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Now that I don't have to worry about ruining endless reels of film, I took advantage of some of the day's events to play around with "composite photography." I like taking pictures of christmas lights, fireworks and generally "Bright Things against Dark Backgrounds." The problem is, if I take a pic with the flash, it washes out the lights. Take one with NO flash, and the neon will wash out the rest of the picture.

The idea here is to take two pics, one with the flash, one without the flash, and composite them together as transparent layers, and try to get a nice compromise. Some of tonights work:

Pic with flash: