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Winder Georgia Capitol building at night

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Photography of Winder Georgia capitol building at night.

We took a quick trip up to Winder Georgia for some night photography last week. See more dark and night photography.

I’ve taken photographs at night in Winder before. And in the summer it gets so dang hot here in the south thats its the only real time you can take pictures with any relief. I’ve got to say though, I’ve never felt so paranoid before when taking night photogprahy here.

The town has fallen on hard times like a lot of rural towns due to the economic slump the U.S. is in. And it just felt meaner, and gritty that in the past. The roads were very quiet, almost like only us walked the sidewalk. The only cars I really saw  most of the time were cop cars prowling the roads looking for a ticket to dispense. I worried several  times that I would be their target, just because I was visible.

I recently did some work with low light. As you can see my wife wasn’t exactly thrilled, but in the end it fits the mood of this image  pretty well. One reason I think she was so irritaed is, as you can see, close to bed time. And the last thing she wanted to hear after a busy day is “honey, I need a model.”

Overall I am pretty happy with this set. I did get annoyed after looking at some of them that I had failed to get some dust off my sensor, so I ended up having to get it out later in post.

A few technical details. This was shot with one 8″ pan light being difused on a white card. My lens was a 18-55mm DA Pentax lens, standard kit lens. 21mm focal length, 1.5 shutter length and aperture at f4. WB on Tungsten.