Tech Tuesday: Moon over Las Vegas – Shooting early cityscapes

No it wasn’t really there, but it was in the sky though. On many cameras, including my D7000, you can make multiple exposures in the same frame. The moon was high in the sky over Las Vegas and the light was nice and rich on the New York – New York hotel complex. Simple, shoot the moon at 450 mm (my 70-300 AFS VR on the D7000 is equivalent framing to a 450 mm lens!).
Then recompose on the city scene (memorize where you placed the moon in the frame), and this is the result…… Below is the cityscape, a few minutes later, without the moon.

The other thing that is fun to shoot in big cities is early morning, (usually only lasts for about 5-10 minutes, right after sunrise), warm light in the tall glass buildings. Below is the first light on the Mandalay Bay Hotel, this morning (HDR – 3 shots one stop apart). Below that is one more of buildings with reflections and early light (This one is a straight single frame, and then processed).

Light is the critical component to all these shots, as illustrated below, 30 minutes after the first set of images. Same New York – New York scene, light much cooler.

Jesus is the light of the world and much more critical than even the light of the sun. When you’re thinking about great photo opportunities, think early light. When you thinking of a great life, think the Light of the World, Jesus.

Have a great day, blessings,

the pilgrim in a foreign land……………..

*Photo Note; All images, D7000 – ISO 800, 70-300 AFS VR lens all images shot at f5.6 from a tripod.

* Health Update: Tomorrow is weigh in, but I’m in Vegas so weigh in this week will be Friday.