Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Nathan and Philippe. It is a great waterfall, one of my favorites. A must see for anyone in the neighborhood. Aram Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson -----Original Message----- From: Philippe Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 12:12 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Burney Falls at night I like both the making of and the final scene - well done - super location too Amities Philippe Le 20 mai 2016 ? 18:44, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> a ?crit : > Here is a shot of Burney Falls in Northern California at night. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s6/nc/Burney+Falls-9475.jpg.html > > It was a frustrating shoot. I could not get my Nikon 16-35 to focus on > anything well. Did you try in manual mode? > No matter how I tried, it was always blurry. Never had that problem at > night before. I switched to my Rokinon 12mm fisheye and it worked just > fine and I got the above photo. It was very dark in the valley. There > was not much of a moon and it set soon after we got there, so we had to > light the falls with a flashlight. I forgot about the wideness of my > fisheye and my first attempt to light the falls included an unwanted guest > at the edge of the photo. And you can see the mist from the falls that > was also a problem. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/s6/nc/Burney+Falls-9474.jpg.html > > I had to move to the other side of the camera to stay behind it to get the > shot I linked first. I guess this is one instance where chimping your > shot paid off. > > View them large if you can. > > Comments welcome > > Aram > > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired 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