A daytime shot with a polarizing filter and editing, so you have a dark, night-like sky, with sunny, day-like leaves. The moon is included for bonus points. This one’s got a bit of grain because I had to go up to F18 and ISO800 to keep the moon in focus.

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Leaves from the American sycamore tree in my yard. This photo is with my new polarizing filter; I made the sky look as dark as possible with it, and put the moon in the frame to make the scene a cross between night and day. So the moon didn’t become a blurry white blob, I closed down to F18, so I increased the ISO speed to 800, but the grain works well here. So you have the sunshine of late afternoon, but the …

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