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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Moon Over Tennessee
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:08:39 -0500
References: <C9A9ABB2.44754%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Thanks, Chris.  The 250 becomes a 500 on an Oly 4/3 camera, so that helps.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Moon Over Tennessee


> Wow, that Is incredible. Looks like it was shot through a telescope!
>
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> On 3/18/11 11:25 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>
>> Bob Adler mentioned Thursday that the moonrise can be seen around sundown 
>> in
>> California on March 19th, so I started looking here.  In the East, it 
>> rises
>> too early in the day to make a useful photo.  I noticed tonight that it 
>> was
>> approaching an overhead position and I had a clear shot, though there was 
>> a
>> slight haze around the moon.  Not trusting the weather forecast, I 
>> decided to
>> do my thing tonight.
>>
>> After trying several tripod shots that were disappointing, I decided to 
>> go to
>> the old standard approach, which Tina Manley mentioned sometime back. 
>> Camera
>> on Manual, ISO 200, Sunny 16 exposure, manually supported, but leaning 
>> against
>> a wall.  I gave up trying to manually focus, and set the scale at 
>> infinity.
>> This was the best of five shots.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Moon+Over+TN.tif.html
>>
>> E-510 with Leica Telyt-R 250/4
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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