This is the final challenge.  I haven’t worked with this aspect of my camera, and I admit I didn’t check the book to see how to “do it right.”  I wanted to experiment with different settings to see what I could get.  I used “S” mode as well as EXR (the full auto) mode.  I used different ISO settings.

I can’t say there’s anything I really like from this series.  I was sitting on my back porch at approximately 8:30 pm.  I appear to only be able to add 2 seconds to the exposure time in manual mode.  I don’t think that was enough to really capture anything, but this first shot is tail lights of a passing vehicle.

This next one is at a monstrously high ISO of 12,800.

This last one is the same view, shot in full automatic mode (it took a couple of seconds to process):

I just set the camera on the back porch for maximum stability, pressed the shutter, and let it process.  It’s pretty close to the view I get with the naked eye — a shade darker and greener, but a pretty good likeness.

This concludes the photo challenge.  I hope you enjoyed seeing the photos as much as I did taking them or picking them out (in the case of selections from the gallery).  This will be the last regular update until the April A To Z Challenge kicks off on April 1.