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03/29/2007 06:44:36 PM · #1 |
I took this photo and edited a few days ago and would love any comments, suggestions, or questions that you might have. It is really the first time I did this much editing on any sort of landscape shot before. Gotta practice for the next Expert Editing challenge you know... I just think it is fun to make an ordinary shot something unique!
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03/29/2007 07:20:59 PM · #2 |
wow, that moon's not for real is it? In any case, nice shot. Doesn't really need any work...maybe just mess with the curves, water color (lighter maybe), the details of the trees a bit. I would mess w/it, but I'm not on my computer :(
Message edited by author 2007-03-29 19:22:25. |
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03/29/2007 07:53:15 PM · #3 |
| Only advice that I might give is to remove the star directly to the right of the moon; it can't be there. The moon is round and the crescent is created by the shadow of the earth falling across it. The space that a full moon would occupy will not have stars within it's diameter. Other that totally geeky observation I really like the shot. |
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03/29/2007 09:27:27 PM · #4 |
| i'm struggling to picture in my head how the image would have looked before you made the edit to it, do you have the original we could see? |
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03/30/2007 12:07:32 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by mnphotoblogger:
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I like this composite a lot. You did a terrific job merging the sky with the image. That is the best feature of the composite. The moon is unrealistic but you could totally fool anyone into thinking it was taken as is if it were.
For an expert challenge where you wanted both moon and sky you might consider taking three images... One, take your basic day and/or night landscape. Two, take as least a 30 second exposure of a moonless pure sky to maximize stars detail capture(up to 1 minute if you want stars steady, longer if you want star trails). Three, take one properly exposed moon perferably with a large telephoto for good detail.
You want to take moon and stars separately because of the huge difference between luminosity of the moon and of the stars. Hard to get good detail and proper exposure of both taken in the same frame. Then combine the three in a composite image like yours above. The hard part is merging the composite and you apprear to have that down well.
Good job!
Message edited by author 2007-03-30 12:08:59.
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03/30/2007 01:15:57 PM · #6 |
| When I get home today I'll try to upload the original and add it to this thread. Thanks for the GREAT comments!! and advice! |
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03/31/2007 03:48:43 PM · #7 |
 Here is the original photo for those of you who wanted to see it. |
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03/31/2007 04:03:40 PM · #8 |
Ah? Why isn't the moon reflected in the water? :)
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04/02/2007 12:49:59 AM · #9 |
| that's some pretty crazy editting :o) |
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04/02/2007 06:21:21 AM · #10 |
[already told]
Message edited by author 2007-04-02 10:58:39. |
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