335: Night time in the Square

This is now the last month of my 365 project, so a 'reflection' seems appropriate. On my way home this evening, I saw these reflections in one side of the 'butterfly' lakes in the Square.

And in case anyone is wondering, December 31st will indeed bring the end of this blog. Next year I will be walking in France, probably without too much e-mail access. But there will be a different blog for recounting it all...

218: Te Marae o Hine

Te Mara o Hine- the courtyard of the daughter of peace
- in the Square- by night

159: Night spacehip

I arrived a little early for my night class, and took a photo of the petrol station over the road. It made me think of a spaceship and aliens...

144: Night Lights

 

Playing around with the camera at the intersection outside my house

moving the camera deliberately on a very long exposure, trying to catch the lights of cars going past.

It was fun experimenting- and as we get closer to the shortest day, it was easy to do before even cooking dinner!

107: night lights

Night lights at Melody's New World, recently modernised and extended...

a Square evening

This evening I took a short walk in the Square just after sunset, as dark was closing in, 

and the light from the Clocktower was just becoming visible.

 The lights from the tower reflected in the duck pond

and the moon was visible in the sky...

  

I have seen a few young people post photos of themselves and friends on Facebook

posing around the clocktower base

but I never realised it was quite a family affair as well. 

As it got darker, more lighting came on in the Square

 

and the bridge over the duckpond drew my eye, all lit up...

 

...lights from this nearby cafe reflected on the pond...

I must go back another night.... and maybe even an old fuddy duddy like me can pose with friends in front of the clocktower base on my birthday!!

70: Clocktower at night

Clocktower in Palmerston North lit up early evening

63: Light in the darkness

Windows in St Pat's, Palmerston North

Thinking of all those in Christchurch

55: Candles

 

Candles that have been lit in St Pat's, Palmerston North

Hopwood ClockTower

I headed downtown to the Square just after sunset last night
to try and capture some of the lights of the Clocktower.

As you can see it is rather pretty, and keeps changing...

This was only the second time I have experimented with the camera in low light,
and I was amazed by how much detail it captured...

and this is hand-held, not with a tripod.

Pink for girls.... blue for boys.... purple for Margaret...

And this last one has nothing to do with the clocktower.

But I wanted to try out the way car lights worked with a long exposure and moving the camera.

I never got much practice though:

Sunday nights everyone is safely tucked up inside at home, and town is very quiet and calm.

Another time...

51: Clocktower at night

I have brought you a photo of the clocktower in the Square before- way back on Day 28. But a few days ago, when the large moon was amazing us across the globe, I tried shooting lights at night, starting with the moon.

And tonight I decided I would try a few more night shots, at the Clocktower. I was amazed at how good the camera was at capturing detail, even when it had become quite dark. I couldn't read the time on the clock, but the camera could... And herewith, I share with you this 'crooked clocktower' photo this evening.

(See more clocktower photos here.)