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Re: [OM] I've added my night shot to TOPE2

Subject: Re: [OM] I've added my night shot to TOPE2
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:40:43 -0400
Very nice!


On Apr 13, 2013, at 10:17 PM, DZDub wrote:

> Your excellent shot got me thinking about focusing in the dark.
> 
> This is a shot I made in the Porcupine Mts of Lake of the Clouds by
> moonlight last September:
> 
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1322
> 
> How did I focus it?  For a moment, I couldn't remember what I did.  It was
> too dark to see much of anything through the viewfinder. Then I remembered.
> I had shined a flashlight on the rocks about 20 or 30 feet ahead and was
> able to get the camera to focus on that.  The first couple of attempts I
> had cut off the lake on the right side.  So I had to shoot it several times
> and could only verify my composition once the exposure was done.
> 
> I almost never remember to carry a flashlight, but I wouldn't have gotten
> to my vantage point without one (Schnozz can vouch for me on that).

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