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Challenge: The Moon II (Expert Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
Location: Concord, California, USA
Date: Sep 2, 2012
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/2489
Galleries: Emotive, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2012

 Neil Armstrong's first famous line, without which the second ("One small step ...") would not have been possible.

-Handheld, manual mode
-Pasted in Moon from shot earlier in the week; scaled up
-Stretched out extra sky at top
-RGB Curve
-Extra sharpening to sky to increase noise
-Resize
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 2300KB

File: EagleMun-CU_IMG_2011-DPC8.jpg

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 74
Avg (all users): 5.7520
Avg (commenters): 7.8000
Avg (participants): 5.7209
Avg (non-participants): 5.7683
Views since voting: 866
Views during voting: 278
Votes: 125
Comments: 6
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Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/10/2012 08:27:59 PM
Great job on this one- and the outtakes.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 09/09/2012 08:35:25 PM
My favorite of the Neil Armstrong tributes. Voted earlier.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/09/2012 07:29:33 PM
Nicely done.
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Canon EOS Rebel T6s
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 09/03/2012 10:04:15 PM
I am able to see where the flag was sewn together.
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Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
 09/03/2012 05:33:48 PM
Nice idea and good composition.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 09/03/2012 01:03:20 PM
OOOOO Perfect title perfect shot... My first 10 congrats I expect to see this in the top 3
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