Hi, nice to see that this thread is still going strong, although I don't have much time to come to the forum these days.
Here's a picture I took the night before last. Where I live, it's rare to get a chance to take photos like this. It's uncropped, straight out of the box except for a small adjustment of the brightness.
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Panasonic FZ30, f/3.7, 1/30sec, 420mm, flash
Unfortunately, I cut off a bit of the tail. It was almost pitch dark and hard to frame the shot even with the aid of a torchlight; I was standing on a steep slope in an awkward position. I didn't get a chance to take another shot because it flew off after the first.