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

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Moon Over Tennessee
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:39:14 -0400

Wow, that Is incredible. Looks like it was shot through a telescope!


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On 3/18/11 11:25 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 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
> 
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