OT - Moonrise in Yosemite

[BlueCorn]

This was taken last Friday night from the top of Sentinel Dome in Yosemite.

 

[rbaker]

It's about time you took a decent pic...

 

[rbaker]

 

[Misled]

Dude, beautiful pic!!!!!

 

[IPT]

Nice exposure Doug. ( it's a single exposure?). Not always easy to do, well done.

 

[BlueCorn]

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.

 

[IPT]

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]

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]

<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]

Ah, well that makes a lot more sense than what I thought you did

 

[ducklabdad]

very nice, Mr. Adams would be proud!