This vessel is clearly running ahead i.e. you are looking at her starboard side. It is indeed true that many navigation lights are not bright and would/are lost when a vessel is lit up like this. Also, it is may understanding that a vessel underweigh should not be showing any light forward apart from navigation lights, when approaching a berth and as a last resort to alert the watchkeeper(s) of the oncoming vessel that you are there.
Furthermore, on a good many modern vessels the navigation lights are not were you expect them to be, in many instances I have seen the right up forward abaft of the stem almost.
On the photographic side. Virtually all cameras would be unable to discern a weak red or green light amongst all these white lights, unless you have a top end Nikon or Canon with the lighting correctly set on the camera; even then, you would have to do a lot of tweaking in Photoshop to get even a hint of colour.
LB