Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>4 moons! ;-) > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/leicated/ted+grant/ > >>Actually there are 5 Kodachromes and one Ektachrome! I should let you all > try to figure out those numbers. OK crew, Only one person basically had it right! 5 Kodachromes and one Extachrome dupe. :-) Alan Magayne-Roshak said: >>>> I would say the last one >>>> (<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/leicated/ted+grant/BIG+MOON.jpg.html>) >>>> >>>> (Big Moon) is a slide sandwich, or double dupe. When I first saw it, >>>> it didn't look quite right. When the moon is that low it usually has >>>> more color tinge and/or atmospheric flattening.<<<< The "BIG MOON & Legislative bldg." are two different Kodachrome 64 slides that were sandwiched and duped on Extachrome. The evening sky space upper left corner of the building when alone allowed dropping the moon into place. CLICK! Big moon and building duped in one photo. It isn't possible to get a moon that big and an Earth building as we see here at the same time and perspective. Given all the "Full Moons" I've shot over the years I've never had this kind of effect with such a huge moon. Maybe someone has???? However shooting a big full moon is easy with the right lens, right night and the moon co-operating without clouds! :-) Generally as seen in the other three images is what you capture with Earth bound structures or scenes. The lower the moon to the horizon generally the bigger it appears, but never as big with an Earth bound subject as seen in the duped image. The Fisgard Lighthouse and moon was huge as it came over the horizon and wasn't the assignment we were on location for. It was the early evening July 1, 1985 and celebration of Canada Day when a huge on the beach bond fire was about to be lit. I looked East and saw the Moon and lighthouse, "Holy sh...t look at the moon!" turned the 280 mm 2.8 around on tripod, looked through viewfinder, little red-light blinked and I went click! Moon and lighthouse as you see it. :-) Turned camera back to bon fire as it engulfed the wood pilings in a huge fireball lighting the evening sky, hundreds of cheering flag waving people! Not bad for a few minutes on site! Just got lucky one more time. :-) See, shoot! And that my friends is what it's all about... Hardly a thought other than taking the next breath! :-) Just got to love it when you don't waste time with too much thinking! :-) So endth the lesson for today! :-) cheers, Dr. ted