60 Examples of Beautiful Night Shots

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When the sun goes down and sky gradually turns dark doesn’t mean you’ll have to keep your camera in the bag. In fact, it is during the night where some of the most beautiful photos are snapped. No doubt shooting under low light is challenging, but by getting familiar with the shutter speed, exposures, lightning and taking advantages of surrounding objects often help compensate the light and create amazing output.

Here’s a collection of 60 Examples of Beautiful Night Shots, taken by avid and professional photographers who jumped into action when the sun sets.

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Cities

Poisonous Darts
by 13thWitness

94th Floor, Chicago, IL
by shutterBRI

Kuala Lumpur City Centre
by Christopher Chan

Hong-Kong night citiscape lights from Victoria Peak
by QT Luong

New York City, USA
by QT Luong

Toronto Skyline
by CarbonSilver

Eiffel Tower
by kayess2008

City of Lights
by paul (dex)

City Night View
by inoc

Metropolis
by VJ Spectra

Rush Hour
by Stuck in Customs

Escarpment
by VJ Spectra

Kowloon
by VJ Spectra

Merlion Night Scene
by fravenang

Rays From Above
by VJ Spectra

Wow Macau
by VJ Spectra

Reflections

A Night at The Bay Bridge
by MattGranz

Red Bull Illume
by CarbonSilver (gbenz)

Night Photography
by bob west

Night Waterfront Cityscape
by 32tsunami

Westmister Palace, London at night
by QT Luong

Sea Of Tranquility
by VJ Spectra

Night Sky
by VJ Spectra

City of Niagara Falls
by Jon Ramsey

Positron
by Kamuro

Night Life
by marcelgermain

Singapore
by Christopher Chan

Sydney Opera House
by shrillian

The Louvre at Night
by dealived

OAKA Main Entrance View
by NikGr

Ghent by night
by nonkelduvel

Florence Night scene
by choongcheehuei

Manarola
by VJ Spectra

Blue Hour
by веканд

Symphony
by VJ Spectra

Shoot that Bridge
by tomalu

Misc

Another late night Drive
by John A Ryan

The Glass House
by darklogan1

Candelária Nights
by Leonardo Paris

Pigeon Point Lighthouse
by Susanne Friedrich

Aurorus Reflectus Colosseo
by Stuck in Customs

Railway
by mara-mara

Night Walk
by Gerrit Wenz

Milan Train Station at Midnight
by Stuck in Customs

Capitol View
by Todd Klassy

Invisible Sun
by jrtce1

ExPort
by VJ Spectra

Night at Loch Lomond
by guillaume-dauphin

Fireworks

If you are fan of firework photography, check out this entry we’ve previously written: 100 Most Breathtaking Fireworks in The World

Liftoff
by VJ Spectra

Engage
by VJ Spectra

Australia Day
by VJ Spectra

Light Trails and Star Trails

Berlin at Night
by d5e

Quantum Photonic
by VJ Spectra

Poteet Strawberry Festival 2007
by bceichman02

Interstellar Overdrive
by VJ Spectra

Intersection
by VJ Spectra

Curves
by VJ Spectra

Human Pendulum
by Kirpernicus

Star Trails
by bob west

Comments

DKumar M. May 18th, 2009

Nice shots… classic collection !!

DKumar M.
@instantshift
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Matt Preston May 18th, 2009

What a fantastic collection of night shots. Really inspiring stuff. Nice to see some great HDR work in there too.
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sonpeppi May 18th, 2009

THANKS
LOVE IT
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Emre Guldu May 19th, 2009

thanks..
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Alejandro May 19th, 2009

Wow this images are actually beautiful, especially Rays From Above
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Jordi May 19th, 2009

Amazing… thanks!
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Celo May 19th, 2009

Breath taking. Absolutely beautiful.
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Vlad Kovalenko May 19th, 2009

Thanks!
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Rick May 19th, 2009

very nice!
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TalkVietnam May 19th, 2009

So beautiful!

Thanks for sharing.
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Yuda May 19th, 2009

Beautiful, Very Nice!
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WPThemes May 19th, 2009

Very nice pictures.

There are at least 15 pictures of Hong Kong skyscrapers.
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Ed aka the-iguana May 19th, 2009

Cool shots. i love night photography.
Just a curiosity…
Do you know that you can’t publish night shot of the Eiffel tower? That’s a copyrighted image. :|
you can take photos of the tower by night, but you aren’t allowed to publish it anywhere. that’s crazy :|
photos by day, no problem, but by night you’re not allowed.
they probably want to make a lot of money with postcards or something. meh!
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Simran May 19th, 2009

I never realized that we can take such a great shots at night :)

Thanks for the collection.

Now I’ll also try to capture some pics at night :D

Regards
Simran
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Mephobox May 19th, 2009

Why is there no pictures of vancouver :(

Awesome captures of amazing skylines!
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Michael May 19th, 2009

the simple lighthouse, IMHO………. is the star of this collection.

