Re: [APML] OT: Finding Ansel's Moonrise

["Stuart Heggie" <Stuart.J.Heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Nice one Chris! I think you lined the two photos up beautifully. I would
like to make the trip to Yosemite to try and replicate that shot he took of
the thunderstorm moving through a gap in the mountains - my favourite.

Stuart
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Cook" <ccook@cape.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 12:12 AM
Subject: [APML] OT: Finding Ansel's Moonrise


> Hi everyone,
>
> I hope this list is still active?  Guess I'll find out... <g>
>
> Anywho, I just got back from a week in NM and one of the things I wanted
to
> do was to try and locate Ansel Adams' spot where he took his famous
Moonrise
> photograph.  I had emailed Dennis di Cicco at S&T before the trip and he
> gave me some great info in regards to finding the site.  My wife and I
drove
> up to Hernandez and found the site without any trouble.
>
> Back in 1941, Adams set up his camera along Route 84 which at the time was
a
> two lane road, possibly even dirt?  In 1991, Dennis found the original
road
> but there were spots along dirt crossovers where you could stop and locate
> the site.... well.... now Route 84 is a four lane highway that is totally
> paved, no crossovers or center dividers etc..... just a big solid slab of
> asphalt.  One could not park their car in the middle of the highway...
:-')
>
> I located the area while in the car and once I saw the church steeple and
> graveyard, I knew I had the spot.  In order to get the shot, I had to
stand
> in the middle of the highway!  While northern NM is not downtown Boston,
it
> still has some traffic.  I snapped the shot in what I thought was the most
> accurate spot... meanwhile I had 18 wheelers barreling down on me at
65mph!
> Not the safest place to shoot... <bg>
>
> I did not have a GPS with me so I cannot confirm the exact co-ordinates
but
> I know I must have been within 2-3 feet of where Adams' camera was in 1941
> and where Dennis was in 1991.
>
> Here's the shot.  I have created a mouseover with Ansel's photo as a
> reference.  The mountains line up real nice and the cross on the church in
> the original photograph fits nicely into the arch that now currently
exists.
>
> http://www.abmedia.com/astro/newmexico/adams-moonrise-site.html
>
> So many other variables came into play such as lens distortions between
> Adams' camera and mineand the fact that the road has been totally redone
> since 1941 thus the elevation of the actual road bed has definitely
changed.
> I feel it is pretty much impossible to get an exact match.
>
> My photo was shot with a Canon 20D and Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L lens.
>
> Hope you enjoy it.  I was so psyched when I found it.  What great fun!!
>
> Chris
>
>
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