Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow, that Is incredible. Looks like it was shot through a telescope! -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 3/18/11 11:25 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Bob Adler mentioned Thursday that the moonrise can be seen around sundown > in > California on March 19th, so I started looking here. In the East, it rises > too early in the day to make a useful photo. I noticed tonight that it was > approaching an overhead position and I had a clear shot, though there was a > slight haze around the moon. Not trusting the weather forecast, I decided > to > do my thing tonight. > > After trying several tripod shots that were disappointing, I decided to go > to > the old standard approach, which Tina Manley mentioned sometime back. > Camera > on Manual, ISO 200, Sunny 16 exposure, manually supported, but leaning > against > a wall. I gave up trying to manually focus, and set the scale at infinity. > This was the best of five shots. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Moon+Over+TN.tif.html > > E-510 with Leica Telyt-R 250/4 > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information