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Barley, a dog, is photographed passing quickly through the halo of a bright street light during an otherwise dark night.

Barley, a dog, is photographed passing quickly through the halo of a bright street light during an otherwise dark night.

Taking photos of Barley after dark is generally an exercise in futility: The much longer exposure time of digital cameras photographing under low-light conditions doesn’t play nice with Barley’s tendency to be in motion at all times. I had hoped to fool my camera by taking a night photo in a relatively illuminated place, but this was the best shot I got from about a half-dozen attempts. Even so, maybe there’s an aesthetic to how bad a photograph it is.