I am currently working on photographing different weather events at different times of night. Stuff that most people won't try or figure is impossible. Lately I have been working on settings that allow me to freeze a cloud at night with as little digital noise as possible. Last night was a real test for my Canon 5D MKII. The clouds last night were moving from Southwest to Northeast approximately 70km/h. Most the cloud had been small cumulus when I noticed some spotty showers had developed on radar infront of the cold front. I went out and looked to my southwest where I saw a developing cumulus cloud. I quickly went to my night-time settings and was able to freeze the cloud while keeping the digital noise respectable. I am looking forward to another night when the clouds are moving slower with an even fuller moon because that will allow me to use lower ISO numbers and hopefully lead to a better quality shot at the end. This will be an ongoing project of mine. I still believe I can get the quality that much better. In this photograph above there was also a pileus cloud on the right side of the cumulus where it is fuzzy. Unfortunately, by the time I got everything lined up and focused most the cumulus had broken through the pileus. So it is very fragmented but was there.
