Re: [APML] Yosemite nightscape

["Stan Richard" <stanrichard@hotmail.com>]

Chris, wow, very beautiful!  I envy your close proximity to such a great 
location.

Stan Richard
Events in the Night Sky
www.nightskyevents.com



>From: "Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
>Reply-To: astro-photo@seds.org
>To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
>Subject: [APML] Yosemite nightscape
>Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:39:12 -0800
>
>Hi all -
>I've posted a nightscape shot of Yosemite Valley taken during a trip there
>earlier this month(Philip - here you go... :-).  I originally had thought
>about using the nearly full moon as the illumination for the valley but
>getting out of bed at 2am to get the right angle of light and driving 30
>minutes on a very twisty mountain road to the viewpoint did not go over 
>well
>with me.  So instead I used the very last vestiges of evening twilight to
>illuminate the mountains and valley.  I think this worked out quite well as
>El Capitan, Half Dome and Cloud's Rest are well lit.  You can even see that
>Half Dome and Cloud's Rest have a bit of a pinkish tint on them from the
>last light of twilight.
>Another cool feature is the light from a rock climber's lantern just to the
>right of El Capitan.  I could see it while making the exposure and I'm glad
>the film recorded it.
>Anyway, here's the image:
>http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/yosemitevalley-nightscape.html
>
>And if you're interested in some daylight landscape images I took around
>Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra you can see them on a separate page I
>created.  These were all taken on Kodak Gold 100 with a Nikon F3HP and 20mm
>or 35mm Nikon lens.  The Sierra is not called the "Range of Light" for
>nothing.
>Images here:  http://www.abmedia.com/astro/yosemite/
>
>Hope you enjoy them.
>
>Chris
>
>
>==================
>Chris Cook
>Astronomical Photography
>www.abmedia.com/astro
>
>
>
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