Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The picture was taken the first day of summer June 20th, 2006 12:54:51 PM Part of the definition of the summer solstice is the sun is directly over head at noon. And this is 54 minutes later. So the sun is about as directly over head as it can be. And you can see the tiny shadows right underneath them to indicate that. Thanks for looking! - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:49:03 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] First Day of summer pix new Summer LUG Gallery > > Love the two horse pictures. Great lighting, but I'm having trouble > figuring it out. Was the sun close to overhead and a bit toward the > far side of the animals? > > Herb > > >> First Day of summer pix new Summer Gallery >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/summer/ >> 8 shots to start with. Only 1 will stay. >> All taken June 20th on different years, 2006, 7, and 10. >> >> The horses taken Jun 20 2006 as I made my way from Portland to here, NY to >> move here. I hated the green made them black and white. A romantized >> interpatation but I'm hoping its also a bit elegant or has some other >> redeeming value. Taken with a 55.0-200.0 mm f/4.0-5.6 Nikor at 200 with a >> crop factor of 1.5 so its 300mm. But cropped a good 25% so its maybe >> 400mm. >> And still the foal skittish. >> >> I have a movie house project going. I make a point of getting as many as >> possible when I go cross country before they all disappear. Perhaps they >> wont disappear!?!? I made it to Evanston WY by the middle of the >> afternoon >> and got this fa?ade of their Strand theater. Playing Jack Black 7 & 9 >> Nacho >> Libra. I love the typography. This shot I'm really thinking is working. >> Perhaps I should have the movie houses in their own gallery but I think I >> have too many galleries already. >> >> Happy first day of summer! >> >> At noon the sun was directly overhead. >> If you can see your shadow then we get another two weeks of Spring. >> Woof! >> I'm loaded on pain meds. Had a super bad Sciatic attack today. If a >> slipped >> disk hurts more than this than I'll eat it. >> >> >> >> >> >> - - from my iRabs. >> Mark Rabiner >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information