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From: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Where I live - was [OM] How to photograph starry
night skys?
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:44:26 -0600, Jon Wichman wrote:
>
> >> What good does a light out in the sticks do anyway?
> >It's so you can SEE! There's no light pollution, thus there is NO light.
> >Thus, it's DARK.
>
> Bah humbug. All a light does is to ruin your night vision. If you
> stand outside for a minute or two, your eves will adjust and you'll
> be able to see plenty.
Plenty? On a moonless (new moon) night,
you (I) can't see your (my) hand in front of your (my) face.
You must have some light pollution.
>
> Of course, if you're walking around unfamiliar terrain or peering
> into outbuildings, a flashlight is a good thing to have handy, but
> anyone should be able to walk around their own yard at night. It's
> really not that dark - you have a million suns shining on you!
So, you stand there for a minute or two and, then turn the flashlight on?
Well, it depends upon what your back yard is I suppose.
If you have it clear-cut and bulldozed into a neatly groomed little patch of
grass
that you have paced off, that's one thing.
If you have 13 acres of not-exactly-flat mixed woods and grassy plains
and have only lived there two years, that is another.
Unless you have an absolute sense of direction, a "photographic memory" and,
have stepped off every inch, you still can walk directly into a fence post
or,
step into a former fence post hole (not to mention the thorn trees and
bushes).
None of which is good because at my place, like in space, no one can hear
you scream.
> For nighttime photography, I will confess to keeping a mini-mag light
> on a leather cord around my neck. It helps if I need to check the
> aperture, shutter speed, or some other small detail. But it goes
> right back out as soon as I've checked.
Ohh . A mini-mag light on a leather cord! Is that corinthian leather? :)
The only thing I like to keep around my neck is the soap in certain
circumstances :-)
>
> FWIW, I live out in the sticks and eschew the vapor lights at home.
Fine with me.
> Instead, I have flood lights with a motion detector. If my wife (who
> has lousy night vision) comes home late, the light will be on and she
> can see to get to the house. but if you go outside and sit still (or
> get 20 feet from the house), they'll go off.
Yes, I have those also. They are nice for the 100' or so that they cover.
Jon
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