B
by Venom

Comment by cynthiann:
I just love his two back 'feet' I can picture him walking on them like in the movies. lost a tad of focus in the front half, but high scoring anyway.

B
by Venom

Comment by antje:
Yeah spring is here....awesome shot!

Silhouette
by Venom

Comment by SDW:
I like the focus point on the tree with the sky slightly OOF. Nicely Done.

"...and God said let there be light."
by Venom

Comment by SDW:
Very nice and colorful sunset. Great capture.

Full moon
by Venom

Comment by SDW:
Did you shoot in raw or jpg?
If jpg your camera setting could cause the white ring (camera sharpening)
What type of sharpening did you use when editing? and did you change the mode during sharpening.

I find that sharpening the following way helps out moon shots

Full size image:
18/40/0 (darken)
150/.03/0 (darken)
150/.03/0 (darken) 50% Occupancy

After resizing for web
150/.03/0 (darken if necessary if not, normal)

Note: This is in Raw format. If taken in jpg then the sharpening would be less but I would still use the darken mode to drop the bright edges that occur during sharpening.

Scott

Full moon
by Venom

Comment by wehrmacher:
Nice shot, although bit underexposed for my taste. I think you will minimize the ring if turn down the in-camera sharpening. Sharpening wants to increase contrast at places it determines as object edges. I assume you can adjust that with your DX40.

"...and God said let there be light."
by Venom

Comment by mpeters:
That was a nutty sunset. Glad you had your camera handy--i didn't.

Moon @ 200mm + 100% crop
by Venom

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
Great shot man, glad you like the new lens. Could be the one to put you over the top.

Moon @ 200mm + 100% crop
by Venom

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
It's likely that you could improve sharpness a lot by stopping down to f4 or 5.6. Most lenses, esp long ones tend to get a little soft when shooting with them wide open. The moon is bright enough to shoot at smaller apertures with ease if you use a tripod. I think that you will have a great time shooting with the new 2.8. It makes composing and focusing a lot easier because of the brightness in the viewfinder.

Nature's Flame
by Venom

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
I think that if you would have edited this it would have been a top 10. Still good job though.