Oops again. I really must learn to read my get-pushed challenges more carefully. I read "night" or "twilight" ... I guess I conveniently overlooked the "outside" part. Oh well. A bit too much time and effort went into this, so here it is.
it boggles the mind to think of holding one's hand still for as long as it took the wax to drip and as long as it took the shutter to close! I'm thinking maybe your hand is resting on something.