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scene setting HDR B&W at ISO 400.<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Art and Paul may well have sung<\/a> about night photography sixty years ago with their Sounds of Silence<\/em> song in 1964. Mid last century film ASA was very slow – in fact a rating of 200 or so was considered a fast film!<\/p>\n

Photos like this night shot, post-snow storm a few years ago (February, 2013) were impossible to take a century or so ago. Films and lenses were too slow; optical stability technology didn’t exist; HDR was for darkrooms and tripods only.<\/p>\n

I took this shot with a Sony NEX-6 using a B&W setting, built-in HDR, and ISO 400. Taken at f\/4, 1\/2 second shutter speed (and I used a tripod – getting too unsteady as I age).<\/p>\n

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