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Moonlight

            I've been wanting to try this for ages. This week was the perfect time. The moon is rising in the early evening, so by late night, it is in just the perfect spot. As much as I didn't feel like heading back out at midnight after getting all comfy watching TV and working on my computer, that's what I did.

I was digging through my lens graveyard (drawer full of lenses that I never use) and discovered that I actually own a 28mm f1.8 prime lens. I haven't used it in so long, that I forgot I had it. I remembered that there was some kind of problem with it, so I stopped using it and never had it fixed. So, I put it on my camera to see if it worked. Turns out that the problem was the f-stop is not working. It is stuck open at f1.8. Well… That is exactly what I needed for this shot, so I used it. 

So… This is the spectacular, Double Arch, in Arches National Park a little after midnight, lit almost entirely by moonlight. I popped my flash a few times to slightly fill in the shadows under the arch. I figured it would be difficult to compose a shot in the dark, so I went there the day before with my prime 28mm, 35mm, and 50mm lenses and found a good spot to shoot from with each lens, so last night I just went to my predetermined spot and shot this.

Taken on: September 7, 2011

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Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/1.8, 30 sec, 28mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Lens:	28mm
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Unknown (-1)
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
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