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Re: [APML] Moon Over Seattle with Crepuscular Rays



Eric-

An astrophotographer friend of mine, Joe Orman, in Phoenix has come up with 
a real handy chart for twilight exposures.  This helped me immensely when I 
first started out and should save you some time and money.

http://pages.prodigy.net/pam.orman/joemoon/JoeExposurestwilight.html



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





>From: Eric Beard <ericzbeard@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography <astro-photo@seds.org>
>To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography <astro-photo@seds.org>
>Subject: Re: [APML] Moon Over Seattle with Crepuscular Rays
>Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 06:16:18 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Oh, I overexposed it on about 6 or 7 shots, and
>underexposed on at least as many - this is pure trial
>and error!  I wish I could say that I took a casual
>look at the sky and knew just what shutter speed to
>use.  I was in too much of a hurry to record any of
>the settings, but my best guess is that this was
>between 1/4th and 1/30th at f/2.8 or f/4.
>
>Oh and I forgot to mention I used a polarizer to cut
>the glare on the window.
>
>EZB
>
>--- Eddie Guscott <eddie.guscott@blueyonder.co.uk>
>wrote:
> > Eric
> >
> > Nice shot. You did a better job at not overexposing
> > the sky near the horizon
> > like I did.
> >
> > Eddie Guscott
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eric Beard" <ericzbeard@yahoo.com>
> > To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 1:34 AM
> > Subject: [APML] Moon Over Seattle with Crepuscular
> > Rays
> >
> >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > It's been a while since I posted anything.  The
> > recent
> > > post of a shot with crepuscular rays reminded me I
> > had
> > > one of my own that I took recently.  This one
> > shows
> > > the setting moon, a few days old, over Seattle and
> > > Bellevue, just after sunset.  One of the brighter
> > rays
> > > seemed to be shining directly on the moon, it was
> > > quite spectacular.  This picture *almost* does it
> > > justice.
> > >
> > >
> >
>http://www.honeydewphoto.com/eric/20031022/MoonOverSeattle.html
> > >
> > > Enjoy!
> > >
> > > EZB
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