[Leica] IMG: Maui in BW

[Robert Adler]

Thanks Tina. The problem with the top of Haleakala volcano is the land is
kind of straight down and pure black at night!
I thought the beach chair helped in the other photo, but because of all the
hotel lights I had to crop some of the blown out sand closer to me.
But I totally agree. I saw lots of photographers with their cameras
pointing straight to the stars (the Milky Way WAS gorgeous!), but thought
to myself where's the foreground?
We're thinking alike, just circumstances didn't permit. I hope to try one
more venue tonight if the weather cooperates (which it probably won't...).
I'll use my headlamp to light up the foreground a bit which will be fun.
Thanks,
Bob

On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Those look great to me!  I like the tiny bit of land included in both for
> perspective.
>
> Tina
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> 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
> >
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