Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not quite Ansel Adams, but it was interesting. These were taken about two weeks ago in the massive BLM land around Quartzsite where hundreds of thousands of campers descend on the poor town for a few weeks. View Large, Please The moon not quite up yet. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/q/moonrise-7788.jpg.html I was trying to line up a shot with the trailers we were in, when my sister-in-law and her dad came around the corner, flashlights blaring and I got this. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/q/moonrise-7785.jpg.html What I really wanted was this: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/q/moonrise-7786.jpg.html but I actually like the first one better. OK. moon is up now. Let's see if I can get stars and moon, too. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/q/moonrise-7731.jpg.html And I noticed the shadows being cast by the moon, so tried to capture those, too. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/q/moonrise-7746.jpg.html It was fun, if not cold. All exposures about 30 seconds. The first three I also used a flashlight to paint the cactus and the trailers. Comments welcome. Aram Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream." James D. Watson