View Full Version : OT - Moonrise in Yosemite
BlueCorn
05/15/2009, 10:45 AM
This was taken last Friday night from the top of Sentinel Dome in Yosemite.
http://images.hopdog.com/yos_7587_0509-Edit.jpg
rbaker
05/15/2009, 12:03 PM
It's about time you took a decent pic...
rbaker
05/15/2009, 12:04 PM
:D
Misled
05/15/2009, 01:13 PM
Dude, beautiful pic!!!!!
Nice exposure Doug. ( it's a single exposure?). Not always easy to do, well done.
BlueCorn
05/15/2009, 01:29 PM
Thanks.
Louis, it is a blend of two exposures. My preference is to shoot a moon rise the day before totality but it wasn't in the cards.
Still looks great.
Man one day I was shooting and had an amazing moonsetting behind a mountain peak and alpenglow on the peak itself. I was cranking out exposures like a mad man. Some other pro photog was there with me and we were talking (ie. I wasn't paying attention) . Well I ran out of film and reloaded (back in the film days so I had a few 1/2 exposed rolls of film because I was changing films to adjust ISO speeds). Of course I accidently grabbed a previously exposed roll....and well you can imagine the reaction when the slides came back from the lab. I was not a happy camper. Stuff like that does not come together often! (Luckly I was shooting MF at the time too. I was using a wide angle but am still able to pull a small print out of it).
It's all part of the process. As usual, nice work.
Cheers
Recty
05/15/2009, 01:58 PM
That's a great shot.
Did you shoot before the moon was above the mountain line and use a long exposure to get all the detail in the landscape and then use a much shorter exposure when the moon was higher? And combine the two pictures?
BlueCorn
05/15/2009, 02:03 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15017600#post15017600 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Recty
Did you shoot before the moon was above the mountain line and use a long exposure to get all the detail in the landscape and then use a much shorter exposure when the moon was higher? And combine the two pictures?
They were literally back to back shots with no more than a few seconds between them. I exposed for the moon, slowed my shutter speed about 5 stops and then shot the foreground.
Recty
05/15/2009, 03:02 PM
Ah, well that makes a lot more sense than what I thought you did ;)
ducklabdad
05/15/2009, 09:05 PM
very nice, Mr. Adams would be proud!
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