On our hike back to the car, around 3 PM, I have noticed the moon appearing unusually big and sharp. I looked for some foreground for it. Found a nice cottonwood and positioned myself so the moon is behind the top branches. A flock of black birds showed up and took a perch on these brunches. Beginners luck!
Obviously there has been some photoshop trickery to reproduce what my eyes have seen, but the scene is exactly what it looked like in real life.
OK, what I always wanted to do was to take a picture of a howling wolf silhouette on the top of a mountain with a backdrop of a shining moon. Black bids are no wolfs, cottonwood tree is not a mountain, but hey, one out of three aint bad.
[PL] Zdjecie zrobione w drodze do samochodu, okolo godziny 15. Zauwazylem ze ksiezyc jest wyjatkowo duzy i ostry. Potrzeba mi bylo czegos przed tym ksiezycem. Znalazlem cottonwood (gatunek tutejszych drzew) i usadowilem sie tak zeby gorne konary mialy ksiezyc za soba. Stadko ptakow pojawilo sie jak na zawolanie!
Oczywiscie zdjecie wymagalo obrobki w photoshop zeby odtworzyc scene tak jak ja pamietalem. Optyka objektywu nie pozwoli na zlapanie ostrosci na ksiezycu I drzewie jednoczesnie (nawet przy F22).
To co ja zawsze chcialem uwietrznic to kontur wyjacego wilka na szczycie gory na tle ksiezyca. Te ptaki to nie wilk, drzewo to nie gora, ale kiezyc to ksiezyc (jeden na 3 tez nie najgorzej).
Canon EOS 50D
1/320s f/11.0 at 600.0mm iso200
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Date/Time | 27-Nov-2009 16:08:08 |
Make | Canon |
Model | Canon EOS 50D |
Flash Used | No |
Focal Length | 600 mm |
Exposure Time | 1/320 sec |
Aperture | f/11 |
ISO Equivalent | 200 |
Exposure Bias | -0.33 |
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Metering Mode | (-1) |
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