Thanks Bob. Since you mentioned headlamps elsewhere, I recall that my
flashlight was actually a headlamp. I think mine came in a three-pack from
Costco. Nuttin' fancy, but good.
Joel (it's all coming back to me now) W.
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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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