[Leica] Night in Yosemite

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Beautiful work, Aram.  You nailed the exposures, and the framing is 
extremely well chosen.  Thanks for sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/22/2014 8:52 AM, Aram Langhans wrote:
> Our first night in Yosemite was 3 days before the full moon.  We decided 
> to try some night shots with the moon lighting up the cliffs and see what 
> happened.  Here are my attempts.
>
> First stop was Valley View.  I have never seen night shots from there.  
> View Large.  Can you see the climbers on El Capitain?
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Valley+View-0423-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Then on to Tunnel View:  You can also see the climbers.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Tunnel+View-0432-Edit.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Tunnel+View-0437.jpg.html
>
> We then headed down to Swinging Bridge
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Swinging+Bridge-0442-Edit.jpg.html
>
> The long 30 second exposure allowed the capture of a pretty nice 
> reflection.
>
> Last stop, Sentinel Bridge
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Sentinel+Bridge-0452.jpg.html
>
> All these except for Valley View, were with the Leica 35-70.  All shots at 
> F-4 with 30 second exposure at ISO 800.
>
> More to come of the moonbows with the full moon.
>
>
> Some technical  info:  Focusing is a pain with a modern DSLR lens.  You 
> cannot just dial it to infinity and take the picture.  There is no 
> infinity stop.  You have to sight a star in live view and then try to 
> focus on it while looking at it magnified 10x on the view screen.  And if 
> you have a zoom, at least the zooms I have (16-35/4 , 24-120/4  and 
> 70-200/4 Nikkors) or the three my father-in-law has (24-85, 18-35 and 
> 70-300 Nikkors) you have to do this at the focal length you are using, 
> because if you change FL, the focus changes.  So, if I can get by with a 
> range of 35-70, which fortunately I can, I use the great Leica 35-70/4 
> zoom.  No focus problems....  Crank it to infinity and go for it.  No zoom 
> problems.  All FL's are in focus as you change the zoom.  And the added 
> bonus, wide open it is so much sharper than any of the Nikkor zooms.
>
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> Aram
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> 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
>
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