[Leica] IMG: Maui in BW

[leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)]

Too small of images to really tell, but it looks like with that long of
shutter speed you are getting rotation movement in the stars, maybe?

But Palm Shadow & Sunset Lahaina are excellent.

Jay

On 8/14/2015 12:27 PM, Robert Adler wrote:
> Been hanging out on Maui this past week with Jane, the grandkids and their
> parents (phew!).
>
> Decided to shoot landscapes using the old version Monochrom and had a lot
> of fun. Then, since it's a new moon (and Perseids) I thought I would try
> the Monochrom for some "long" exposure night photography. I thought the
> outcomes were pretty acceptable!
>
> As the Monochrom has a base ISO of 320 and a maximum exposure time of 240
> seconds (not adjusted for ISO as the M240 apparently is), seemed like it
> might work. First shot is on the beach of our hotel with lots of light
> pollution:
> http://www.robertadlerphotography.com/p464101645/h53037451#h53037451
> This was the 35 f/2 'lux ASPH set at f/2 with a 16second exposure at 1600
> ISO. The noise was very manageable. Overall, I thought it was a positive
> test.
>
> So the next night I drove up to the top of Haleakula (10,200') to see more
> stars. Unfortunately there isn't much foreground to include in the images
> so I thought I would test the 21mm f/3,4 Super Elmar. Exposure at 1600ISO,
> 30sec and wide open gave noticeably more noise and a bit of banding:
> http://www.robertadlerphotography.com/p464101645/h53037451#h53490fd1
> You can see (barely) the observation deck's rail and a piece of the deck
> shelter's roof in the upper right hand corner. I believe the lights in the
> distance are Wailea, though it could be Kihei.
>
> Then, after about 15 minutes of visibility after a 2 hour ride up the
> volcano, the clouds rushed in and it started raining. Didn't stop for an
> hour, so I drove home.
>
> I hope to try again tonight nearby, but the weather is not promising. Other
> BW images from this trip are there also if you'd like to look. I like using
> BW here: very different mindset for seeing.
>
> Conclusion was the 35 f/2 is good enough for BW night star photography.
> Very happy about that!
> Best,
> Bob
>