I usually love HDR… but I find a good portion of these to be drastically overdone
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Money4Invest May 19th, 2009

Are all these real pictures taken by camera? I thought some of the pictures are not look real one. Please correct me if I am wrong. By the way, I love the night scene. :)
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Pixel Studio Works™ May 19th, 2009

Awesome pictures…

Thanks for sharing.
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Hoang May 19th, 2009

Wow there are lots of water in there!
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Danh ba web 2.0 May 19th, 2009

Great collcetion for me. Thanks a lot !
@ Hoang: Your portfolio is very nice
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junrxu May 19th, 2009

several of hongkong!
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Rishi Luchun May 19th, 2009

Wow…these are cool!!
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Vim May 20th, 2009

wow amazing images, makes me want to go on holiday, same question as the one posted by money4invest, are these picture taken by camera?
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DindaKanda May 20th, 2009

wow.. seriously I’m speechless… theye are totally awesome…
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Lithiummind May 20th, 2009

Beautiful pictures. I am not a big fan of HDR, but some them looks good here.
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Noah Lieske May 20th, 2009

Wow, amazing pictures. Thanks! Noah Lieske
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Y920.com May 21st, 2009

As usual rocking..
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Christopher Chan May 21st, 2009

This is a fantastic collection and thanks for including a couple of my photos. :)
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Erap Estrada May 21st, 2009

Good thing the Philippines isn’t here. It isn’ a good view at any time of the day.
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Diana May 22nd, 2009

Wow breath taking!
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Tania May 22nd, 2009

there are something awesome..
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Neven U. May 22nd, 2009

Nice photos… but another way to look at this is that it’s just a load of light pollution.. not a very cool thing for astronomers.. or nature. :p
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Kaly May 22nd, 2009

Awesome!!!
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Fhernd May 22nd, 2009

Excellent photographies!
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Orjinal Delikanlı May 22nd, 2009

Adam istanbul’dan da bir foto koyar şuraya…
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Lalazaar peerzada May 23rd, 2009

thats good and wonderful pictures
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Lalazaar peerzada May 23rd, 2009

wow amazing images, makes me want to go on holiday, same question as the one posted by money4invest, are these picture taken by camera?
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Lalazaar peerzada May 23rd, 2009

Cool shots. i love night photography.
Just a curiosity…
Do you know that you can’t publish night shot of the Eiffel tower? That’s a copyrighted image. :|
you can take photos of the tower by night, but you aren’t allowed to publish it anywhere. that’s crazy :|
photos by day, no problem, but by night you’re not allowed.
they probably want to make a lot of money with postcards or something. meh!
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Riccardo Messina May 24th, 2009

Real and beautiful… fantastic!
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Tufan Tunç May 27th, 2009

Wow! Great photos, thaks. It is difficult to take night photos. This is my best night shot: http://tr.im/munR
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ladycooper May 27th, 2009

Wow, fantastic photos. Just wonder how come our Petronas Twin Tower is not in.
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Honeymoon in Hong Kong May 27th, 2009

A truly breathtaking collection of pictures!! I was amazed when i came across this post. I especially like the shot of Hong Kong taken from Victoria Peak.
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hongkiat May 27th, 2009

@ladycooper I’ve to admit it’s a bit bias on that. Perhaps I’ve seen too many night shots on Twin Tower to actually shortlist one that is really great. All are good.

@Honeymoon Agreed, Hong Kong has one of the best night views, whether it’s Victoria Peak or The Peak.
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James Bond May 29th, 2009

Wow, love the night shots, this is a great collection for you desktop background.
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Sascha May 29th, 2009

Amazing Pictures! Thx!
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Moxx June 4th, 2009

Beautiful wallpapers !

Metropolis by VJ Spectra – it’s very respect !
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PORTIA IGRUBAY June 29th, 2009

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
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Wow, that is amazing!

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RevPiper June 29th, 2009

Don’t forget Cincinnati.
http://zinzi.us/zinzius/Cinci%20HDR%20Flickr.jpg
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andibandaro June 29th, 2009

cantik..beutiful picture. good feed for eyes
i want to see shot from asia..bali????
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tanaz June 29th, 2009

very beauty, thanks
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paolodiathena June 29th, 2009

…very nice
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Light Pollution June 29th, 2009

Talk about light pollution. yuck!
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Matias June 29th, 2009

excellent – I’ve got a small tripod with me at all times, too…
here’s one of my best:
http://tr.im/q96M
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NO ONE June 29th, 2009

NICE SNAPS….
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roberto June 30th, 2009

include me in your list olease thanks
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surya June 30th, 2009

Very beautiful i love it
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S.B.Bhagavan July 4th, 2009

excellent photographs thank u sir
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Msami July 9th, 2009

lovely pics! thanks to lovely teams…
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Nick July 29th, 2009

Some fantastic shot of Asia in there…I love the city scenes many of which are great for honeymoons!
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Asia Honeymoons July 29th, 2009

Some fantastic shot of Asia in there…I love the city scenes many of which are great for honeymoons!
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