Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In 30 seconds, the earth rotates 0.125 degrees, so the trails are pretty small. I guess they don't show up in the large size much. Here is a large crop of a section of that photo so you can see the trail. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/moonbow+lower+falls-0525.jpg.html Thanks for looking and commenting and questioning. Aram -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:20 PM To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Yosemite Moonbow > I like this one: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/moonbow+lower+falls-0525.jpg.html > > At a 30 second exposure, why no star trails? > > Good work! > > --Bob > > > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> I had photographed the upper falls moonbow a few years ago, so decided to >> try something new and start at the lower falls. Hiked out to the bridge >> at >> night to find a small group of photographers. I was 1 day early, and did >> so on purpose because I had heard it gets crowded out there on full moon >> day, even though for all practical purposes you could never tell the >> difference. Besides, you don't have to stay up as late a day or two >> before. >> >> This was actually the last shot I took as I had to climb out on some >> rocks >> (in the dark) and had not wanted to interfere with the few serious >> photographers that had been there. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/moonbow+lower+falls-0526.jpg.html >> >> A little closer view: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/moonbow+lower+falls-0524.jpg.html >> >> However, I find that perhaps one could think these were taken during the >> day and just faked to look a bit darker. So, I think it is important to >> include some sky so you can see it really is night. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/moonbow+lower+falls-0534.jpg.html >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/moonbow+lower+falls-0525.jpg.html >> >> What do you like? More or less sky? Or maybe you like no sky? >> >> Interesting side note. Quite a few non-photographers had wandered out to >> the bridge after hearing of the moonbow, just to have a look. They, of >> course, could not really see anything but a smear of white light. They >> were inquisitive, and always being the science teacher, I showed them my >> photos and told them that the light was too dim for most people to see >> any >> color there at all. Looks rather plane with the naked eye, but the >> camera >> does not have that limitation. Many whipped out there cellphones, but >> were >> not successful in photographing the event. Then there were the flash >> crew, >> but I won't comment further on them. >> >> On the night of the full moon we went to Cook's Meadow for the upper >> falls. It was not a good year. Not that much water, so not that much >> spray, and also, the angle of the moon this month must have been pretty >> high, as the bow just barely showed up at the very base of the upper >> falls. >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Upper+Falls+Moonbow-0680.jpg.html >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Upper+Falls+Moonbow-0682.jpg.html >> >> I gave up and found a tree to add a bit of compositional variation to >> what >> I was seeing. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Upper+Falls+Moonbow-0684-Edit.jpg.html >> >> >> All taken with D600 at 30 seconds, f/4. >> >> Note - darn hard to line things up through the viewfinder. I could see >> well enough to get close then modify what I wanted. With live view all >> you >> saw was a black screen. I also tried my wife's new Olympus D M10 and >> could see absolutely nothing through the EVF. I was impressed with the >> outcome at ISO 1200 for a 4/3 sensor. And of course, focusing to >> infinity >> has the same problem and solution as with the D600. >> >> On one of these nights we tried prefocusing in daylight, switching the >> lens to manual focus and taping the focus ring so it would not move. I >> know my 24-120 has a sever focus shift when zooming and I loose infinity, >> but I thought my 16-36 and my 70-200 were true zooms, but found out >> otherwise. Good old trusty Leica 35-70/4, as stated in previous post. >> >> Comments welcome >> >> >> > >