Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congrats on the Zetlin Crater, Larry! I was probably looking at your crater last night when I went out to the patio to take a couple of shots of the risen moon. I had tried earlier at moon rise here, but the horizon was shrouded in clouds. A pity, as I can see it rising out of the sea at 62 degrees azimuth at a vantage point about 400 metres away on the seaside road. When I tried again on the patio later with gaps in the clouds, I found the head loose on my Manfrotto, probably caused by telescope usage, so had to take it inside, repair it, and then found the clouds were covering the moon again. I'll have to wait until 2034 :-) Then again, the difference between a shot taken yesterday and one today will be minimal. Moon rise here is around 17.50pm, so.... Anyway, I'm going down there for my daily swim in the sea right now. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Zeitlin via LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 6:11 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Supermoon img. >I went out to shoot the Supermoon yesterday. This is the best I could do >with a Micro 4/3 camera fitted with a 150mm lens. The image was only a bit >larger than a period on the sensor. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Supermoon.jpg.html > I was really waiting for this picture but then the clouds closed in. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Supermoon+2.jpg.html > > Incidentally, I have a bit of proprietary interest in the Moon photos. > After ducking bullets in the Korean War I worked in the aerospace industry > for 14 years. NASA rewarded the early pioneers of the moon landing > program, including me, by naming minor features of the lunar landscape > after us. I am told that there is a small depression on the moon named the > Zeitlin Crater near Mare Nectaris. I tried to find it once but it is far > too small to be seen with the naked eye. It's probably just big enough to > hold a tea cup full of water. There are tens of millions of craters on the > moon. > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >