Click on Night Time Photography Tips
for a few extra ideas
Take information boards using flash but at a slight
angle so the flash does not bounce right back - (
Like the photo on the left)
Comet McNaught - Dunedin NZ Jan 2007. Taken with a
Nikon D70 SLR at 70mm zoom - f3.5 at 30 seconds.
Most compact digital cameras do not have sufficient
manual controls to take a photo like this.