I was attempting to capture the lighting in the clouds at the time this was taken but I could never seem to get it to show up in the shot .... but even without it, this was a very breathtaking moment.
Taken with a long exposure while the camera was propped up on the railing of the boardwalk. It was very windy this evening so I was hoping the camera shake would be minimal and that the camera wouldn't blow of the other side. :-) Very minimal processing, cloned out some lights to the right where the boardwalk curved around a dune, curves and level adjustments, used healing tool to eliminate some lens flare below the moon as well as a post down in the right hand corner. Ran trough neatimage to get rid of some of the noise in the sky. I think that's about it.
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Beautiful shot..I think you made a very good job of capturing the moonlit sky, it really adds so much to the overall calm and tranquillity that the image exudes.
Surprised that it didn`t finish much higher.
Very nicely done.
I wonder if this is the only picture that has averaged a perfect 6. The white spots look like falling stars.
You know, I noticed that one too, after I had uploaded it. It probably was. I was amazed how many stars showed up in the shot. I just wish I could've managed to capture the lightning as well but we can't have everything. :-) Thanks for the comments everyone!!
I love this, reminds me of The Doors song Moonlight Drive. I would have liked it if you cloned out that light furthrest to the right, and maybe got the lit path to end where the moon's reflected light begins by moving to the left when shooting this (but there would be other compositional compromises, no doubt) as it would make it seem like an extension of the path.
This is fantastic, anyway, however.
4/4 For the challenge
3/3 For Aesthetics
2/2 For Originality
1/1 For the WOW factor
Oh...10 - nice one :) I hope you ribbon with this distinctly unique enty.
Beautiful image... the horizon is slightly tilted (runs "downhill" to the left), also maybe shifting the angle so the moon would not be centered may have made it more interesting. Good shot.
neat, nice work. i think that if this was a 15s exposure, it should have been about half of that and then some work in toning to bring out the clouds. i think one stop down would have saved the highlights of the moon, it's reflection and the lanterns or whatever on the boardwalk. good work though, nice eye...
This is quite lovely. I wish the ,oon weren't quite so centered, and I don't think the bright light on the right horizon is helping at all, so I'd have thought about panning left a little to get the composition a tad less static. regardless, nice and imaginative work and a strong entry.
Oh yeah. . . when I saw this, my first thought, just like the challenge said, was "That's beautiful!" That is really beautiful! I love the glasslike quality in the water, and the light on the pier.
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