 sec
  • ISO 3200


Sony A6000, Meike 35mm 1.7 Manual Focus
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Sony A7III, Sony 20mm 1.8 G
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I love doing low light photography, and since I live in arizona I have a lot of dark sky opportunities. :)
 

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early Christmas present for pops!!

my kids chipped in and bought a Tamron 70-180 which I received yesterday.

Had a little time to practice with it while my wife shopped. I really like the lens. Here is the moon (obv) and I moved it a little bit to complete the composite over the freeway.

Freeway: F9, ISO 50, 25" 70 mm
Moon: F9, ISO 50, 1/160 180mm
 

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This was taken at my brother's bachelor party this year. We went on a small fishing trip with very few people, and it made for a wonderful time! I had my camera gear with me, so was the designated "keep people from falling in sober person". I managed to snap this before the festivities got going and was really happy with how it turned out!
 

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I am new to the site so the first time I have had an opportunity to see these photos. All very interesting to see, so clean and crisp.
 
A few from Patmos Greece this year a night visit
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  • ILCE-9
  • Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
  • 49.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/320 sec
  • ISO 12800
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  • ILCE-9
  • Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
  • 24.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/400 sec
  • ISO 6400
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  • ILCE-9
  • Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
  • 70.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/320 sec
  • ISO 8000
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  • ILCE-9
  • Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
  • 70.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/320 sec
  • ISO 6400
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  • ILCE-9
  • Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
  • 45.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/320 sec
  • ISO 1600
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  • ILCE-9
  • Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
  • 70.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/400 sec
  • ISO 12800
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  • ILCE-9
  • Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
  • 70.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/400 sec
  • ISO 12800
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  • ILCE-9
  • Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
  • 70.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/400 sec
  • ISO 12800
and return via tender boat
 
Another shot from Mallorca - Cap de Formentor
Sadly the full moon was already up - that's why the right side of the image is so bright and yellow

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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 24mm F1.4 GM
  • 24.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 30 sec
  • ISO 200
 
When I got my 24-70mm Zeiss F4, I took my first Golden Gate Night shot. It is really embarrassing to do this after living almost 30 years with in 45 minutes of the bridge.

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  • ILCE-7RM4
  • Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
  • 28.0 mm
  • ƒ/11
  • 30 sec
  • ISO 400
 
Midnight caller.

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  • ILCE-7C
  • FE 28-60mm F4-5.6
  • 44.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/40 sec
  • ISO 3200
 
Bit of an unintentional restaurant theme going on here; but actually they're just random - the lights and colors attracted me, not the food!
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  • ILCE-9M2
  • FE 28mm F2
  • 28.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/6 sec
  • ISO 200

two vehicles moving away from each other

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  • ILCE-9M2
  • Sony FE 85mm F1.8 (SEL85F18)
  • 85.0 mm
  • ƒ/2.8
  • 1/15 sec
  • ISO 100



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  • ILCE-7M4
  • Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
  • 100.0 mm
  • ƒ/4.5
  • 1/20 sec
  • ISO 2500
 
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I love using cameras at night btw, so expect q. a few more (it is also one area where the a9 is better than the a7iv)

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  • ILCE-9M2
  • FE 28mm F2
  • 28.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/100 sec
  • ISO 640
 

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  • ILCE-7M4
  • Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 55 mm F1.8 ZA (SEL55F18Z)
  • 55.0 mm
  • ƒ/2
  • 1/125 sec
  • ISO 25600

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  • ILCE-9M2
  • Sony FE 85mm F1.8 (SEL85F18)
  • 85.0 mm
  • ƒ/1.8
  • 1/60 sec
  • ISO 640

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  • ILCE-9M2
  • FE 85mm F1.8
  • 85.0 mm
  • ƒ/2.4
  • 1/60 sec
  • ISO 2500

3 jpegs if I recall correctly
 
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  • ILCE-9M2
  • Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS (SEL2870)
  • 28.0 mm
  • ƒ/3.5
  • 1/100 sec
  • ISO 10000

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  • ILCE-9M2
  • 55.0 mm
  • ƒ/1.8
  • 1/45 sec
  • ISO 400


The granny sits there every night waiting for a chat, lol, she commutes into Taipei daily to sell her tiny flowers to office workers to have fresher smelling desks. The dog is owned by a nearby shop-owner who for some reason lets it wander about - it always has that kind of half interested/half worried look.
Oh, and the cat actually has two eyes, but for some reason closed one at that moment - I have fed it a few times, so can vouch for it having deux yeux. I wonder why it winked? Maybe it was a sign...
 
A couple from recent trip and from a lens I would not normally use fe 100-400 handheld Livorno Italy
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  • ILCE-9
  • Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
  • 221.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/200 sec
  • ISO 12800
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  • ILCE-9
  • Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
  • 100.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/200 sec
  • ISO 12800
 
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