[Leica] Full Harvest Moon

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> It was glorious last night out here in the Upper Left Corner.
> 
> I also saw the Eclipse last cycle while at the Washington Coast.
> Creepy.  Cool. Sobering.  I watched it very erly in the a.m. with Leica
> Trinovid 8x32 binoculars and wished I could have captured the image and
> the colors - like a rough iron ball glowing just under cherry red.
> 
> I've never had a lot of luck photographing the moon.  Always had good
> bodies and lenses.  Never learned how to do it right.
> 
> I suppose I could set the R9 on Program with the 70-180 APO at
> 180mm/2.8/infinity and go for it.
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> But the really big lenses (Telyts and the Big White Lenses From Japan)
> provide a larger neg image suitable for enlargement and showing more
> arresting detail of the moon's surface.
> 
> Thanks for the reminder.  Harvest Moon is always the best moon during
> my favorite season.
> 
> Bob in Seattle  (where it's sunny and clear.  Go figure)
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> On Sep 26, 2007, at 12:46, Mark Rabiner wrote:
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> Sept. 26, 3:45 p.m. EDT -  Always the full Moon occurring nearest to the
> Autumnal Equinox. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice-- the
> chief
> Indian staples--are now ready for gathering.
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> Mark William Rabiner
> rabinergroup.com
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> 

My whole life I wanted a good shot of the moon and only in the past couple
years did I pull it off.
The main problem is not having a lens long enough and over exposing.

Its a lot brighter than you think it is said Ansel.

Like some high percent of the reflectance of it from the sun.

You need a 400 or 500 mm lens or longer.


And its good to do it at night.

Mark William Rabiner
rabinergroup.com