Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow! Those are all beautiful. I can't wait to see the full moon and moonbow ones! Tina On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> 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 > > > > > 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