IMG 5054, Moon at 6.38am, 4/5/2007, Focal length 300.0mm
F13.0….1/3200…ISO800
IMG 5084, Mary River & Susan River at River Heads, at 12.47pm, 4/5/2007, focal length 21.0mm
F14.0….1/320….ISO200
Some tone adjustments. Sharpen, crop in raw.
Removed sky from river scene through trees, and replace with moon & stars which are part of the moon canvas and appear when processed.
Adjust brightness/contrast on each layer before merging
HDR action.
Color balance
Final sharpen
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This is a terrific idea. I think with just a little more post work this could really be a 1 in a million shot. Can't help you there though since I don't know PhotoShop for the life of me. Compositionally this shot has it all, wonderfully combined images.
i love moon shots. i always get sucked in by them - probably because I cannot take them lol. this has that fantastical mythical quality to it - that's why i think i like it!
Well...I was a little confused at first, and it took me a minute to figure out what this was. I think the moon is much to large, and since it's so bright, and everything else so dark, it makes things really confusing. But I really love these kind of images! With contrasts between deep shadows, illuminted blues and greens, and then some scatterings of shining bightness. Lovely! Excellent try.
There are quite a number of images in the challenge that are digital manipulations. Some of them work well. This one doesn't work all that well. It looks overdone. IMHO, when the effect itself becomes the only real attention getter in an image, it ceases to be effective. ~3
The composition is interesting, and I like the deep rich colors and detail on the trees....but...the moon and stars look really unreal, Real starfields have a lot more variety. Yours are all the same size and intensity. And there's a huge bright moon directly in front of the camera, but all the moonlight is hitting the trees from the right.
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