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Subject: [Leica] Burney Falls at night
From: leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 07:47:55 -0700
References: <BLU173-DS947D149F91C0A008C2A17B84B0@phx.gbl> <1DB9A4B4-AF5B-4AC9-9F06-CC75E6151CA4@gmail.com>

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
>
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