After a couple of years of shooting pictures almost exclusively on my iPhone, I recently decided to get out my DSLR to make an attempt at learning to shoot on manual. One reason I really wanted to do this was to be able to take nice night photos. I am beginning to understand how to do this and have had the chance to practice quite a bit lately. I still have trouble getting the shot to be focused, partly because I don't have a tripod, and partly because when I look through the viewfinder it's really dark out and I can't focus when I can't see anything, but I'm having a lot of fun learning. If you have any tips on getting the focus right, please let me know! I'm posting this from my phone, where the pictures are small enough to look decent, but if you're looking at this on a computer, they're probably pretty blurry! I still have a long way to go, but here are some shots I've taken lately:
Silas on the side of the highway in Valdez, AK
Northern Lights over Silas and Old Gray in Yukon Territory
A rather blurry and a bit dark, but a nice view from our campground in Indian Creek.
Fun with headlamps
The neighbors campsite, they had a big fire and lots of headlamps on
Silas in the Manti-La Sal National Forest.
Same location as above, this time my camera is resting on a tractor shovel
Camped out in White Sands National Monument, NM
White Sands National Monument, NM
One more from our 'backcountry' campsite in White Sands
