Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to all who have taken the time to view and comment on my recent night time photo attempts. It is always fun to try new things, and even "funner" when they work. The consensus is as I thought, include sky so you know something is not a normal shot. Aram -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 9:19 AM To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Yosemite Moonbow > I like them all. Absolutely gorgeous! I do think you should include the > sky. Great work! > > Tina > > > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Aram Langhans > <leica_r8 at hotmail.com>wrote: > >> I had photographed the upper falls moonbow a few years ago, so decided to >> try something new and start at the lower falls. Hiked out to the bridge >> at >> night to find a small group of photographers. I was 1 day early, and did >> so on purpose because I had heard it gets crowded out there on full moon >> day, even though for all practical purposes you could never tell the >> difference. Besides, you don't have to stay up as late a day or two >> before. >> >> This was actually the last shot I took as I had to climb out on some >> rocks >> (in the dark) and had not wanted to interfere with the few serious >> photographers that had been there. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/moonbow+lower+falls-0526.jpg.html >> >> A little closer view: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/moonbow+lower+falls-0524.jpg.html >> >> However, I find that perhaps one could think these were taken during the >> day and just faked to look a bit darker. So, I think it is important to >> include some sky so you can see it really is night. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/moonbow+lower+falls-0534.jpg.html >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/moonbow+lower+falls-0525.jpg.html >> >> What do you like? More or less sky? Or maybe you like no sky? >> >> Interesting side note. Quite a few non-photographers had wandered out to >> the bridge after hearing of the moonbow, just to have a look. They, of >> course, could not really see anything but a smear of white light. They >> were inquisitive, and always being the science teacher, I showed them my >> photos and told them that the light was too dim for most people to see >> any >> color there at all. Looks rather plane with the naked eye, but the >> camera >> does not have that limitation. Many whipped out there cellphones, but >> were >> not successful in photographing the event. Then there were the flash >> crew, >> but I won't comment further on them. >> >> On the night of the full moon we went to Cook's Meadow for the upper >> falls. It was not a good year. Not that much water, so not that much >> spray, and also, the angle of the moon this month must have been pretty >> high, as the bow just barely showed up at the very base of the upper >> falls. >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Upper+Falls+Moonbow-0680.jpg.html >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Upper+Falls+Moonbow-0682.jpg.html >> >> I gave up and found a tree to add a bit of compositional variation to >> what >> I was seeing. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s4/y/n/Upper+Falls+Moonbow-0684-Edit.jpg.html >> >> >> All taken with D600 at 30 seconds, f/4. >> >> Note - darn hard to line things up through the viewfinder. I could see >> well enough to get close then modify what I wanted. With live view all >> you >> saw was a black screen. I also tried my wife's new Olympus D M10 and >> could see absolutely nothing through the EVF. I was impressed with the >> outcome at ISO 1200 for a 4/3 sensor. And of course, focusing to >> infinity >> has the same problem and solution as with the D600. >> >> On one of these nights we tried prefocusing in daylight, switching the >> lens to manual focus and taping the focus ring so it would not move. I >> know my 24-120 has a sever focus shift when zooming and I loose infinity, >> but I thought my 16-36 and my 70-200 were true zooms, but found out >> otherwise. Good old trusty Leica 35-70/4, as stated in previous post. >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > >