A tricky exposure was required here. The lamp is glowing, the sky still has some light but most of the scenery is in deep shadow. Definitely a time when careful use of spot metering is required. The trick is to check light levels by pointing at different areas in the frame, then choosing a good average area and taking the photo.
I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: Manufactured Outrage: We might be beginning to win some battles, but the war is far from over. (posted 2024-12-17 at 19:19:15). I do podcasts too!. You can listen to my latest podcast, here: OJB's Podcast 2024-12-04 Avoid Microsoft: If you don't really like computers much you could make things a bit better for yourself..