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28 Oct 2023 Meetup: Coronado Moonrise Photo Shoot

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Several photographers from the UCSD Photography Interest Group met-up at Bayview Park to photograph the full moon rising over San Diego. The weather cooperated and it was a fairly clear evening and sunset. Some atmospheric haze was visible in the distance but overall the San Diego Skyline was clear. The moon rose towards the south bay so its position was not ideal for a shot of the taller buildings. It rose over Petco Park and the San Diego Convention Center.
Ideal photographic conditions of blue hour and the moon only lasted ~15mins. It will be interesting to see the variety of photos taken. There’s only so much you can do but post-processing can make a difference.

Jerry – Here are some images Jerry took

Jim – Here are some of the best images Jim shared

Cathy

18 Oct 2023 Theme: Fall

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October’s photography theme was Fall – an appropriate topic for the season. Meeting participants shared photos that matched the theme. The meeting was hosted by John Leighton since Jim Wilkinson was off on a photo scouting trip to Lone Pine/Alabama Hills in the Eastern Sierras of California. Here are some of the photos shared:

Jerry

Sharon

Gary

Cathy

28 Oct 2023: Full Moon Rise at Sunset, San Diego

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There will be a full moon rising over the San Diego Skyline ~6pm Saturday Oct 28th. Cathy proposed a meetup to photograph this event. I entered some different spots into the Photographer’s Ephemeris webpage and grabbed some projections for potential locations. Some members of the Photography Interest Group are already pretty familiar with such locations. But these projection should give us a good idea where the moon will rise so we can set up at an ideal location.
To check out the Photographer’s Ephemeris; click here for a pin location. You can create a free account on their website if you want to use the planner. A iPhone app is also available for $10.

Harbor Island East (looks too far north for a skyline moonrise)

Coronado Bayview Park

Coronado Ferry Landing – this has already been proposed so check out the moonrise projection

Coronado Bridge Viewpoint – not ideal for a skyline shot but including the bridge might be interesting

Hotel Del Coronado – alternative to San Diego Skyline, moon rising over the Hotel Del

Sept 20 2023 Theme: Critters

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The UCSD Photography Interest Group met via Zoom meeting Wednesday Sep 20 2023 at 2pm. The theme this month was “Animals/Insects/Birds/Wildlife/Pets/Critters”. Everyone shared several images that followed the theme – critters are a pretty popular photo subject. Photo sharing started around 2:15 and went till 4:10. Integrated into the photo sharing were discussions about the new Photoshop 2024 generative fill AI; Lightroom shadow & highlight masking; Topaz DeNoise & SharpenAI; cell phone macro photography. Here are the photos that were shared & discussed:

Barbara

Cathy

Gary

Jim

Mikky

Sharon