Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Lluis. Shooting only BW is a real joy, especially where many images are often done in color. Makes you kind of think differently. best, bob On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Lluis Ripoll < lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > Very nice work Bob! > Lluis > > El 14/08/2015, a les 21.27, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> va escriure: > > > Been hanging out on Maui this past week with Jane, the grandkids and > their > > parents (phew!). > > > > Decided to shoot landscapes using the old version Monochrom and had a lot > > of fun. Then, since it's a new moon (and Perseids) I thought I would try > > the Monochrom for some "long" exposure night photography. I thought the > > outcomes were pretty acceptable! > > > > As the Monochrom has a base ISO of 320 and a maximum exposure time of 240 > > seconds (not adjusted for ISO as the M240 apparently is), seemed like it > > might work. First shot is on the beach of our hotel with lots of light > > pollution: > > http://www.robertadlerphotography.com/p464101645/h53037451#h53037451 > > This was the 35 f/2 'lux ASPH set at f/2 with a 16second exposure at 1600 > > ISO. The noise was very manageable. Overall, I thought it was a positive > > test. > > > > So the next night I drove up to the top of Haleakula (10,200') to see > more > > stars. Unfortunately there isn't much foreground to include in the images > > so I thought I would test the 21mm f/3,4 Super Elmar. Exposure at > 1600ISO, > > 30sec and wide open gave noticeably more noise and a bit of banding: > > http://www.robertadlerphotography.com/p464101645/h53037451#h53490fd1 > > You can see (barely) the observation deck's rail and a piece of the deck > > shelter's roof in the upper right hand corner. I believe the lights in > the > > distance are Wailea, though it could be Kihei. > > > > Then, after about 15 minutes of visibility after a 2 hour ride up the > > volcano, the clouds rushed in and it started raining. Didn't stop for an > > hour, so I drove home. > > > > I hope to try again tonight nearby, but the weather is not promising. > Other > > BW images from this trip are there also if you'd like to look. I like > using > > BW here: very different mindset for seeing. > > > > Conclusion was the 35 f/2 is good enough for BW night star photography. > > Very happy about that! > > Best, > > Bob > > > > -- > > Bob Adler > > www.robertadlerphotography.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler www.robertadlerphotography.com