Navajo Spirit Rising
by Ja-9

Comment:
Wow, Congrats Janine! I hope that this one stays up here. Wonderful shot.

Rainy Day Raptor
by trevytrev

Comment:
Congrats on a ribbon and an awesome bird shot! This is the good stuff. Well done.

IMG_0328
by Denise

Comment:
Nice shot, and at a good time of day to show the contours in the foreground area. It makes me wonder where this is?

Full moon rising
by MinsoPhoto

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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

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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

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

Winter Wonderland
by salmiakki

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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.