<http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html> -- Brian
On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:59 PM, Brian Lawson wrote: > Generally, not right at moonrise with the moon low over the horizon. > You want to have it rising over something and that would cast a > shadow into the foreground. HDRI would be the only way to do it > because the moon is so bright while anything on Earth it would > illuminate would be so dim. Plus the moonlight doesn't give you the > colors that the setting sun does. Shooting just before the full moon > is the way to do it. This was shot under a full moon. > <http://brianspics.wittybanter.org/ThereAndBack/MoabTrip/pages/ZionAtMidnight.html > > That was a 40 second exposure. You can see the star trails, tiny > but visible. The moon would be obviously elongated and totally > burned out. > > This was taken the day before full moon and that was one day too > late because there is a hill behind this location so the canyon was > in deep shadow by the time the moon rose even though the sun had not > set yet. > <http://brianspics.wittybanter.org/GrandCanyon/Pages/WhitmoreMoonrise.html > You can see how burned out the moon is. > > This was taken the day before full moon. > <http://brianspics.wittybanter.org/Zion/Pages/WestTempleSunset.html > Plenty of foreground light, the moon isn't blown out, lots of color. > > I noticed tonight that the moon is pretty far north in the sky. I'm > not sure where I would shoot from to get the nice foreground/horizon > to have the moon rise above. Somewhere up on Grafton Mesa would > probably be the place. > <http://brianspics.wittybanter.org/Zion/Pages/GraftonMesaSunset.html > I haven't scouted a location though so even if I had a vehicle to > get me there I'm not sure where I would go. These things take either > planning or an incredible amount of luck. That's what happened on > the West Temple Sunset shot - we were there two days before, > completely unaware of the impending full moon and saw it rise while > shooting sunset pictures but it was too early. Came back the next > night and it was too cloudy to let the moon get through properly. > Went back again the following night and just barely got there in > time. I literally jumped out of the truck right in front of that > water catch basin and took one picture then the sun set and I lost > the light. Got back in the car and went home. Wasn't there for 5 > minutes. :) > -- > Brian > > On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:38 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: >> There's no way to capture the moon-lit foreground? HDRI blending? >> >> Michael >> >> On 12-Dec-08, at 1:32 AM, Brian Lawson wrote: >>> Sit in my back yard drinking beer with a buddy as it rises. ;) I >>> didn't know that it was at perigee or I would have made other >>> plans to find some place to photograph it tonight. You want to >>> photograph "full" moons one or two days before the actual full >>> moon rise so there is still some sunlight to illuminate your >>> foreground. On the actual full moon day the sun sets just before >>> the moon rises and there isn't enough light to capture both >>> foreground and the moonrise. >>> -- >>> Brian >>> >>> On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:12 PM, John D wrote: >>>> Here's an interesting note: Tomorrow night the full moon will be >>>> the largest it ever gets. The moon's average distance from the >>>> Earth is 238,855 miles, but it's now only 221,560 away. Along >>>> with this, we have exceptionally high tides. >>>> >>>> I wonder if Brian has any plans for it? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
