Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted: Thanks for your kind words for the pep talk! - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Ted Grant wrote: > > Hi Jim, > Shooting sunsets and full moon rising is something I look for when I'm doing > travel or lecture assignments, obviously doesn't happen very often. But what > you have here is an absolute classic photograph. Actually I don't think one > can get it much better! Good on you for followimg up Bob Adler's post. > > I keep track of moon rise & sunset times and what I watch for is the closest > time between the sun setting and the moon rising. When this happens along > with a full moon it's a "do not miss this happening" for interesting > photographs, particularly shooting over a water situation, IE: lake, river, > ocean whatever. Hey even a duck pond! ;-) > > When I know this kind of time line-up is about to happen, I recce a spot a > few nights before, then when the time comes it's cameras loaded and lots of > film to make as many exposures as possible, allowing for bracketing and > distance between water surface and moon higher into the sky or the effect > disappears, sunset's and the effect is gone. > > After seeing this shot of yours I'm sure a number of folks on the list will > be paying attention to sunsetting and moon rising! ;-) > > Good on you for putting in the effort, well done mon ami! :-) > ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html