Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Awesome scene, Aram! These do need to be viewed large. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 20 May 2016, at 18:44, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Here is a shot of Burney Falls in Northern California at night. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s6/nc/Burney+Falls-9475.jpg.html > > It was a frustrating shoot. I could not get my Nikon 16-35 to focus on > anything well. No matter how I tried, it was always blurry. Never had > that problem at night before. I switched to my Rokinon 12mm fisheye and > it worked just fine and I got the above photo. It was very dark in the > valley. There was not much of a moon and it set soon after we got there, > so we had to light the falls with a flashlight. I forgot about the > wideness of my fisheye and my first attempt to light the falls included an > unwanted guest at the edge of the photo. And you can see the mist from > the falls that was also a problem. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s6/nc/Burney+Falls-9474.jpg.html > > I had to move to the other side of the camera to stay behind it to get the > shot I linked first. I guess this is one instance where chimping your > shot paid off. > > View them large if you can. > > Comments welcome > > Aram > > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information