{"id":2879,"date":"2011-04-14T23:06:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T06:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2011-04-14T23:06:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T06:06:50","slug":"blossoms-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=2879","title":{"rendered":"#Blossoms at night."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed these trees when I was at the Reach gallery in Abbotsford.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve taken my share of blossom pictures in the daylight so I thought I would try some nocturnes.\u00a0 I returned\u00a0 after the gallery opening for the current show.\u00a0 It&#8217;s one thing to look at a print in a book but it&#8217;s wonderful to actually stand in front of the real thing, I&#8217;m speaking in particular about Betty Goodwin&#8217;s vest prints.\u00a0 Anyway back to the original point, I returned with my Pentax K-7 and took about 60 images varying focal lengths, exposures and even overlaying multiple images.\u00a0 So here are some of the better results of my experiments.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2879 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Abbotsford_Nocturne_Blossoms_-6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Abbotsford_Nocturne_Blossoms_-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Abbotsford_Nocturne_Blossoms_-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Abbotsford_Nocturne_Blossoms_-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Abbotsford_Nocturne_Blossoms_-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Abbotsford_Nocturne_Blossoms_-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Abbotsford_Nocturne_Blossoms_-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Abbotsford_Nocturne_Blossoms_-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Abbotsford_Nocturne_Blossoms_-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Abbotsford_Nocturne_Blossoms_-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Abbotsford_Nocturne_Blossoms_-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" 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