Night Walk

Just after midnight I went for a walk and took my camera and tripod along. Perhaps you'd like to join us.
Three blocks up from my house there is a foot bridge that crosses I-5. It is at 195th Ave NE.



Our shadows crossed before us.



We look at the traffic to the north on I-5. To us the cars moved, to the camera red streaks frozen in time.



Approaching the east side of the foot bridge.



I adjusted the camera white balance so that the sodium vapor street light appeared as white as it could make it. It is just after midnight when this was taken. These are mostly 15 second exposures. Here even 15 seconds wasn't quite enough, hence the noise.



Here a view looking up the street in the direction we are headed.



Across the foot bridge one neighbor has solar lamps. These are normally a little bluish but take on an extreme blue color because the camera is adjusted to make sodium vapor light look white.



Light from mercury vapor lamps which appears bluish to the eye looks green to the camera.



I looked north once I reached 10th avenue but opted to go south.



Looking south down 10th Avenue, to the right is a small park adjacent to an elementary school.



Trees take on strange hues illuminated by sodium vapor street lamps.



The school looks strangely eerie at night.



It's good to know the school is setting a good example for students by saving energy through turning all the lights off at night when the building is not in use.



After leaving the school grounds I took a picture of this porch because I though the combination of white painted cinder block, wood, and lighting looked cool.



At this point my fingers were getting cold, so I stopped taking pictures and headed back home. Hope you enjoyed the walk.