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Capitol Moonrise
levyj413


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The Moon II (Expert Editing)
Collection: Best
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
Date: Aug 31, 2012
Aperture: 19.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30
Galleries: Urban, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Sep 2, 2012
[Sep. 9th, 2012 12:24:56 PM]

For quite some time, I've wanted to reshoot an old image of mine for a challenge:


You can get a large moon in a single frame with a subject on the ground (see my tutorial), but it's a lot easier to just composite using expert rules!

It's a fun example of how I've learned over the years. For example, this time I included the reflecting pool, which meant physically moving to a different spot and composing differently.

I also figured out how to merge different images with different brightness to even out the Capitol and especially the statue on top. Not automated HDR, but using a layer mask and transparency.

I shot the Capitol with my recently-repaired Tamron 17-50 at 26mm and the moon with my 70-200 at 200mm.

Redoing this is similar to the way I reshot and greatly improved

to get

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 74
Avg (all users): 6.4720
Avg (commenters): 8.4000
Avg (participants): 6.2857
Avg (non-participants): 6.5663
Views since voting: 1075
Views during voting: 281
Votes: 125
Comments: 11
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 09/15/2012 11:20:55 AM
I thought this might have been yours. Nobody does DC Symmetry like you!

Congrats on a great finish :)
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 09/11/2012 01:57:32 PM
Originally posted by annig:
beautiful image, Jeffrey. Very nice finish.. look at that commenters' score!


This is a great image, and that is one heck of a commenter's score, but not as good as another image. ;-P
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 09/11/2012 01:07:37 PM
beautiful image, Jeffrey. Very nice finish.. look at that commenters' score!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2012 09:47:14 AM
Nice job Jeffrey and great score.
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 09/10/2012 05:30:27 AM
Nice finish Jeffrey!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/09/2012 07:35:09 PM
Gorgeous detail.
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 09/09/2012 07:09:32 PM
Lovely clarity and symmetry. Voted earlier.
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 09/07/2012 10:59:14 PM
Spectacular and special. If one is ever going to use symmetry, this is the scene. Well done! 10
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 09/03/2012 09:49:42 PM
Nicely done!
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 09/03/2012 01:55:55 PM
I don't believe this is actually possible... but I really enjoy the edit. Really cool vision.
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 09/03/2012 12:56:26 PM
Great one... My ONLY thing that sorta bothers me is the moon's color, it seems to jump out and slap me in the face, like it maybe could've used ??? a slight touch of color??? Just my opinion other wise it's a WOW shot!!!
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