The Moon Drops Through the Morning's Palette to the Horizon...
by NikonJeb

Comment by bassbone:
I really like the layers created by the different hues in the sky. The placement of the tree works pretty well. I gave this a 6 during voting, primarily due to the significant color noise I see in the sky - as if the blues and cyans are not balanced when you modified them in Hue/Sat. A bit of smoothing either with a brush or using a noise reduction approach would have likely helped a great deal and bumped that score well over 6.

Cheers!
Peter

The Moon Drops Through the Morning's Palette to the Horizon...
by NikonJeb

Comment by Alicia:
It's an excellent photo and scored fairly well for a FS. I would have given it a 6, had I voted.

The Moon Drops Through the Morning's Palette to the Horizon...
by NikonJeb

Comment by KarenNfld:
Well I gave this a 9 so what do I know. I think the colours are stunning, just beautiful.

The Moon Drops Through the Morning's Palette to the Horizon...
by NikonJeb

Comment by rider:
hi jeb! i gave you a 6 liked the shot but thought the colors near horizon were a bit overdone

The Moon Drops Through the Morning's Palette to the Horizon...
by NikonJeb

Comment by Alain:
I always liked those kind of pictures, so I'm a little bias here. This shoud have finish well into the 6's. The colors are just great. Have you tried cropping out most of the field at the bottom? It would be interesting to see the result.

The Moon Drops Through the Morning's Palette to the Horizon...
by NikonJeb

Comment by sulamk:
I gave this 7 I really liked it but would have liked the tree and the moon less central.

Here comes the sun!
by NikonJeb

Comment by Melethia:
I love contre-jour shots - really like the sunburst in this one.

The Moon Drops Through the Morning's Palette to the Horizon...
by NikonJeb

Comment by Melethia:
I think that maybe the saturation is a bit intense - though I can't say for sure without seeing the original. It just feels a bit intense. It's very colorful this way but as one commenter remarked, it almost seems unreal because there's no gradation - just distinct bands of color in the sky. The composition is good, but just a tad static. Since I don't know what's to the right, my suggestion of maybe having the tree to the left and open up some space on the right may not be do-able. The way the tree is formed, the location of the moon, and the small circular clump of trees in the distance just seems to beg a bit more open space on the right for balance.

Jacko
by NikonJeb

Comment by krnodil:
I usually don't care for the look of the artistic filters, but this one is a good job. Great Halloween shot, Jeb!

Here comes the sun!
by NikonJeb

Comment by jaysonmc:
Very nice shot Jeb. Actually surprised it didn't score higher. It is a lovely photo.