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Re: [OM] Re: Sunsets and long-focus lenses

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Sunsets and long-focus lenses
From: John and Julie Ockman <jrockman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:26:07 -0500
Johnny,
 That is nice, damn nice. How many people think to turn away from the
sunset to get the best picture?
Thanks for sharing,
John

Johnny Johnson wrote:
> 
> At 01:03 PM 3/29/02 -0500, Paul Wallich wrote:
> 
> >For lots of sunsets the interesting parts -- multihued clouds, sky fading
> >from yellow-orange or red to purple and blue -- stretch over a fair part
> >of the sky.
> >So if the sun is setting due west, the sunset scene that you want to
> >capture might stretch from the far southwest of the horizon to the far
> >northwest. A telephoto pointed at the sun would see only within a few
> >degrees of due west, whereas a 24mm or 21mm lens (wide angle and then
> >some) would get the whole scene.
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> On occasion a fisheye might be needed to capture all the colors. :-)  For
> example, I was facing the east with the sun at my back when I took this
> shot last fall:
> 
> http://home.attbi.com/~jjohnso4/Yellowstone/images/pages/F20011008-15neg.htm
> 
> Later,
> Johnny
> 
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