Desert Moonlight
by dsidwell

Comment by magnetic9999:
david .. wow wow wow and wow. congratulations!!

Desert Moonlight
by dsidwell

Comment by dsidwell:
Wow thanks all! Your comments are so kind and helpful. I'm not sure what bizarre circumstances led to the high score, but thanks for the votes! I think I've taken better photos, but it's just strange how things turn out. I just keep learning lots here on DPC by looking at your photos, so thanks again!

To correct my notes above just a little, when I first had this image 'finished', I asked my daughter what she thought. She said, "Ooooooo, purple!" So While I did not shift colors, I did take some of the purple out. As for the 'hot pixel,' I just can't see it. I'm slightly colorblind! My wife will have to point it out to me.

As for freezing--that's very true. Each shot took 30 seconds to capture, then 30 seconds to process, then a few minutes between each shot to set it up again and change things. All in all, I was here for about 30 minutes and it was -3 degrees F with a slight breeze! You are looking at snow, by the way. The white in the image is snow on a small butte. Another interesting factoid: as I took this shot, a car drove by and its lights shone on the bottom portion of the butte--so it is just slightly brighter.

Thanks again! -David

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Comment by Sonifo:
This is beautiful! Congrats, David!

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Comment by Rasai:
Congratulations to you and the voters for picking a winner. That̢۪s not an easy task with the wealth of excellent photographers/artists in this community. The challenge has rekindled my passion of photography and inspired me to 'go through the wall' I was stuck behind.
Thanks to all !
Tim
David, also want to thank you for comment you made on my entry... "Go Gino! Interesting use of flash and a longer exposure. I like his facial expression!" I consider your comment much more astute and relevant than all the 1's & 2's I got in the voting !

Message edited by author 2004-01-20 07:56:56.

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Comment by Everyday Renee:
WOW! This is incredible. Fabulous shot! Simply superb!! Congrats on first place -- very much deserved!

Message edited by author 2004-01-19 10:27:48.

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Comment by marbo:
Congrats brilliant shot. The bright star is sirius in the constellation Canis Major.

Message edited by author 2004-01-19 09:54:54.

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Comment by krets:
Nice photo David. Makes me look forward to my Utah trip.

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Comment by kiwiness:
Congrats on the ribbon David, and the 8+ score woohoo!

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Comment by Toddh:
Well done David. Welcome to the 8 club.

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Comment by willem:
Congratulations on your ribbon. As said before : this was my favourite in the challenge. By the way, the bright star you would like to move to the left, that is probably the planet Mars. I downloaded the program starrynight to find out what the bright star in my shot was, I guess it is the same in yours, although a few days later.
Note added later : I checked again with Starrynight.com, location Loga, Utah, 9-1-2004, around 21:00 hrs. Marbo is absolutely right, the star is Sirius, approx. in the southeast, Mars was more to southwest.

Message edited by author 2004-01-19 13:31:45.