“F8 and be there” doesn’t work at night - so I dragged a bag of heavy primes to Taiwan for those neon signs. Pros stop down though, so why not use software to denoise, pack light? Is fast glass holding me back?  Out of thousands of night-time photos, I’ve picked 9 to help me decide, if bokeh makes or break the image?  All shot wide open using one of three f1.2 primes, but some fast lenses are too technical. Others are more ephemeral, just like travel, and by the end of this post? One has to go.