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Gallery: Man & NaturePosted January 14, 20043,614 views15 comments

I was a little grumpy when I arrived at a pre-selected location in Arches to catch the sunset colors and moon, but discovered other folks had the same idea. Being a "lemons to lemonade" personality, I sat and looked for other options. The moon came up as predicted, then the new photo op dawned on me. Move to the side......switch to a longer lens....wait for the moon to rise a little....wait for the climbers to summit. I really wish I had my 500 with me, but instead I cropped this from horizontal to vertical to get the framing I wanted while keeping the original vertical dimension.

Kind of a fun tribute to my lemon garden.

Canon D30, 75-300, tripod.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Ron Niebrugge on January 14, 2004 at 2:50 PM

Hank, this is a great shot! You have perfect balance between the climbers and the moon, and I really like how the one guy appears to be looking at the moon. Well seen.

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Comment posted by Jim Erhardt on January 14, 2004 at 2:59 PM

What Ron said - the lemonade is fantastic!

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Comment posted by Dave Uhlig on January 14, 2004 at 3:47 PM

Hank, I like how you have left room for a cover shot. Great capture, I like your choice of comp with the rock going from the lower right hand corner. Well done in a pretty tough exposure situation.

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Comment posted by Andy Morrison on January 14, 2004 at 5:20 PM

This is spectacular Hank!

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on January 14, 2004 at 5:52 PM

Hank:

A great image. I love the warm rock with the cool sky and white moon. The climbers accentuate this nicely. Your title is also a fitting one. Nicely done.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Bret Edge on January 14, 2004 at 11:11 PM

Hank:

This is awesome! It's an interesting coincidence that the belayer seems to be staring at that giant moon. Where in Arches is this? Looks like a climb I might want to attempt some time this year.

Well done, thanks for sharing!

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Comment posted by Hank Pennington on January 15, 2004 at 2:21 AM

Thanks for the compliments folks. I really like it too, and keep it around to remind myself to be flexible and find the fun. I have another with the moon a lot closer to the top climber, but it's not as effective as this, to my eye anyway.

Bret: A sure sign I have been in Alaska too long this winter- I can't remember the name for sure, but let's try Garden of the Gods. It's the first side road to the left after you have taken the Windows turnoff in Arches. This is the first pinnacle, which is the only one I've seen people climb at that location. You can see the grooves in the rock between the two climbers, left by previous climbers. In fact, there's some kind of climbing gear (the dark "V" below the grooves) permanently attached to the rock. It was there the day before and the day after they left, so obviously it's litter.

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Comment posted by Charlie Peel on January 15, 2004 at 4:28 AM

Hank, this is spectacular!!!

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Comment posted by Anne K on January 15, 2004 at 2:10 PM

Wow, that is great, Hank! The colors complement each other so well, and the comp is really effective. The top guy looking at the moon puts this one way over the top for me. A poignant image about humans and celestial bodies: warm sun shining on guys climbing on Earth, looking up at the moon.

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Comment posted by Mark Goodreau on January 15, 2004 at 4:35 PM

Others have said it already, Hank, but I love the way the climber seems to be staring at the oversized moon. Great capture.

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Comment posted by Paul Mulyk on January 15, 2004 at 4:54 PM

Was this a double exposure? The moon seems huge for a 300mm. Magnificent photo. Ditto on the above comments. The climber staring at the moon is a great effect. Very well done.

Paul
NYC

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Comment posted by Hank Pennington on January 15, 2004 at 8:10 PM

Paul-

It's not a double exposure or a sandwich, but to appreciate the size of the moon, you have to remember the 1.6x mag factor for sensor size on the D30, making it effectively a 480mm. The 500mm would have yielded something on the order of an effective 800mm, and with it I would have moved back to try to make the climber just small enough to fit entirely into the moon. Ah, the one that got away! I have some other compositions from this shoot, and I'll probably post one tomorrow. Not as effective to my eyes, but novel nonetheless.

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Comment posted by Paul Mulyk on January 19, 2004 at 2:20 PM

Ah thanks for the reply Hank. Forgot about the magnification factor. Misread your gear.

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Comment posted by Jonathan Sacks on February 10, 2004 at 3:12 PM

Terrific shot, and a nice example of turning the unexpected (and perhaps disappointing) into a fine photo.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on August 28, 2006 at 5:07 AM

Hank, just fantastic. Please accept my congratulations.

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