Hello everyone, hello from Spain, we got here yesterday
from the Netherlands but there´s no time to rest
There´s a full moon today, and the weather is going to get worse
It´s going to be cloudy for the next few days
So tonight or tomorrow in the morning are going to be
my only chances to photograph
to try to do something with tha full moon
that´s what I´m going to try today, to find an interesting subject
If you are watching this video that means that I was
successful to some degree or maybe
that I just chose to show you my failure
I´m going out now, I´m going to go scouting for
interesting locations that I can use
My idea is to go to an area that burnt not too long ago
I think it was just a week ago, there was a wildfire there
There are a bunch of burnt, dark, dead trees
My goal for this evening is to find one
at the right location so I can capture the moonset just behind that dead tree
I think it´d be a very cool contrast
I have no idea if I´m going to find that one tree
If I don´t, I might still go for other subjects for this image
But yeah, let´s try it
The trees here are very intact, in that they are burnt, they are dark
but they still have all the leaves, so if I were to take a long exposure here at night
They´d look just like normal trees, because you wouldn´t be able to tell
even less in black and white, that they are dead
so this is not what I´m looking for, but I´m not giving up yet
It´s very nice to be back to using good ol´Garoo
Yesterday we got reunited with someone else too, that you haven´t seen in a while
but you will be seeing very often from now on
I also need to find a tree that is facing west, that´s where the moon is going to set
And to know the exact location of the moon, when it´s going to set tomorrow in the morning
I use an app that I´ve talked about many times before, there are plenty of apps that do the same, I use this one
it´s called Sun Surveyor, it does the same for the sun, you can check the stars, the milky way, and whatnot
but I use it mostly just for the moon
That's a cool tree
This one right here is more what I'm looking for
This one has a little bit of background noise there, with all those other smaller trees
so it might not be perfect, I'm going to check the location really quick, where the moon is going to set
So I have an idea too
I've been walking around here for a while and I haven't found anything better than this
I have to go now because I have to meet some family that I haven't seen for 6 months for dinner
I think I'm going to go with this one, with this tree and with this location
Now it's all up to the weather, there are some clouds in every direction
but I'm still hopeful that I'm going to get a mostly clear day
and if I don't, I'm still going to come here and capture that scene
I think it's pretty cool
Even with some clouds, the whole scene is going to be moonlit a little bit and might create that dramatic effect
that I'm looking for
I don't know but I feel like I need to try it, so see you tomorrow in the morning
Oh my god this is so frustrating, that was my shot
I was supposed to be finishing my shot by now
and I just got here, I don't know why
the alarm didn't go off or I didn't notice it
I had 3 set to 5am, 5:15am and 5:30am
and I didn't wake up
It's very weird because the anticipation for the shot
usually makes it easier for me to get up, and actually
I woke up during the night a couple times, but I don't know why
Maybe the alarmt didn't work or something
Anyway, I was still trying to get a couple shots here
because the moon was beautiful up there
I might still get a beautiful morning around here
It's a little bit foggy, the sun should be rising in just half an hour
I'm just going to wait around here
and see if I can make something this morning
Anyway, in all my rush to get here, I forgot to bring the Bronica, I forgot to bring the other tripod
I forgot everything
What makes it very frustrating to me is that it wasn't cloudy, it was a bit foggy
but that made the atmosphere even more incredible, the conditions were perfect
They were all I was looking for
and the place... I mean, it's not the perfect place but I think it looks pretty cool
So I had done all the work and I failed at the easiest part that is just to
get up and come here, oh man
So I've found this structure here
I have no idea what this is for, but I love the contrast between the dark, burnt soil
and the white structure, so I'm going to try to make an image around here
Hopefully I can find one
By the way, another thing I forgot, it might not look like it
but it's kind of cold and I forgot a jacket... yeah
I really like that bag, the big one, so much space for all my things
Anyway, I think I gave it my best this morning as my pants and shoes will prove
Yeah... but I don't think there's anything else I can do here right now
It's been a frustrating morning because I had all the conditions I was hoping for
and I still failed, it was totally my fault
not being able to get up in time
and that really stings because that's the only thing that is under my control
everything else, the weather, the moon, even the landscape, is not under my control
but getting up in time, and getting here, that was the one thing that was under my control
I still enjoyed my morning here, I think that the sunrise was nice with all those patches of fog
and the landscape is beautiful in its own way
I just hope I have another chance to capture it the way I wanted to
Hey, good morning from the same location I was yesterday at
last night didn't really work, it was very cloudy
there was no moon out
Today we have a completely clear sky so it'd have been perfect for the long exposure I wanted
but as I said yesterday, I think I said this, the moonset is happening too late in the day
it's happening in like an hour and a half, and it's going to be
completely daylight so the long exposure wouldn't work the way I wanted it to
So I'm just focusing on regular shots now, because I still think that this composition has some potential
This path leading to the full moon, with some burnt stuff there in the background
I think it looks pretty cool
This time I brought the Bronica, I didn't forget
I'm going to be shooting HP5
ISO 800, I always do the same stuff
I used my digital camera as the light meter, I'm going to take a couple shots here and then
move around and see if I can find something else
Alright so that was fast
The moon was moving really fast, I had to leave the Bronica in the middle of a field
I was taking a few photos with my digital camera
The sun is rising behind there, it's beautiful
Going to... get my Bronica back
Ugh, this setup right here... I hadn't used it in a while, this is a very nice tripod
a very nice camera, but oh my god are they heavy
They were not the right tool for this occasion because the light kept changing
the moon was really fast, and to move through that field full of burnt bushes
this is not the best thing
Handholding my digital camera was much easier, and that's how I was able to capture, with my telephoto lens
an image that I'm very happy with, it's a very big full moon just behind that cool, burnt, dead tree
and that was pretty much the idea that I originally had when I started thinking about
what to do with the full moon a couple of days ago
I saw a shot in a burnt area like this one, using the full moon to add even more drama to the scene
It wasn't a long exposure as I wanted it to be, but I think this image will convey a very similar message
in a very similar way
Talking about conveying a message, I guess the message for this video is to never give up
It took me almost 3 days to get a shot here
but I think I finally got something, I hope the images from the Bronica are good as well
So yeah, just keep trying, keep trying, because in the end it will be worth it and the effort will pay off