Zebra longwings on Christmas night

Last night I went outside after dark to look for these butterflies. They rest on twigs and vines at night. Their zebra coloration actually works well to conceal them, as at night, they resemble dead leaves on wild grapevines from a short distance away.

I used my macro lens, a tripod, and a flashlight. This photo was taken with a 0.5 second exposure and ISO 6400. You can tell it was a high ISO setting because of the considerable graininess of this photo.

Airplanes at night

Sometimes I go out at night and take photos of stars. With a telephoto lens, you can photograph the Orion nebula, Andromeda, and a few other things. I'd like to eventually hook my camera up to a stronger telescope though, and maybe use an equatorial mount to take long exposures without the stars blurring.

These photos are of airplanes, however. If you take an exposure several seconds long, you can get interesting patterns caused by flashing lights on the planes.