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Comment by itsaghostcar:
Thanx 4 all the comments

Looked up on the way home from the station and saw the moon ... thought "That's what I wanna shoot". This was taken from the roof of my downstairs neighbour. The lit window is from my flat. I liked having the one light on (just lucky that everyone else hadn't gotten home and turned their lights on) ... seemed to add something extra to the silhouttes and cast a tiny bit of light on my face. Contrail just happend to be there when I got out onto the roof and started shooting. Camera is on a mini tripod below the ledge I'm sitting on. Set the timer and ran around a few times in different poses (standing, sitting, holding the moon etc)

Had a lot of troubles adjusting levels (as comments have suggested). Main reason for the photo looking washed out was because my original (auto-levels with some manual adjustments) looked fine before submitting, but really dark after - you could hardly tell sky from the silhouttes. After trying a few times, I gave up and turned up the brightness and contrast which caused the moon to grow a fair bit.

Still not sure whether that's a star above my head. I thought it may have been a hot pixel, but tests afterwards have proved otherwise

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Comment by AnAUTiger:
Nice shot

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Comment by Manic:
A first glance very simple, but with hidden complexity and detail - just beautiful

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Comment by langdon:
Nice silhouette of the person, as well as the houses. The moon, maybe a little over exposed. I believe a filter could fix that up.

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Comment by JJart:
I like this picture and I'm sure it was a challenge technically.

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Comment by moondoggie:
Neat photo. Pretty nice composition.

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Comment by Gtnjiggy:
Very Nice photo

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Comment by vaqueros:
sharper please

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Comment by Corey:
I love the scene that this picture paints for the viewers imagination. Very imaginative use of the theme.

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Comment by tomlewis1980:
This shot may benefit from some levels adjustments to add more contrast, apart from that a good shot with lots of atmosphere.