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24-MAR-2004 Paul Sumi

Spire and Moon

Shot in Century City, Los Angeles after work this evening. This is the top of the Park Hyatt hotel. I want to try this one again at a full moon, and add the teleconverter to the 70-200 zoom. I'm guessing that the "star" to the right is the planet Venus.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
1/25s f/6.3 at 200.0mm iso1600 hide exif
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Date/Time24-Mar-2004 19:21:56
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length200 mm
Exposure Time1/25 sec
Aperturef/6.3
ISO Equivalent1600
Exposure Bias-2.00
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modecenter weighted (2)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Paul Sumi29-Mar-2004 04:49
Alexei, Mary Anne and Neil, thanks for your comments. Since I was exposing for the highlights (spire, Moon, Venus) the dark sky automatically went to black. I also dialed in -2 stops of exposure compensation.
ctfchallenge29-Mar-2004 00:56
I really like this, a little bit of a tilt, and nice colour in the spire. Yes it is Venus, and you were fortunate they were so close together. On our side of the world they were setting just on/after dusk, and didn't get any good opportunities like this. Now they are too far apart to get both in one shot. Neil
ctfchallenge28-Mar-2004 20:49
I'm surprised that you were able to get such a black sky. I would have expected smog and light pollution such as we have here along the East Coast. (Of course, I've never tried taking a shot of the night sky, so I don't know whether it would also look black to the camera here. Guess I'll have to wait for a clear night.) --Mary Anne
alexeig27-Mar-2004 19:28
Essential is beautiful. I like that the spire is tilted a bit towards the moon and Venus plays as a balance
Paul Sumi25-Mar-2004 17:52
Hi Nugar, yes, this is one capture. The only things done in PS were to adjust curves, crop and resize the image.
Nugar25-Mar-2004 14:29
Paul,

Very nice capture. Did you capture everything in the same take?

Nugar