Full moon rising
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:
Looking at your shooting info, iso100, .5sec @ f4.5? The moon looks like maybe iso 100 1/500sec f 4.5. At the settings that you posted, the moon would be overexposed, unless you were using a neutral density filter.
The dark halo may be from using too much highlight reduction. That happens with my shots too, and I have learned to watch for it when processing images.
To get better overall sharpness for a moon shot with foreground, a much smaller aperture value, like f16 would be helpful. That would increase the depth of field, which is pretty narrow with a 300mm at f4.5.
Welcome to DPC. I have learned a lot about shooting here, and I hope you enjoy the site as much as I have.

Night Commuters
by citymars

Comment:
This somehow reminds me of the movie Utopia from the 1920's. It's the architecture and processing as well as the general scene. Nicely done image which has a lot of details in the details.

scram
by skewsme

Comment:
Congrats on the ribbon. Your comment makes it twice as funny. Thanks for the grin : )

Winter Wonderland
by salmiakki

Comment:
Big Congrats on your brand new ribbon! Love the high key that seems to be so right for the scene.

Kids
by redpanda

Comment:
This is cute. The broom makes the shot for me.

Lovers By Moonlight
by posthumous

Comment:
The title is very clever for this. The image connects for me. It also made me smile : )

Ice cold Artificial Moon
by Nadine_Vb

Comment:
This is very creative, and also artistic. I like it.
You can shoot the moon with a tripod, that 300mm and D2x very nicely. Try iso 200, 1/350, f8.
Here's an in camera double exposure with a 70-300 D ED Nikkor.

Watercolors
by cgino

Comment:
Wow, That's crazy cool processing. Very artistic of you to even think of doing all that, and the result is impressive. The hand would look fine if you painted it holding something of interest.

Tyler-Jac-and-Cy.jpg
by Ivory

Comment:
I like the way the sky makes the guy's faces look bolder, and the girl in the middle has her features softened somewhat by being in front of the jacket. I also like the way all three are looking into the wind. I see the 4th face peeking from the shirt collar.

Point & shoot
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
If this is spontaneous, you were ready, and had killer timing to capture it as it happened. This is great with the title.