I usually wait until night to go out and capture some holiday lights. Yesterday, I decided to walk around my neighborhood and see what would happen if I did it before it got dark. Here, my intention was to show the simple decorations on my neighbor’s porch. I thought the little snowman was a nice subtle accent. Then, to my delight, I noticed the snowman counterbalanced by a real black cat sitting on the opposite side of the steps. These details would have been missed if there had been no ambient light.
