Since acquiring my Tokina 11-16mm lens last month I’ve been waiting for a moonless, clear evening to see if I could capture a piece of the Milky Way. While I still have a ways to go to come up with the image in my head, today’s photo is a first attempt.

I took this in my backyard, while in house slippers, standing in an inch or two of snow. My house looked completely dark to my eyes. However, when reviewing this image I went to find the source of blue light. It turns out that one little blue light on a power cord for a netbook was all it took to cause the room to glow like this with a 25 second exposure.

Posted on February 17th, 2012 under places • Tags: night photography, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed