Yerba Buena Night
March 2, 2004
Too Much Light
Yerba Buena
Gardens and its environs are surprisingly well-lit at night. We went there
as part of a photography class to practice working with night-time conditions,
including long exposures, reciprocity failure, and different kinds of film.
It turned out that for most photos exposure times under 30s were entirely sufficient,
and the two films I used (Kodak Ektachrome Tungsten 64 and Fujichrome Velvia
100) showed little to no reciprocity failure with such short exposure times
(really long night-time exposures might be 15-30 minutes).
Tungsten or Daylight?
The
difference between tungsten and daylight film was more interesting. The two
photos of the pool with the Museum of Modern Art and the Yerba Buena Center
for the Arts in the background show the difference: Neutral to bluish tint
for the tungsten film; vivid yellowish tint for the daylight film. Personally,
I prefer the results of the daylight film, even though they’re technically
not correct. Photos before this pair are taken with the tungsten film; photos
after with the daylight film.
