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Subject: [Leica] Any pointers on taking full moon photos?
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:10:10 -0600
References: <CAF8hL-G_PzwyevZ70erGdF81Uj=jijab_P-Pt2EZtGV=2O2QtQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAFfkXxttw7RL1RiqeV9ezVtPY=urUAUFWSvhcOkMgEthoHy=0Q@mail.gmail.com>

Nice work, Sonny.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Any pointers on taking full moon photos?


> There's always the composite, as long as you 're not shooting for National
> Geo or something.  I shot this image with my oly ep1 using, if I recall a
> 90mm Summicron R.  I shot several exposures of the moon at "sunny 16" and
> some bracketed to get the clouds.  Then I dropped the well-exposed moon in
> on top of itself.
> http://sonc.com/look/?p=233
>
> For something like this, I consider the composite the close first cousin 
> of
> the multi-shot pano composite.
>
> On this page there are two shots using the sunny 16, and some Leica R
> lenses.  I enjoy using them on the EP-1, since it has anti-shake in the
> camera, and you can do a lot of hand-held shooting with it.
>
> http://sonc.com/look/?p=212
>
>
> Good luck.  shooting or howling at the moon!
>
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>
> USA
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Richard Man 
> <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote:
>
>> Will be trying to take some fullish moon photos in Yosemite (probably
>> Glacial Point?). Any recommendation besides not use a flash and use a
>> tripod? :-)
>>
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>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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