Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's completely overcast here. No moon to be seen :-( Tina On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > I usually am more interested in photographing the people looking at an > astronomical phenomenon than the phenomenon itself. This has been the case > ever since the Halley's comet hype back in 1986. I spent several nights > looking for dark spots around North Central Florida, but the best I could > get was this: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Stuff-from-the-20th-century/5775622_DM8y5#357376598_Qhkrm > However, the funniest moment occurred the night I took this picture. It was > taken on a wooden platform in a swamp called Paynes Prairie, somewhere > between Gainesville and Ocala, a place with little light pollution. For > that > reason, lots of other photographers had set up tripods in the same spot. > After a while, I got bored with looking for a comet amid all the stars, so > I > took the camera off the tripod, put on the flash and blitzed my fellow > photogs, blinding everyone for 30 seconds or so and generating a stream of > invective. Much more entertaining than the stupid comet :-) > > 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 Dec 20, 2010, at 12:48 AM, Richard Man wrote: > > > Sorry Lawrence, not enough caffeine. I know about the Eclipse. I know > about > > the Full Moon. I saw what you wrote, but I responded to what you didn't > > write :-) > > > > Yes, Solstice + Eclipse is indeed rare. I am happy to say that we in > > California will get to see this once in a 2000 year event > > > > - in the rain - > > > > -_- > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous > > replies in your msgs. ] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com