Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/18

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] IMG: Moon Over Tennessee
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:30:05 -0500
References: <127BF34AF3734E88874C6F00D7636DF5@jimnichols> <ABDF7DC6-F5BE-4283-B19E-CF1A9A8FD84D@frozenlight.eu>

Thanks, Nathan.  Yeah, it was too high here also for an interesting shot, so 
I decided to see if I could capture it anyway, just for the practice.  It 
should be better in California.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 1:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Moon Over Tennessee


> Well done, Jim! I saw the same moon while driving home from work in early 
> evening yesterday, but it was too high over the horizon to make it an 
> interesting photo (I am usually more interested in pictures where stuff on 
> the ground is also included).
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>
> YNWA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2011, at 4:25 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> Bob Adler mentioned Thursday that the moonrise can be seen around sundown 
>> in California on March 19th, so I started looking here.  In the East, it 
>> rises too early in the day to make a useful photo.  I noticed tonight 
>> that it was approaching an overhead position and I had a clear shot, 
>> though there was a slight haze around the moon.  Not trusting the weather 
>> forecast, I decided to do my thing tonight.
>>
>> After trying several tripod shots that were disappointing, I decided to 
>> go to the old standard approach, which Tina Manley mentioned sometime 
>> back.  Camera on Manual, ISO 200, Sunny 16 exposure, manually supported, 
>> but leaning against a wall.  I gave up trying to manually focus, and set 
>> the scale at infinity.  This was the best of five shots.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Moon+Over+TN.tif.html
>>
>> E-510 with Leica Telyt-R 250/4
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Leica Users Group.
>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>
> 




In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Moon Over Tennessee)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG: Moon Over Tennessee)