X marks the spot.
by Wildpurple

Comment by Imagineer:
It's a nice idea but the image is heavily rotated and quite blurred. It looks a bit too high contrast too with the whites overexposed.

Round as the moon
by Wildpurple

Comment by amsmyth:
Greetings from the Critique Club: This image certainly meets the challenge as closely as one could - the shape is the focal point of the image. That being said, there are a couple of issues which stand out for me. The fringing around the edge and the slight blur. I believe the blur is due to the magnification and certainly there is clarity and great detail around the craters and at the edge of darkness. The fringing might have been addressed (since the editing rules have been relaxed) by desaturating. One further question for me is the tightness of the crop - I am sure you put a lot of thought into this crop but I wonder what it would have been like to give the moon a little more space in which to hang. Thanks for the image, it is a wonderful moon shot and as such deserves to be recognized.

X marks the spot.
by Wildpurple

Comment by cbeller:
too dark...everything blends together

X marks the spot.
by Wildpurple

Comment by TooCool:
Nice shot, but it's crooked and not crooked enough to look intention. If it was intentional, then I don't get it. If it's NOT intentional it's an easy fix in photoshop!
TC

X marks the spot.
by Wildpurple

Comment by Dave Gordon:
Cute pun. Were the trees like this naturally, or did you move something to create the effect (seems like it had to be natural unless you swam out there). Black and white is a good choice.

Round as the moon
by Wildpurple

Comment by buzzrock:
Great Detail on your mon shot-- edges are chromatic, but good close shot

Round as the moon
by Wildpurple

Comment by marbo:
Nice capture with good detail. If you had desaturated, you may have lost the colour fringing. The moon is virtually colourless as far as i`m aware. Good luck. 9

Round as the moon
by Wildpurple

Comment by dsidwell:
Nice moon. I kinda wish you hadn't cropped the implied dark side out. The tonal range is very nice here--especiallywhere the shadow begins.

Round as the moon
by Wildpurple

Comment by Ashezz:
wow..... how did you do that?

Round as the moon
by Wildpurple

Comment by jackditch:
wow! the only thing i can find is a very slight blue line on the outline of the right of the moon. good clarity of the surface