Mestia@NIGHT, 4

You might SAY this town has no light life, but it depends what you MEAN.  For me there's plenty going on.  More HDR, this time from the roof of the last shot's barns, Tetnuldi at top as before.  The foreground this time is a little bare, though I did get more of the towers - I plan another few of these shots from various locations, always seeking the ideal one.

Mestia@NIGHT, 3

New host family's window view again, including the barns in the foreground and the town's lights above and beyond them.  The broken streak of light at centre right, above the greenish-lit church, is actually the headlights of a single car as it wound its way slowly across a night road, disappearing behind trees and then reappearing.  Presiding majestically over it all is Mt. Tetnuldi, above left of which is just visible the streak of a star's ordinary motion recorded during time exposures totaling several minutes.

Mestia@NIGHT, 2

More HDR (High Dynamic Range), this one from our new host family's upper floor window, of a single tower thrust into the modern age.

Mestia@NIGHT, 1

The one great thing about our old host family was the view from the window.  This is it at night.  Not as simple as it seems at first glance - not only did I use a tripod and take a time exposure, but this is a combination of about 6 shots in what's called HDR, or High Dynamic Range, photography.  It captures the highlight AND shadow details very well - a much larger tonal range than a single shot can - and then puts them all together.  Cool.  More to come.