This is the original image, I really liked the composition but was struggling to get the impact out of the shot so I started experimenting with BW conversions. This was pretty straight forward, I basically knocked out the blue and cyan range which left me with that great halo around the moon. I also did some selective blurring on the foreground and parts of the tree.
Taken on a peaceful Christmas day afternoon, at home in Dorset by the sea about 10 minutes before this ->
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Very nice photo. I certainly hope you got something into the Blue Moon challenge. Interesting foliage, and a great job exposing for the moon as well. Border is a little dominating.
The depth of contrast on the tree/bush thing is interesting. Though for me it is not interesting enough. The title with the little half moon seems almost misplaced. The piece just does not hold me.
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