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If you love spending time in the outdoors, you probably love taking photos of the outdoors. But if your trips – and photos – are only taken during daylight hours, you’re missing half the show.

Getting out during the nighttime offers a completely different experience and scenery. And if you think nighttime means you can’t take photos, you’re dead wrong.

The Bangor Daily News recently ran an article by a photographer who hiked Acadia National Park at night and used the red filter on his headlamp to take wonderful night photographs. Check out the article here.

Backpacker magazine also has a number of articles on taking photographs in the outdoors at night. Their article on nighttime photography here discusses shooting campfires, glowing tents, night skies and more. They also have an article devoted to photographing night skies.