My image for the Once in a Blue Moon Challenge really bombed and I know technically it was a bad shot but this was taken in the dark and this is the result straight from the camera I did nothing to it.
Can anyone explain why it was blue I used night time flash. I took it looking up through the tree branches
I entered it because I thought it was unusual
Sally
This was taken the same night with the same camera settings just seconds apart How do you explain the difference
I would put it down to the wonders of fujifilm finepix cameras! I can take the same pic with the same settings over and over again and get a different result each time - this is especially true in extreme lighting conditions or in situations where there is a mix of light and dark objects in the frame. Also, the exposure 'guess' that the camera makes when you 'half-press and hold' the shutter release (which it shows you in the eyepiece/screen) often bears no relation to the final shot. I saw a review of the canon eos300d rebel in which they saw this problem ONCE. Poor things! Enjoy.
Ben
As far as how it happened? My best guess is the focus point. In the "goofed" up one, the camera focused on a tree, which was entirely in the shadow. To get proper exposure it opened the shutter for much longer than you can handhold a shot. In the next shot it focused on the moon which being in full sun, made the camera shutter a fraction of what it was, making it proper for the flash and the shot in general.
No, It was not cropped just down sized for uploading but I think now looking at the two images that I must have zoomed in more on the blue one I didnt think of that before, silly me, would that explain the blue ness around the moon
I guess it is one of lifes mysteries I like them both its just a shame the voters didnt like my blue moon I just wanted to show you that it really did have a blue halo as such
Thankyou for the nice comments
Sally
Were you using auto white balance? If so, the camera may have taken into account the moon's reflection on the branches differently on the zoomed in shot, giving it a blue cast.
