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17-DEC-2018

US Botanic Garden lit up for Christmas

This is the US Botanic Garden, the venue for my “All Aboard” Christmas Greenings gallery. We were at the US Capitol last night to photograph the Congressional Christmas Tree, when I thought I’d try yet another year to get a shot of the conservatory, which is lit up at this time of year (with the color in the glass dome changing every few seconds). There was simply not enough light for any reasonable ISO, so I went for broke and tried ISO 12,800, which I’ve never, ever used. This is the result.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Biltmore Depot, Asheville, North Carolina (1896), posted earlier:

Nikon D850 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/160s f/2.8 at 70.0mm iso12800 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time17-Dec-2018 19:35:52
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D850
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length70 mm
Exposure Time1/159 sec
Aperturef/2.8
ISO Equivalent12800
Exposure Bias-2.00
White Balance
Metering Mode
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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Pieter Bos19-Dec-2018 16:07
The D850 has a great high ISO performance. Nice picture, Helen. ~V
victorswan19-Dec-2018 10:51
Wow so nice and Beautiful colors in this lovely night shot very well done BV
barbarajoy19-Dec-2018 04:23
Beautiful floodlighting! Most festive, Helen. V
Julie Oldfield19-Dec-2018 04:03
Very striking color. V
janescottcumming19-Dec-2018 03:13
Beautiful colors in this night shot. V
Stephanie19-Dec-2018 00:30
Gorgeous lighting and capture Helen! V
Martin Lamoon18-Dec-2018 22:19
Wonderful light display
V
François Fauchard18-Dec-2018 21:43
Admirable colors of this Botanic Garden !
Tom Munson18-Dec-2018 21:41
Beautiful night capture, Helen.
Nick Paoni18-Dec-2018 21:23
Love those bright colors.
globalgadabout18-Dec-2018 20:59
resourceful of you, and the result is impressive..
Colin Storey18-Dec-2018 20:34
Looks like a good result from that ISO. Great night scene.
Range View 18-Dec-2018 20:33
An excellent night capture the colour is gorgeous, that ISO setting worked a treat Helen! V
Barbara
PauloCGama18-Dec-2018 19:54
Fantastic night shot. vv
Jim Coffman18-Dec-2018 19:49
Wow, this is so colorful!!
Charlene Ambrose18-Dec-2018 19:40
Beautiful night image! V
joseantonio18-Dec-2018 19:39
nice lighting and great capture.V.