Nighttime photography is a unique challenge. Photography relies on capturing light patterns reflected or emitted from objects to activate a sensitive chemical or electronic sensor during a timed exposure, usually through a photographic lens in a camera that also stores the resulting information chemically or electronically. However, at night, there is significantly less light available to be captured by the camera, which makes photographers get creative with their photos.
In this post, we’ve rounded up 30 marvelous nighttime photographs from some of the best photographers in the world. The northern lights, majestic starscapes, bridges shrouded in fog, and striking buildings against the night sky are only a few of the incredible sights below.
Enjoy the photographs, and be sure to visit each artist’s page by clicking on the photograph! Thanks to the members of Flickr, deviantART and 1x.com for taking these beautiful photographs.
03.04.10
Wow and lovely
03.04.10
excellent!
03.04.10
This looks so Cool! Although I think most of it are edited but I appreciate the beauty of the images. My personal favorite would be the one with the thunder, because I think it is really hard to catch a shot of a lightning.
03.05.10
Yeah, I suspected the stars are enhanced on some of them, but with programs like Lightroom, its hard to tell whats real and fake!
03.05.10
…. a great collection of nighttime photographs you’ve showcased here at your other home…. “CreativeFAN”…. awesome !!