Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Anything that makes a photo look better is OK with me, as long as we say so openly. I think your trick works well. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 6:43?AM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > A few more from Glacier Point. The first one was taken before the sun > was setting so a lot of Half Dome is still in sunlight. I was hoping > for more of a sunset, but the sun disappeared behind some clouds to the > west soon after this shot. > > Glacier Point Yosemite-6171-Pano-Edit.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53325973224/in/album-72177720312473288/ > > > > > The second one is some people enjoying the view after the sunset > fizzled. Sill some glow on Half Dome. > > Glacier Point Yosemite-6178-Edit.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215 at > N06/53325629681/in/album-72177720312473288/ > > > > Now the tricks. Both of these shots were taken at about 100 mm on my > Nikon Z7ii. Shot in manual exposure because I then zoomed out to 120 > and shot a frame of the moon which I then superimposed over the slightly > smaller moon in the original shot. Cheating, yes, but the moon really > does look larger in person than it does in a photograph, especially when > closer to the horizon where you have some physical references. > > There, I confessed. I feel better. > > Comments welcome. > > Aram > > -- > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information