Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/20

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Ansel Adams, Yosemite NP, and Moonscapes
From: Jeffrey Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 08:05:27 -0500
 
I may be missing something here, but who cares and why does it matter?  Is
there some speculation that he "faked" it?  Added the moon in the dark room
or something?

	Buzz Hausner

> A month or two ago the National Post [Canada] .........Conrad Black's
> right
> of centre daily broadsheet .... carried a lengthy article about a
> professor's ongoing research into the exact date, time, and place at which
> Ansel Adams had taken his famous black and white photo of the full moon
> over the huge vertical rock cliff in Yosemite National Park. From what I
> read in the article, Adams had not been forthcoming with the date and time
> of the photo and so far the details are a matter of conjecture.
> 
> Is anyone able to add anything further about the date and time of the
> photo?
> 
> jh