Floris van Breugel

Thanks everyone! Sorry for not replying earlier, I didn't realize there were comments on the articles! Paulo - From what I understand it's not that the sensor is necessarily cooling down, but the increase in noise over time is exponential, so you're better off doing multiple shorter exposures, working in the more linear part of the exponential curve. It depends on a lot of conditions of course, and in some cases as John noted, you can get away with long exposures. In astrophotography, where you can afford to let the sensor sit between exposures when you're tracking stars,

Stan, if you extend the FALES category to include its brother BOES (Beach Ocean Exceptional Sunset), and add in your unstated pet peeve of iso 3200 star shots, is there anything left that doesn't bother you? jk   Honestly, I agree with it all, and unfortunately that leaves very few images that are actually interesting, fun to view, and thought provoking!